1975 Grand Prix (tennis)
The 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour.[2] The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. The Commercial Union Assurance Masters, Davis Cup Final and Nations Cup are included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix.
![]() Guillermo Vilas was the 1975 Grand Prix No.1 | |
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Duration | 26 December 1974 – 16 December 1975 |
Edition | 6th |
Tournaments | 42 |
Categories | TC events (3) AA events (14) A events (6) B events (18) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | ![]() |
Most tournament finals | ![]() |
Prize money leader | ![]() |
Points leader | ![]() |
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Player of the year | ![]() |
Newcomer of the year | ![]() |
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The men's schedule started in December 1974 with the Australian Open and continued in May 1975 following the conclusion of the rival 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit which ran from January to early May.
Schedule
- Key
Triple Crown events |
Grand Prix Masters |
AA events |
A events |
B events |
Team events |
December 1974
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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26 Dec | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $50,000 – Grass – 32S/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | ![]() 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–3, 7–6 | ![]() ![]() |
May
June
July
August
September
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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15 Sep | Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles, United States Hard – 64S/32D Grade AA | ![]() 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
22 Sep | Fireman's Fund International San Francisco, United States $100,000 – Carpet (i) – 64S/32D Grade AA | ![]() 6–0, 7–6(7–4) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–2, 7–6(7–3) | ![]() ![]() | ||||
29 Sep | Hawaii Open Maui, United States Hard – 32S/20D | ![]() 6–1, 6–0 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Nations Cup Kingston, Jamaica | ![]() 2–1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
October
November
December
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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14 De | Davis Cup Final Stockholm, Sweden – Carpet | ![]() 3–2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Grand Prix points system
The tournaments listed above were divided into four groups. Group TC consisted of the Triple Crown – the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open – while the other tournaments were divided into three other groups – AA, A and B – by prize money and draw size. Points were allocated based on these groups and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. No points were awarded to first round losers and ties were settled by the number of tournaments played. The points allocation – with doubles points listed in brackets – can be found below:
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Standings
Rk | Name | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 850 |
2 | ![]() | 764 |
3 | ![]() | 560 |
4 | ![]() | 550 |
5 | ![]() | 485 |
6 | ![]() | 470 |
7 | ![]() | 402 |
8 | ![]() | 393 |
9 | ![]() | 375 |
10 | ![]() | 370 |
ATP Rankings
These are the ATP Rankings of the top twenty singles players at the end of the 1974 season [3] and at the end of the 1975 season,[4] with numbers of ranking points, points averages, numbers of tournaments played, year-end rankings in 1975, highest and lowest positions during the season and number of spots gained or lost from the first rankings to the year-end rankings.
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List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last number of titles:
Manuel Orantes (6) Bournemouth, Hamburg, Båstad, Indianapolis, Montreal, US Open
Guillermo Vilas (5) Munich, Hilversum, Washington, D.C., Louisville, Buenos Aires
Arthur Ashe (3) Wimbledon, Los Angeles, San Francisco
Björn Borg (3) French Open, Boston, Barcelona
Ilie Năstase (3) Barcelona, South Orange, Masters
Vijay Amritraj (2) Columbus, Calcutta
Ross Case (2) Manila, Sydney Indoor
Jimmy Connors (2) North Conway, Maui
Tom Gorman (2) Cincinnati, Hong Kong
Tom Okker (2) Nottingham, Paris (Jean Becker)
Adriano Panatta (2) Kitzbühel, Stockholm
Raúl Ramírez (2) Rome, Tokyo Outdoor
Harold Solomon (2) Perth, Johannesburg
Eddie Dibbs (1) Tehran
Jaime Fillol (1) Düsseldorf
Brian Gottfried (1) Melbourne Indoor
Jan Kodeš (1) Madrid
John Newcombe (1) Australian Open
Ken Rosewall (1) Gstaad
Stan Smith (1) Sydney Indoor
No players won their first Grand Prix title in 1975.
Notes
- The tournament began at Meadowbanks in Edinburgh on 8 November and moved to the Royal Albert Hall in London on 12 November.
References
- Dennis Spencer (September 13, 1976). "The ATP Moves to Dallas". D Magazine.
- "How it All Began". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- "ATP Rankings (singles) as of December 20, 1974". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 20 December 1974. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- "ATP Rankings (singles) as of December 15, 1975". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc.
- "ATP Rankings 20 Dec 1974". ATP.
- "ATP Rankings 15 Dec 1975". ATP.
External links
- ATP Archive 1975: Commercial Union Grand Prix Tournaments
- History Mens Professional Tours
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.