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|highestsinglesranking= No. 2 ( |
|highestsinglesranking= No. 2 (30 April 1975) |
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|AustralianOpenresult= '''W''' (1978, 1979) |
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'''Guillermo Vilas''' (born |
'''Guillermo Vilas''' (born 17 August 1952, in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]) is a former [[Argentine]] professional [[tennis]] player. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Raised in the sea resort of [[Mar del Plata]], Vilas was a [[southpaw]] and played his first tour event in 1969. He was in the year-ending top ten from 1974 through 1982. He was a [[clay-court specialist]], but also played well on [[Tennis court#Hard courts|hard]], [[Tennis court#Grass courts|grass]], and [[Tennis court#Indoorcourts|carpet]] surfaces. |
Raised in the sea resort of [[Mar del Plata]], Vilas was a [[southpaw]] and played his first tour event in 1969. He was in the year-ending top ten from 1974 through 1982. He was a [[clay-court specialist]], but also played well on [[Tennis court#Hard courts|hard]], [[Tennis court#Grass courts|grass]], and [[Tennis court#Indoorcourts|carpet]] surfaces. |
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Vilas was the first |
Vilas was the first South American male player to win a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles title. He won four of them: the [[1977 French Open]] and the [[1977 US Open (tennis)|1977 US Open]] (both played on clay) and the [[1978 Australian Open|1978]] and [[1979 Australian Open]] (both played on grass). He was also the runner-up at the [[French Open]] three times ([[1975 French Open|1975]], [[1978 French Open|1978]], and [[1982 French Open|1982]]) and at the [[Australian Open]] once ([[1977 Australian Open (January)|January 1977]]). |
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Vilas got his first big break in the 1974 [[Tennis Masters Cup|Masters]] tournament (played in [[Tennis court#Grass courts|grass]]), where he defeated [[Ilie Năstase]] in the final. |
Vilas got his first big break in the 1974 [[Tennis Masters Cup|Masters]] tournament (played in [[Tennis court#Grass courts|grass]]), where he defeated [[Ilie Năstase]] in the final. |
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He has a 46 match winning streak on any surfaces (still unrivalled) and consecutively won seven titles - Kitzbühel (Clay), Washington (Clay), Louisville (Hard), South Orange (Hard), Columbus (Hard), US Open (Clay) and Paris (Clay) after [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in 1977. He also had a 53-winning streak in [[Tennis court#Clay courts|claycourt]] (including both [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] and unofficial tournaments, record broken by [[Rafael Nadal]] in 2006). Both his winning streaks were terminated on October 1977 by [[Ilie Năstase]] in the final of [[Aix-en-Provence]] tournament. In that five-set final, he dropped the first two sets by 6–1, 7–5 and then retired from the competition in protest of [[Ilie Năstase]] using "the spaghetti string" racquet. The [[spaghetti string]]<ref>http://www.itftennis.com/technical/equipment/strings/stringing/ "String Area Properties" - ITF</ref> racquet was banned by [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] shortly after. |
He has a 46 match winning streak on any surfaces (still unrivalled) and consecutively won seven titles - Kitzbühel (Clay), Washington (Clay), Louisville (Hard), South Orange (Hard), Columbus (Hard), US Open (Clay) and Paris (Clay) after [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in 1977. He also had a 53-winning streak in [[Tennis court#Clay courts|claycourt]] (including both [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] and unofficial tournaments, record broken by [[Rafael Nadal]] in 2006). Both his winning streaks were terminated on October 1977 by [[Ilie Năstase]] in the final of [[Aix-en-Provence]] tournament. In that five-set final, he dropped the first two sets by 6–1, 7–5 and then retired from the competition in protest of [[Ilie Năstase]] using "the spaghetti string" racquet. The [[spaghetti string]]<ref>http://www.itftennis.com/technical/equipment/strings/stringing/ "String Area Properties" - ITF</ref> racquet was banned by [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] shortly after. |
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Even though he won 16 [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] singles titles, including the [[French Open]] and the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] and was the runner-up at the January edition of the [[Australian Open]] in 1977, he was never [[World number one male tennis player rankings|World No. 1]] in the |
Even though he won 16 [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] singles titles, including the [[French Open]] and the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] and was the runner-up at the January edition of the [[Australian Open]] in 1977, he was never [[World number one male tennis player rankings|World No. 1]] in the 1977 [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] rankings. He was instead year-end World No. 2 in those rankings, below Jimmy Connors (who won the Masters and 6 other titles and was the runner-up at Wimbledon and the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] in 1977). However, the magazine [[World Tennis]] and Michel Sutter gave Vilas the World No. 1 ranking. |
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===Retirement=== |
===Retirement=== |
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*Inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1991. |
*Inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1991. |
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*Won 62 ATP singles titles (sixth highest during the [[open era]]) and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments (plus two unfinished finals). Won 15 doubles titles with other 10 doubles finals. |
*Won 62 ATP singles titles (sixth highest during the [[open era]]) and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments (plus two unfinished finals). Won 15 doubles titles with other 10 doubles finals. |
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*He took [[Argentina]] to its first-ever [[Davis Cup]] final in 1981 (lost to the |
*He took [[Argentina]] to its first-ever [[Davis Cup]] final in 1981 (lost to the United States), together with [[José Luis Clerc]], who was also a top-ten player. The Argentine press often referred to the tensions between the two, which even reverberated to the [[2004 French Open]] awards ceremony, in which Vilas presented [[Gastón Gaudio]] with his trophy over Clerc's objections. |
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*Vilas's success on the court led to a surge in popularity of tennis in Argentina and throughout [[Latin America]]. [[Guillermo Cañas]] and [[Guillermo Coria]] were named after him. |
*Vilas's success on the court led to a surge in popularity of tennis in Argentina and throughout [[Latin America]]. [[Guillermo Cañas]] and [[Guillermo Coria]] were named after him. |
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*In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Vilas in 24th place in its list of the 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Open Era (women included). |
*In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Vilas in 24th place in its list of the 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Open Era (women included). |
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*Had a 46 match winning streak in singles (50 matches if including the tournament in [[Rye, New York]]) during July, August, and September. This is the longest all-surface winning streak by a male player during the open era. |
*Had a 46 match winning streak in singles (50 matches if including the tournament in [[Rye, New York]]) during July, August, and September. This is the longest all-surface winning streak by a male player during the open era. |
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*Completed a record [[ATP Tour records|53 match winning streak on clay]] (including unofficial tournaments), which was broken by [[Rafael Nadal]] in May 2006. |
*Completed a record [[ATP Tour records|53 match winning streak on clay]] (including unofficial tournaments), which was broken by [[Rafael Nadal]] in May 2006. |
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*The only player to win ATP Tour singles titles in five different continents in the same year - |
*The only player to win ATP Tour singles titles in five different continents in the same year - Europe, South America, North America, Africa, and Asia. |
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==Grand Slam singles finals== |
==Grand Slam singles finals== |
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| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]] |
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| [[BMW Open|Munich]], [[West Germany]] |
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| [[Legg Mason Tennis Classic|Washington D.C.]] |
| [[Legg Mason Tennis Classic|Washington, D.C.]] |
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| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Harold Solomon]] |
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| [[Monte Carlo Masters|Monte Carlo WCT]], [[Monaco]] |
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| [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]] |
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| [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], U.S. |
| [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], U.S. |
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| [[Virginia Beach]], U.S. |
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| [[French Open]] |
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| [[Generali Open|Kitzbühel]], Austria |
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| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Kodeš]] |
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Kodeš]] |
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| {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Gottfried |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Gottfried |
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| Louisville, U.S. |
| Louisville, U.S. |
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| [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]], U.S. |
| [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]], U.S. |
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| [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], U.S. |
| [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], U.S. |
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| 11 September 1977 |
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| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] |
| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] |
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| Paris, France |
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| Clay |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Roger-Vasselin]] |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Roger-Vasselin]] |
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| Tehran, Iran |
| Tehran, Iran |
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| [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] |
| [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] |
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| [[Santiago, |
| [[Santiago, Chile]] |
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| Clay |
| Clay |
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| {{flagicon|CHI}} Jaime Fillol |
| {{flagicon|CHI}} Jaime Fillol |
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| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| [[Johannesburg|Johannesburg WCT]], [[South Africa]] |
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| [[Hamburg Masters|Hamburg]], [[West Germany]] |
| [[Hamburg Masters|Hamburg]], [[West Germany]] |
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| Munich, West Germany |
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| Gstaad, Switzerland |
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| South Orange, U.S. |
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| [[Aix-en-Provence]], |
| [[Aix-en-Provence]], France |
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| {{flagicon|ARG}} José Luis Clerc |
| {{flagicon|ARG}} José Luis Clerc |
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| [[Davidoff Swiss Indoors|Basel]], [[Switzerland]] |
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| [[Australian Open]] 1978 |
| [[Australian Open]] 1978 |
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| [[Hobart]], |
| [[Hobart]], Australia |
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| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]] |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]] |
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| Washington D.C. |
| Washington, D.C. |
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| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Víctor Pecci]] |
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Víctor Pecci]] |
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| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Australian Open 1979 |
| Australian Open 1979 |
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| 25 May 1980 |
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| [[Rome Masters|Rome]], |
| [[Rome Masters|Rome]], Italy |
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| Clay |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Yannick Noah]] |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Yannick Noah]] |
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| Kitzbühel, Austria |
| Kitzbühel, Austria |
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| [[Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia|Palermo]], |
| [[Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia|Palermo]], Italy |
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| Clay |
| Clay |
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| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul McNamee]] |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul McNamee]] |
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| [[Mar del Plata]], [[Argentina]] |
| [[Mar del Plata]], [[Argentina]] |
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| 15 March 1981 |
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| [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] |
| [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] |
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| Clay |
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| 12 April 1981 |
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| [[River Oaks International Tennis Tournament|Houston]], U.S. |
| [[River Oaks International Tennis Tournament|Houston]], U.S. |
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| Clay |
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| 7 February 1982 |
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| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| 21 March 1982 |
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| [[ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament|Rotterdam]], |
| [[ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament|Rotterdam]], Netherlands |
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| Carpet |
| Carpet |
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| {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Connors |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Connors |
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| 28 March 1982 |
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Revision as of 06:34, 31 October 2008
Country (sports) | Argentina |
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 1969 |
Retired | 1992 |
Plays | Left; One-handed backhand |
Prize money | $ 4,923,882 |
Singles | |
Career record | 923–284 |
Career titles | 68 (including 62 listed by the ATP) |
Highest ranking | No. 2 (30 April 1975) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1978, 1979) |
French Open | W (1977) |
Wimbledon | QF (1975, 1976) |
US Open | W (1977) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (1974) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 216–149 |
Career titles | 15 |
Highest ranking | No. 175 (3 January 1983) |
Guillermo Vilas (born 17 August 1952, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former Argentine professional tennis player.
Career
Raised in the sea resort of Mar del Plata, Vilas was a southpaw and played his first tour event in 1969. He was in the year-ending top ten from 1974 through 1982. He was a clay-court specialist, but also played well on hard, grass, and carpet surfaces.
Vilas was the first South American male player to win a Grand Slam singles title. He won four of them: the 1977 French Open and the 1977 US Open (both played on clay) and the 1978 and 1979 Australian Open (both played on grass). He was also the runner-up at the French Open three times (1975, 1978, and 1982) and at the Australian Open once (January 1977).
Vilas got his first big break in the 1974 Masters tournament (played in grass), where he defeated Ilie Năstase in the final.
Best season
A left-handed baseliner, Vilas' best season on tour was 1977[1]when he not only won two of the four majors but also 16 of the 31 ATP tournaments he entered, a record which at the time had only ever been equalled by the legendary Rod Laver. His playing record for that season was an amazing 145 wins against 14 losses (ATP win-loss record was 130-14). The season climax was winning the last US Open played at Forest Hills against Jimmy Connors 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(4), 6–0 in a match where Vilas surprised his American rival by attacking the net.
Records: Winning streak, most titles in a single year
He has a 46 match winning streak on any surfaces (still unrivalled) and consecutively won seven titles - Kitzbühel (Clay), Washington (Clay), Louisville (Hard), South Orange (Hard), Columbus (Hard), US Open (Clay) and Paris (Clay) after Wimbledon in 1977. He also had a 53-winning streak in claycourt (including both ATP and unofficial tournaments, record broken by Rafael Nadal in 2006). Both his winning streaks were terminated on October 1977 by Ilie Năstase in the final of Aix-en-Provence tournament. In that five-set final, he dropped the first two sets by 6–1, 7–5 and then retired from the competition in protest of Ilie Năstase using "the spaghetti string" racquet. The spaghetti string[2] racquet was banned by ATP shortly after.
Even though he won 16 ATP singles titles, including the French Open and the US Open and was the runner-up at the January edition of the Australian Open in 1977, he was never World No. 1 in the 1977 ATP rankings. He was instead year-end World No. 2 in those rankings, below Jimmy Connors (who won the Masters and 6 other titles and was the runner-up at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1977). However, the magazine World Tennis and Michel Sutter gave Vilas the World No. 1 ranking.
Retirement
Vilas retired from the ATP tour in 1989, but still played ATP Challenger Series until 1992.[3]
Distinctions
This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. (October 2008) |
- Highest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking was World No. 2.
- Won the Grand Prix in 1974, 1975, and 1977.
- Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991.
- Won 62 ATP singles titles (sixth highest during the open era) and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments (plus two unfinished finals). Won 15 doubles titles with other 10 doubles finals.
- He took Argentina to its first-ever Davis Cup final in 1981 (lost to the United States), together with José Luis Clerc, who was also a top-ten player. The Argentine press often referred to the tensions between the two, which even reverberated to the 2004 French Open awards ceremony, in which Vilas presented Gastón Gaudio with his trophy over Clerc's objections.
- Vilas's success on the court led to a surge in popularity of tennis in Argentina and throughout Latin America. Guillermo Cañas and Guillermo Coria were named after him.
- In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Vilas in 24th place in its list of the 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Open Era (women included).
1977
- Played 31 ATP tour singles tournaments and reached 22 finals (including the final of three Grand Slam tournaments). Won 16 titles (including 2 Grand Slam titles), which is the most singles titles won by a male player in a year during the open era.
- Had a 46 match winning streak in singles (50 matches if including the tournament in Rye, New York) during July, August, and September. This is the longest all-surface winning streak by a male player during the open era.
- Completed a record 53 match winning streak on clay (including unofficial tournaments), which was broken by Rafael Nadal in May 2006.
- The only player to win ATP Tour singles titles in five different continents in the same year - Europe, South America, North America, Africa, and Asia.
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (4)
Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1977 | French Open | Brian Gottfried | 6–0, 6–3, 6–0 |
1977 | US Open | Jimmy Connors | 2–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–0 |
1978 | Australian Open | John Marks | 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
1979 | Australian Open (2) | John Sadri | 7–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-ups (4)
Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1975 | French Open | Björn Borg | 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 |
1977 | Australian Open (Jan.) | Roscoe Tanner | 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 |
1978 | French Open (2) | Björn Borg | 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 |
1982 | French Open (3) | Mats Wilander | 1–6, 7–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
Singles titles (68)
Singles titles listed by the ATP Website (62)
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No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1. | 2 December 1973 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Björn Borg | 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–6 retired |
2. | 24 July 1974 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–1, 6–2 |
3. | 28 July 1974 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Barry Phillips-Moore | 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
4. | 11 August 1974 | Louisville, U.S. | Clay | Jaime Fillol | 6–4, 7–5 |
5. | 18 August 1974 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Manuel Orantes | 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
6. | 3 November 1974 | Tehran, Iran | Clay | Raúl Ramírez | 6–0, 6–3, 6–1 |
7. | 1 December 1974 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
8. | 15 December 1974 | Masters, Melbourne, Australia | Grass | Ilie Năstase | 7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
9. | 11 May 1975 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | Karl Meiler | 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3 |
10. | 20 July 1975 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Željko Franulović | 6–4, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3 |
11. | 27 July 1975 | Washington, D.C. | Clay | Harold Solomon | 6–1, 6–3 |
12. | 10 August 1975 | Louisville, U.S. | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 6–4, 6–3 |
13. | 16 November 1975 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Adriano Panatta | 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 |
14. | 22 February 1976 | St. Louis WCT, U.S. | Carpet | Vijay Amritraj | 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
15. | 29 February 1976 | Fort Worth WCT, U.S. | Hard | Phil Dent | 6–7(4), 6–1, 6–1 |
16. | 18 April 1976 | Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco | Clay | Wojtek Fibak | 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 |
17. | 22 August 1976 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Wojtek Fibak | 6–4, 7–6, 6–2 |
18. | 21 November 1976 | São Paulo, Brazil | Carpet | José Higueras | 6–3, 6–0 |
19. | 28 November 1976 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Jaime Fillol | 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 |
20. | 13 February 1977 | Springfield, U.S. | Carpet | Stan Smith | 3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2 |
21. | 17 April 1977 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Wojtek Fibak | 6–4, 6–3, 6–0 |
22. | 24 April 1977 | Virginia Beach, U.S. | Hard | Ilie Năstase | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
23. | 5 June 1977 | French Open | Clay | Brian Gottfried | 6–0, 6–3, 6–0 |
24. | 17 July 1977 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Jan Kodeš | 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
25. | 24 July 1977 | Washington, D.C. | Clay | Brian Gottfried | 6–4, 7–5 |
26. | 31 July 1977 | Louisville, U.S. | Clay | Eddie Dibbs | 1–6, 6–0, 6–1 |
27. | 7 August 1977 | South Orange, U.S. | Clay | Roscoe Tanner | 6–4, 6–1 |
28. | 14 August 1977 | Columbus, U.S. | Clay | Brian Gottfried | 6–2, 6–1 |
29. | 11 September 1977 | US Open | Clay | Jimmy Connors | 2–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–0 |
30. | 25 September 1977 | Paris, France | Clay | Christophe Roger-Vasselin | 6–2, 6–1, 7–6 |
31. | 9 October 1977 | Tehran, Iran | Clay | Eddie Dibbs | 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |
32. | 13 November 1977 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | José Higueras | 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 |
33. | 20 November 1977 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Jaime Fillol | 6–0, 2–6, 6–4 |
34. | 27 November 1977 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Jaime Fillol | 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 |
35. | 4 December 1977 | Johannesburg WCT, South Africa | Hard | Buster Mottram | 7–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
36. | 21 May 1978 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Wojtek Fibak | 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
37. | 28 May 1978 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | Buster Mottram | 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 |
38. | 16 July 1978 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | José Luis Clerc | 6–3, 7–6, 6–4 |
39. | 6 August 1978 | South Orange, U.S. | Clay | José Luis Clerc | 6–1, 6–3 |
40. | 1 October 1978 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Clay | José Luis Clerc | 6–3, 6–0, 6–3 |
41. | 29 October 1978 | Basel, Switzerland | Carpet | John McEnroe | 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
42. | 7 January 1979 | Australian Open 1978 | Grass | John Marks | 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
43. | 14 January 1979 | Hobart, Australia | Grass | Mark Edmondson | 6–4, 6–4 |
44. | 22 July 1979 | Washington, D.C. | Clay | Víctor Pecci | 7–6, 7–6 |
45. | 25 November 1979 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | José Luis Clerc | 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 |
46. | 6 January 1980 | Australian Open 1979 | Grass | John Sadri | 7–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
47. | 25 May 1980 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Yannick Noah | 6–0, 6–4, 6–4 |
48. | 27 July 1980 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 |
49. | 14 September 1980 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Paul McNamee | 6–4, 6–0, 6–0 |
50. | 8 February 1981 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Clay | Víctor Pecci | 2–6, 6–3, 2–1 retired |
51. | 15 March 1981 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Peter Elter | 6–2, 6–3 |
52. | 12 April 1981 | Houston, U.S. | Clay | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | 6–2, 6–3 |
53. | 7 February 1982 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Alejandro Ganzábal | 6–2, 6–4 |
54. | 21 March 1982 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | Jimmy Connors | 0–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
55. | 28 March 1982 | Milan, Italy | Carpet | Jimmy Connors | 6–3, 6–3 |
56. | 11 April 1982 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 6–1, 7–6, 6–3 |
57. | 2 May 1982 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 6–7, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–3 |
58. | 18 July 1982 | Boston, U.S. | Clay | Mel Purcell | 6–4, 6–0 |
59. | 25 July 1982 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Marcos Hocevar | 7–6, 6–1 |
60. | 13 February 1983 | Richmond WCT, U.S. | Carpet | Steve Denton | 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 |
61. | 27 February 1983 | Delray Beach WCT, U.S. | Clay | Pavel Složil | 6–1, 6–4, 6–0 |
62. | 27 July 1983 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Henri Leconte | 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
Other singles titles not listed by the ATP Website (6)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1. | 1972 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Héctor Romani | 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
2. | 10 March 1974 | River Plate, Argentina | Clay | Julián Ganzabal | 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
3. | 20 April 1975 | River Plate, Argentina | Clay | Clark Graebner | 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 |
4. | 28 August 1977 | Rye, Westchester Country Club, United States (8-man draw) | Clay | Ilie Nastase | 6–2, 6–0 |
5. | October 28-30, 1977 | Caracas, The Super Tennis 77 Tournament, Venezuela | Clay | Ilie Nastase | 6–2, 6–2 |
6. | July 25-26, 1979 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Hard | Ilie Nastase | 6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles titles (15)
- 1974 (4) - Buenos Aires, Montreal/Toronto, Tehran, Hilversum
- 1975 (3) - Barcelona, Hilversum, Louisville
- 1977 (4) - Baltimore, Buenos Aires, Nice, Tehran
- 1978 (2) - Aix-En-Provence, Munich
- 1979 (2) - North Conway, San Jose
ATP singles runner-ups (42)
- 1972 (2) - Buenos Aires, Cincinnati
- 1974 (1) - Washington
- 1975 (3) - Boston, French Open, San Francisco
- 1976 (3) - Dallas WCT, Rome, São Paulo WCT
- 1977 (6) - Aix en Provence, Australian Open (Jan.), Baltimore, Nice, Palm Springs, Johannesburg (not held)
- 1978 (1) - French Open
- 1979 (5) - Indianapolis, Richmond WCT, Rome, Stuttgart Indoor, Sydney Indoor
- 1980 (4) - Barcelona, Hamburg, Madrid, Monte Carlo
- 1981 (7) - Monte Carlo (not finish, final abandoned because of rain), Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Kitzbühel, North Conway, Pepsi Grand Slam, Washington
- 1982 (5) - Baltimore WCT, Barcelona, Gstaad, Johannesburg, French Open
- 1983 (4) - Barcelona, Detroit WCT, Hilton Head WCT, Rotterdam
- 1986 (1) - Forest Hills
Grand Slam / Masters singles performance
Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | Career WR |
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Australian Open1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | W | W | SF | 3R | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 2 / 5 | 23–3 |
French Open | A | A | 3R | 3R | 3R | F | QF | W | F | QF | QF | 4R | F | QF | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1 / 18 | 56–17 | |
Wimbledon | 1R | A | 1R | A | 3R | QF | QF | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 11 | 15–11 | |
US Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 4R | SF | SF | W | 4R | 4R | 4R | 4R | SF | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 1 / 15 | 43–14 | |
Grand Slam WR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 4 / 49 | N/A | |
Grand Slam Win-Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 7–3 | 15–3 | 13–3 | 21–2 | 17–3 | 14–3 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | N/A | 137–45 | |
Masters | A | A | A | A | W | SF | SF | SF2 | A | RR2 | RR2 | RR2 | SF2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 8 | 16–11 |
1The Australian Open was played twice in 1977, in January and December. Vilas played only the January event.
2The year-ending Masters tournament was actually played in January of the following year.
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
WR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
References
- ^ http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/playeractivity.asp?query=Singles&year=1977&player=V028&selTournament=0&prevtrnnum=0 ATP Player Profile
- ^ http://www.itftennis.com/technical/equipment/strings/stringing/ "String Area Properties" - ITF
- ^ http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/playeractivity.asp?prevtrnnum=0&year=0&query=Singles&selTournament=0&player=V028&x=11&y=12 ATP Player Profile
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