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1975 Suisse Open Gstaad – Singles

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Singles
1975 Suisse Open Gstaad
Final
ChampionAustralia Ken Rosewall
Runner-upWest Germany Karl Meiler
Score6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw32
Seeds2
Events
Singles Doubles
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The 1975 Suisse Open Gstaad – Singles was an event of the 1975 Suisse Open Gstaad tennis tournament and was played on outdoor red clay courts in Gstaad, Switzerland from 7 July until 13 July 1975. The draw comprised 32 players and two of them were seeded. Guillermo Vilas was the defending Swiss Open singles champion but lost in the semifinals. First-seeded Ken Rosewall won the title by defeating unseeded Karl Meiler in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3.[1][2][3]

Seeds

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  1. Australia Ken Rosewall (champion)
  2. Argentina Guillermo Vilas (semifinals)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
              
1 Australia Ken Rosewall 9 6 6
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr. 7 0 2
1 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6 6
West Germany Karl Meiler 4 4 3
West Germany Karl Meiler 6 6 4 6
2 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 3 4 6 4

Top half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6
Belgium Bernard Mignot 3 4 1 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6
Serbia Nikola Špear 4 4 Brazil Carlos Kirmayr 3 3
Brazil Carlos Kirmayr 6 6 1 Australia Ken Rosewall 7 6
United States Jeff Borowiak 8 6 United States Jeff Borowiak 5 4
West Germany Hans-Joachim Plötz 6 3 United States Jeff Borowiak 4 6 10
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore 1 2 United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell 6 3 8
United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell 6 6 1 Australia Ken Rosewall 9 6 6
Australia John Alexander 9 1 6 Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr. 7 0 2
United States Dick Dell 7 6 1 Australia John Alexander 6 6 1
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr. 6 6 Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr. 0 8 6
Switzerland Dimitri Sturdza 4 1 Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr. 6 6
West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 4 6 5 Colombia Iván Molina 0 1
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 6 1 7 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 1 1
Colombia Iván Molina 7 6 Colombia Iván Molina 6 6
Japan Toshiro Sakai 5 1

Bottom half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Venezuela Humphrey Hose 1 2
France Jean-François Caujolle 6 6 France Jean-François Caujolle 5 3
Argentina Tito Vázquez 4 3 West Germany Karl Meiler 7 6
West Germany Karl Meiler 6 6 West Germany Karl Meiler 4 6 10
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell 3 6 6 Mexico Marcello Lara 6 0 8
Mexico Marcello Lara 6 4 8 Mexico Marcello Lara 8 2 6
Argentina Elio Lito Alvarez 6 6 8 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 6 6 0
United Kingdom Roger Taylor 8 2 10 West Germany Karl Meiler 6 6 4
United States Rick Fisher 4 2 2 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 3 4 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 6 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 1 6 6
Mexico Joaquín Loyo-Mayo 2 1 West Germany Jürgen Fassbender 6 3 4
West Germany Jürgen Fassbender 6 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 2 9 5
Switzerland Petr Kanderal 6 5 1 2 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 8 7
Japan Jun Kuki 3 7 6 Japan Jun Kuki 5 0
Japan Kenichi Hirai 2 4 2 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 7 6
2 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 6

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1976). World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780362002768. OCLC 650229036.
  2. ^ "Rosewall scores in tourney". The Evening News. 14 July 1975.
  3. ^ "1975 Gstaad – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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