1974 Grand Prix (tennis)
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Duration | 26 December 1973 – 10 December 1974 |
Edition | 5th |
Tournaments | 49 |
Categories | TC events (3) GPM events (1) AA events (12) A events (6) B events (17) C events (10) |
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The 1974 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.[1] The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. The season-ending Commercial Union Assurance Masters and Davis Cup Final are included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix ranking.[2]
Schedule[]
The Grand Prix circuit was scheduled from May until December so that it would not to conflict with the competing World Championship Tennis circuit which ran from January until early May.
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Grand Slam tournaments |
Grand Prix Masters |
Grand Prix Super Series |
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Group B events |
Group C events |
Team events |
December 1973[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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26 Dec | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $33,400 – Grass – 64S/35D Singles – Doubles |
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May[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 May | Trofeo Vat 69 Florence, Italy Group C Clay – 32S/16D |
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13 May | Bavarian Championships Munich, West Germany Group C Clay – 32S/16D |
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20 May | Rothmans British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth, Great Britain Group B Clay – 50S/24D/32XD |
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German Open Hamburg, West Germany Group B Clay – 36S/16D/16XD |
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27 May | Italian Open Rome, Italy Super Series $90,000 – Clay – 64S/32D |
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June[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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3 Jun 10 Jun |
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $150,000 – Clay – 128S/64D/32XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles |
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17 Jun | John Player Open Nottingham, Great Britain Super Series Grass – 62S/30D |
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24 Jun 1 Jul |
Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam $167,125 – Grass – 128S/64D/56XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles |
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July[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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8 Jul | Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Group B Clay – 32S/16D |
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Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland Group B Clay – 32S/16D |
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Carrolls Irish Open Dublin, Ireland Group C Hard – 29S/22D |
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15 Jul | Chicago International Chicago, United States Group B Carpet – 32S/16D |
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Head Cup Kitzbühel, Austria Group C Clay – 32S/16D |
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Dutch Open Hilversum, the Netherlands Group C Clay – 32S/16D |
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22 Jul | Washington Star International Washington, United States Super Series $100,000 – Clay – 64S/32D |
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29 Jul | First National Bank Classic Louisville, United States Group AA $100,000 – Clay – 64S/32D |
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Western Championships Cincinnati, United States Group C $30,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D |
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August[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 Aug | U.S. Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States Super Series $130,000 – Clay – 64S/32D |
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Volvo International Bretton Woods, United States Group B Clay – 32S/16D |
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12 Aug | Rothmans Canadian Open Group C Toronto, Ontario, Canada $130,000 – Clay – 64S/32D |
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City National Buckeye Championships Columbus, United States Group B Hard – 32S/16D |
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19 Aug | U.S. Professional Tennis Championships Boston, United States Super Series Clay – 64S/32D |
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Medi-Quik Open South Orange, United States Group B Grass – 32S/16D |
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Pennsylvanian Championships Merion, United States Group C Grass – 64S/30D |
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26 Aug 2 Sep |
US Open New York, United States Grand Slam $150,000 – Grass – 128S/51D/32XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles |
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September[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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9 Sep | Perspectus Classic Cedar Grove, United States Group B Clay – 32S/16D |
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16 Sep | Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles, United States Super Series $175,000 – Hard – 64S/32D |
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23 Sep | Fireman's Fund International San Francisco, United States Group C $175,000 – Carpet (i) – 64S/32D |
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30 Sep | Hawaii Open Maui, United States Group B Hard – 32S/16D |
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October[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Oct | Melia Trophy Madrid, Spain Group A Clay – 64S/32D |
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Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Group A Clay – 48S/24D |
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14 Oct | Trofeo Conde de Godó Barcelona, Spain Group A Clay – 64S/32D |
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Australian Indoor Championships Sydney, Australia Group A $75,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles |
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21 Oct | Aryamehr Cup Tehran, Iran Group C Clay – 48S/21D |
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Benson & Hedges Classic Christchurch, New Zealand Group C Hard (i) – 32S/15D |
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South Pacific Championships Melbourne, Australia Group C Clay – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles |
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28 Oct | Jean Becker Open Paris, France Group B Hard (i) – 32S/16D |
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Indonesia Open Jakarta, Indonesia Group B Hard – 32S/16D |
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Stadthalle Open Group C Vienna, Austria Hard (i) – 32S/16D |
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November[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Nov | Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden Super Series Hard (i) – 64S/32D |
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Viceroy Classic Hong Kong, Hong Kong Group B Hard – 32S/16D |
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11 Nov | Dewar Cup London, Great Britain Group A Carpet (i) – 32S/16D |
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Indian Open Bombay, India Group B Clay – 32S/16D |
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Philippine Open Manila, the Philippines Group B Clay (i) – 32S/14D |
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Oslo Open Oslo, Norway Group C Hard (i) – 32S/16D |
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18 Nov | South African Breweries Open Johannesburg, South Africa Group C Hard – 32S/32D/16XD |
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South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina Group A Clay – 32S/23D |
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25 Nov | Davis Cup Final | ![]() Walkover[note 1] |
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December[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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10 Dec | Commercial Union Assurance Masters Melbourne, Australia Masters Grand Prix $100,000 – Grass – 8S Singles |
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Points system[]
The tournaments of the Grand Prix circuit were divided into five groups. Group TC consisted of the Triple Crown events—the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open—while the other tournaments were divided into four other groups—AA, A, B, and C—by prize money and draw size. Group AA tournaments had a minimum prize money of $100,000 while the minimum for Group A, B and C tournaments was $75,000, $50,000 and $25,000 respectively. 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. Grand Prix points were also allocated to doubles results for the first time this year and are listed in brackets in the points allocation below:
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In addition a player could earn ranking points for participating in the Davis Cup team competition if the matches coincided with a Grand Prix tournament.
Standings[]
Rk | Name | TC | AA | A | B | C | Played | Titles | Prize Money | Bonus Pool | Points | |||||
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3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | $119,844 | $100,000 | 797 |
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2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | $130,760 | $55,000 | 714 |
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3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | $86,872 | $37,500 | 622 |
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3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | $97,616 | $27,500 | 607 |
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3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | $60,775 | $22,500 | 488 |
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3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | $73,198 | $19,750 | 482 |
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3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | $61,552 | $17,750 | 452.5 |
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2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | $58,705 | $16,000 | 429 |
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3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | $53,119 | $15,000 | 422 |
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3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | $56,700 | $14,000 | 416 |
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3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | $51,077 | $13,000 | 397.5 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | $62,475 | – | 397.25 |
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3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | $50,915 | $12,000 | 370 |
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2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | $42,539 | $11,500 | 333 |
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3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | $42,316 | $11,000 | 331 |
ATP Rankings[]
These are the ATP Rankings of the top twenty singles players at the end of the 1973 season [3] and at the end of the 1974 season,[4] with numbers of ranking points, points averages, numbers of tournaments played, year-end rankings in 1974, 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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*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 17th, 1975.
List of tournament winners[]
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, sorted by number of titles (Grand Slam titles in bold):
Jimmy Connors (7) Melbourne, Wimbledon, Indianapolis, US Open, Los Angeles, London, Johannesburg
Guillermo Vilas (7) Gstaad, Hilversum, Louisville, Toronto, Tehran, Buenos Aires, Masters
Björn Borg (4) Rome, French Open, Båstad, Boston
Ilie Năstase (4) Bournemouth, Cedar Grove, Madrid, Barcelona
John Newcombe (3) Maui, Tokyo, Sydney Indoor
Jeff Borowiak (2) Charlotte, Oslo
Onny Parun (2) Jakarta, Bombay
Stan Smith (2) Nottingham, Chicago
Arthur Ashe (1) Stockholm
Ross Case (1) San Francisco
Eddie Dibbs (1) Hamburg
Jürgen Fassbender (1) Munich
Vitas Gerulaitis (1) Vienna
Brian Gottfried (1) Paris Bercy
Rod Laver (1) Bretton Woods
John Lloyd (1) Merion
Alex Metreveli (1) South Orange
Adriano Panatta (1) Florence
Raúl Ramírez (1) Columbus
Marty Riessen (1) Cincinnati
Ismail El Shafei (1) Manila
Harold Solomon (1) Washington, D.C.
Sherwood Stewart (1) Dublin
Roscoe Tanner (1) Christchurch
Balázs Taróczy (1) Kitzbühel
The following players won their first Grand Prix title in 1974:
Björn Borg Auckland
Jeff Borowiak Charlotte
Jürgen Fassbender Munich
Vitas Gerulaitis Vienna
John Lloyd Merion
Onny Parun Jakarta
Ismail El Shafei Manila
Harold Solomon Washington, D.C.
Sherwood Stewart Dublin
Balázs Taróczy Kitzbühel
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ South Africa won by default after the Indian Government refused to let their Davis Cup team play; this was in protest against the racial policies of the South African Government.
References[]
- ^ "How it All Began". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1975). World of Tennis '75: a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 27–32. ISBN 9780362002171.
- ^ a b "ATP Rankings (singles) as of December 14, 1973". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 14 December 1973.
- ^ a b "ATP Rankings (singles) as of January 17, 1975". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc.
External links[]
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.
- 1974 Grand Prix (tennis)
- Grand Prix tennis circuit seasons
- 1974 in tennis