1975 Grand Prix

The 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix was a 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 Commercial Union Assurance Masters, Davis Cup Final and Nations Cup are included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix.

Schedule

Key

December 1974

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
26 December	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $50,000 – Grass – 32S/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	John Newcombe 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6	Jimmy Connors	Dick Crealy Tony Roche	Kim Warwick John Alexander Alex Metreveli Geoff Masters
		John Alexander Phil Dent 6–3, 7–6	Bob Carmichael Allan Stone

May

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 May	Bavarian Championships Munich, West Germany Clay – 32S/16D	Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3	Karl Meiler	Ulrich Pinner Ilie Năstase	Harald Elschenbroich Pavel Hutka Jan Kodeš Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
		Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš 7–5, 6–3	Milan Holecek Karl Meiler
12 May	Coca-Cola British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth, Great Britain Clay – 48S/24D/16XD	Manuel Orantes 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5	Onny Parun	Guillermo Vilas Patrick Proisy	Bernard Mitton Roger Taylor Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase
		Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes 8–6, 6–3	Syd Ball Dick Crealy
		Sharon Walsh David Lloyd 3–6, 8–6, 7–5	Lesley Charles Mike Farrell
19 May	German Open Hamburg, West Germany $100,000 – Clay – 64S/32D	Manuel Orantes 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1	Jan Kodeš	Paolo Bertolucci Ilie Năstase	Guillermo Vilas Wojciech Fibak Onny Parun Roger Taylor
		Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes 6–3, 7–6	Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš
26 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy $90,000 – Clay – 64S/32D	Raúl Ramírez 7–6, 7–5, 7–5	Manuel Orantes	Ilie Năstase Guillermo Vilas	Björn Borg Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon Onny Parun
		Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 7–6, 2–6, 6–1	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase
	Agfacolor Cup Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay – 32S/16D	Jaime Fillol 6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5	Jan Kodeš	Colin Dibley François Jauffret	Raymond Moore Harald Elschenbroich Hans Kary Toma Ovici
		François Jauffret Jan Kodeš 6–2, 6–3	Harald Elschenbroich Hans Kary

June

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 June	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay – 128S/153Q/64D/32XD Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw	Björn Borg 6–2, 6–3, 6–4	Guillermo Vilas	Adriano Panatta Eddie Dibbs	Harold Solomon John Andrews Onny Parun Raúl Ramírez
		Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4	John Alexander Phil Dent
		Fiorella Bonicelli Thomaz Koch 6–4, 7–6	Pam Teeguarden Jaime Fillol
17 June	John Player Open Nottingham, Great Britain Grass – 64S/30D	Tom Okker 6–1, 3–6, 6–3	Tony Roche	Roscoe Tanner Phil Dent	Jimmy Connors Arthur Ashe Bob Carmichael Guillermo Vilas
		Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner 6–2, 6–3	Tom Okker Marty Riessen
24 June	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – 128S/128Q/64D/40Q/64XD/24Q Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw	Arthur Ashe 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4	Jimmy Connors	Roscoe Tanner Tony Roche	Raúl Ramírez Guillermo Vilas Björn Borg Tom Okker
		Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer 7–5, 8–6, 6–4	Colin Dowdeswell Allan Stone
		Margaret Court Marty Riessen 6–4, 7–5	Betty Stöve Allan Stone

July

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 July	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Clay – 32S/16D	Manuel Orantes 6–0, 6–3	José Higueras	Thomaz Koch Corrado Barazzutti	Björn Borg Juan Gisbert, Sr. Ismail El Shafei Patrick Proisy
		Ove Bengtson Björn Borg 7–6, 7–5	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes
	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay – 32S/16D	Ken Rosewall 6–4, 6–4, 6–3	Karl Meiler	Jairo Velasco Guillermo Vilas	Jeff Borowiak Iván Molina Marcello Lara Nikola Pilić
		Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6–4, 9–7, 6–1	Colin Dowdeswell Ken Rosewall
	Head Cup Kitzbühel, Austria Clay – 32S/16D	Adriano Panatta 2–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–4	Jan Kodeš	Ulrich Pinner Wojciech Fibak	Hans Kary Janos Benyik Balázs Taróczy Jiří Hřebec
		Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6–2, 6–2, 7–6	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret
14 July	Chicago International Chicago, United States Carpet – 32S/16D	Roscoe Tanner 6–1, 6–7, 7–6	John Alexander	Dick Stockton Andrew Pattison	Sashi Menon Brian Gottfried Sherwood Stewart Haroon Rahim
		John Alexander Phil Dent 6–3, 6–4	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger
	Dutch Open Hilversum, the Netherlands Clay – 32S/15D	Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3	Željko Franulović	Víctor Pecci Ulrich Pinner	Jürgen Fassbender Ismail El Shafei Nikola Spear François Jauffret
		Wojciech Fibak Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–3	Željko Franulović John Lloyd
21 July	Washington Star International Washington, United States $100,000 – Clay – 64S/32D	Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–3	Harold Solomon	Raúl Ramírez Cliff Richey	Jaime Fillol Eddie Dibbs Ilie Năstase Arthur Ashe
		Bob Lutz Stan Smith 7–5, 2–6, 6–1	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
28 July	First National Bank Classic Louisville, United States $100,000 – Clay – 64S/30D	Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–3	Ilie Năstase	Jaime Fillol Arthur Ashe	Željko Franulović Manuel Orantes Raúl Ramírez John Alexander
		Not played.	Fibak / Vilas A. Amritraj / V. Amritraj
	Western Championships Cincinnati, United States $50,000 – Hard – 32S/16D	Tom Gorman 7–5, 2–6, 6–4	Sherwood Stewart	Byron Bertram Stan Smith	Brian Teacher Cliff Drysdale Dick Crealy Robert Kreiss
		Phil Dent Cliff Drysdale 7–6, 6–4	Marcello Lara Joaquin Loyo-Mayo

August

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 August	U.S. Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States $130,000 – Clay – 64S/32D	Manuel Orantes 6–2, 6–2	Arthur Ashe	Guillermo Vilas Onny Parun	Eddie Dibbs Juan Gisbert, Sr. Iván Molina Jaime Fillol
		Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes 7–5, 6–0	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
	Volvo International North Conway, United States Clay – 48S/20D	Jimmy Connors 6–2, 6–2	Ken Rosewall	Rod Laver Ilie Năstase	Víctor Pecci Norman Holmes Raymond Moore John Alexander
		Haroon Rahim Erik Van Dillen 7–6, 7–6	John Alexander Phil Dent
11 August	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto, Canada $100,000 – Hard – 64S/32D	Manuel Orantes 7–6, 6–0, 6–1	Ilie Năstase	Phil Dent Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Wojciech Fibak John Alexander Adriano Panatta Hans-Joachim Plotz
		Cliff Drysdale Raymond Moore 6–4, 5–7, 7–6	Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase
	City National Championships Columbus, United States Hard – 32S/16D	Vijay Amritraj 6–4, 7–5	Bob Lutz	Stan Smith Tom Gorman	Jürgen Fassbender Bernard Mitton Jim Delaney Sherwood Stewart
		Bob Lutz Stan Smith 6–2, 6–7, 6–3	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
18 August	U.S. Professional Tennis Championships Boston, United States Clay – 64S/31D	Björn Borg 6–3, 6–4, 6–2	Guillermo Vilas	Arthur Ashe John Alexander	Rod Laver Wojciech Fibak Manuel Orantes Raúl Ramírez
		Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 4–6, 6–3, 7–6	John Andrews Mike Estep
	Tennis Week Open South Orange, United States Clay – 32S/12D	Ilie Năstase 7–6, 6–1	Bob Hewitt	Vijay Amritraj Anand Amritraj	Jimmy Connors Raymond Moore Victor Amaya Balázs Taróczy
		Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase 6–2, 6–3	Dick Crealy John Lloyd
25 August	US Open New York, United States Grand Slam $166,810 – Clay – 128S/64D/32XD Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw	Manuel Orantes 6–4, 6–3, 6–4	Jimmy Connors	Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas	Andrew Pattison Eddie Dibbs Ilie Năstase Jaime Fillol
		Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase 6–4, 7–6	Tom Okker Marty Riessen
		Rosemary Casals Dick Stockton 6–3, 7–6	Billie Jean King Fred Stolle

September

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
15 September	Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles, United States Hard – 64S/32D	Arthur Ashe 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	Roscoe Tanner	Raúl Ramírez Harold Solomon	Bob Lutz Marty Riessen Dick Stockton Allan Stone
		Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 7–6, 4–6, 6–4	Cliff Drysdale Marty Riessen
22 September	Fireman's Fund International San Francisco, United States $100,000 – Carpet (i) – 64S/32D	Arthur Ashe 6–0, 7–6 (7–4)	Guillermo Vilas	Jeff Borowiak Geoff Masters	Bob Lutz Dick Stockton Cliff Drysdale Sandy Mayer
		Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart 6–2, 7–6 (7–3)	Allan Stone Kim Warwick
29 September	Hawaii Open Maui, United States Hard – 32S/20D	Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–0	Sandy Mayer	Bernard Mitton Haroon Rahim	Billy Martin Bob Lutz Jeff Borowiak Allan Stone
		Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart 3–6, 7–6, 6–3	Jeff Borowiak Haroon Rahim

October

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 October	Trofeo Melia Madrid, Spain Clay – 64S/32D	Jan Kodeš 6–2, 3–6, 7–6, 6–2	Adriano Panatta	Björn Borg Jaime Fillol	Guillermo Vilas Eddie Dibbs Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes
		Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase 7–6, 4–6, 9–7	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes
	South Pacific Championships Melbourne, Australia Hard (i) – 32S/16D	Brian Gottfried 6–2, 7–6, 6–1	Harold Solomon	Phil Dent Cliff Richey	Geoff Masters Nick Saviano Ross Case Dick Crealy
		Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–4, 6–0	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
13 October	Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships Sydney, Australia $100,000 – Hard (i) – 48S/24D	Stan Smith 7–6, 6–2	Bob Lutz	Brian Gottfried Ross Case	Sandy Mayer John Alexander Tom Gorman Geoff Masters
		Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 6–2	Ross Case Geoff Masters
	Trofeo Conde de Godó Barcelona, Spain Clay – 64S/32D	Björn Borg 1–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–2	Adriano Panatta	Guillermo Vilas Jaime Fillol	Eddie Dibbs Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes
		Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas 3–6, 6–4, 6–3	Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler
20 October	Aryamehr Cup Tehran, Iran Clay – 48S/24D	Eddie Dibbs 1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4	Iván Molina	Guillermo Vilas Patrick Proisy	Corrado Barazzutti Onny Parun Jairo Velasco Manuel Orantes
		Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes 7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
	Hitachi & Nissan-Datsun Championships Perth, Australia Hard – 32S/16D	Harold Solomon 6–2, 7–6, 7–5	Sandy Mayer	Brian Gottfried Ross Case	Cliff Richey Tony Roche Syd Ball Tom Gorman
		Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0	Ross Case Geoff Masters
27 October	Philta International Manila, the Philippines Hard – 32S/16D	Ross Case 6–3, 6–1	Corrado Barazzutti	José Higueras Ken Rosewall	Manuel Orantes John Newcombe Dick Crealy Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
		Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–1, 6–2	Syd Ball Kim Warwick
	Jean Becker Open Paris, France Hard (i) – 32S/18D	Tom Okker 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Arthur Ashe	Raymond Moore Ilie Năstase	Roscoe Tanner Jaime Fillol Eddie Dibbs Onny Parun
		Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler 6–4, 7–6	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker
	Nations Cup Kingston, Jamaica	United States 2–1	United Kingdom	Chile  India	Mexico  West Germany  Australia Commonwealth Caribbean

November

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 November	Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) – 64S/32D	Adriano Panatta 6–4, 6–3	Jimmy Connors	Onny Parun Björn Borg	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner Ilie Năstase Bernard Mitton
		Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner
	Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan $100,000 – Hard – 48S/24D	Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 7–5, 6–3	Manuel Orantes	Tony Roche Ken Rosewall	Harold Solomon Dick Crealy John Newcombe Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
		Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 7–6, 6–4	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes
9 November	Dewar Cup[note 1] Edinburgh/London, Great Britain Carpet – 48S/23D	Eddie Dibbs 1–6, 6–1, 7–5	Jimmy Connors	Buster Mottram Ilie Năstase	Arthur Ashe Jan Kodeš Haroon Rahim Bernard Mitton
		Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler 6–1, 7–5	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase
	South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay – 32S/28D	Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–4, 6–4	Adriano Panatta	Ricardo Cano Jaime Fillol	Željko Franulović Iván Molina Víctor Pecci José Edison Mandarino
		Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 7–6, 6–7, 6–4	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
	Citizen's Classic Hong Kong, Hong Kong $75,000 – Hard – 32S/16D	Tom Gorman 6–3, 6–1, 6–1	Sandy Mayer	Raúl Ramírez Brian Gottfried	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Bob Carmichael John Newcombe Tom Okker
		Tom Okker Ken Rosewall 6–3, 6–4	Bob Carmichael Sandy Mayer
16 November	South African Breweries Open Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – 43S/24D/16XD	Harold Solomon 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2	Brian Gottfried	Karl Meiler Onny Parun	Pat Cramer Frew McMillan Raymond Moore Andrew Pattison
		Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 7–5, 6–4	Karl Meiler Charlie Pasarell
		Title shared.	Kloss / Bertram Carnahan / Russell
	Indian Open Calcutta, India Clay – 32S/16D	Vijay Amritraj 7–5, 6–3	Manuel Orantes	Mike Cahill Kim Warwick	Tom Gorman Sandy Mayer Haroon Rahim Juan Gisbert, Sr.
		Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes 1–6, 6–4, 6–3	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj
30 November	Commercial Union Assurance Masters Stockholm, Sweden $130,000 – Hard (i) – 8S/4D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Ilie Năstase 6–2, 6–2, 6–1	Björn Borg	Guillermo Vilas Arthur Ashe
		Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann

December

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 December	Davis Cup Final Stockholm, Sweden – Carpet	Sweden 3–2	Czechoslovakia	Chile  Australia

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:

Grand Prix rankings

These are the Grand Prix rankings of the top twenty singles players at the end of the 1974 season ^[2] and at the end of the 1975 season,^[3] 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.

As of 20 December 1974[4] Rk Name Nation 1 Jimmy Connors 2 John Newcombe 3 Björn Borg 4 Rod Laver 5 Guillermo Vilas 6 Tom Okker 7 Arthur Ashe 8 Stan Smith 9 Ken Rosewall 10 Ilie Năstase 11 Manuel Orantes 12 Marty Riessen 13 Alex Metreveli 14 Roscoe Tanner 15 Dick Stockton 16 Harold Solomon 17 Jan Kodeš 18 Cliff Drysdale 19 Raúl Ramírez 20 François Jauffret

Year-end rankings (15 December 1975)[5] Rk Name Nation Points High Low Change 1 Jimmy Connors = 2 Guillermo Vilas +3 3 Björn Borg = 4 Arthur Ashe +3 5 Manuel Orantes +6 6 Ken Rosewall +3 7 Ilie Năstase +3 8 John Alexander +18 9 Roscoe Tanner +5 10 Rod Laver −6 11 Tom Okker −5 12 Tony Roche +15 13 Raúl Ramírez +6 14 Adriano Panatta +24 15 Vitas Gerulaitis +30 16 Jaime Fillol +15 17 Harold Solomon −1 18 Eddie Dibbs +4 19 Jan Kodeš −2 20 John Newcombe −18

Statistical information

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:

• Vijay Amritraj (2) Columbus, Calcutta
• Arthur Ashe (3) Wimbledon, Los Angeles, San Francisco
• Björn Borg (3) French Open, Boston, Barcelona
• Ross Case (2) Manila, Sydney Indoor
• Jimmy Connors (2) North Conway, Maui
• Eddie Dibbs (1) Tehran
• Jaime Fillol (1) Düsseldorf
• Tom Gorman (2) Cincinnati, Hong Kong
• Brian Gottfried (1) Melbourne Indoor
• Jan Kodeš (1) Madrid
• Ilie Năstase (3) Barcelona, South Orange, Masters
• John Newcombe (1) Australian Open
• Tom Okker (2) Nottingham, Paris (Jean Becker)
• Manuel Orantes (6) Bournemouth, Hamburg, Båstad, Indianapolis, Montreal, US Open
• Adriano Panatta (2) Kitzbühel, Stockholm
• Raúl Ramírez (4) Rome, Tokyo Outdoor
• Ken Rosewall (1) Gstaad
• Stan Smith (1) Sydney Indoor
• Harold Solomon (2) Perth, Johannesburg
• Guillermo Vilas (5) Munich, Hilversum, Washington, D.C., Louisville, Buenos Aires

No players won their first Grand Prix title in 1975.

Notes

References

• ATP Archive 1975: Commercial Union Grand Prix Tournaments: Accessed 22 October 2010.
• History Mens Professional Tours:Accessed 22 October 2010.

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. 

See also

• Tennis exhibitions in 1975
• 1975 World Championship Tennis season
• 1975 Virginia Slims Circuit