1974 Grand Prix (tennis)

1974 Grand Prix tour

Details
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)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Jimmy Connors (7) Guillermo Vilas (7)
Most tournament finals	Jimmy Connors (8)
Prize money leader	Guillermo Vilas ($219,844)
Points leader	Guillermo Vilas (746)
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Jimmy Connors finished the year as ATP world No. 1 for the first time in his career. Connors won seven titles during the season, including three majors at the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open (though the Australian Open was a Group B event rather than a Triple Crown event like the other majors).

Guillermo Vilas was the 1974 Grand Prix No. 1. Vilas won seven tournaments during the season, including the Masters Grand Prix.

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.

Key

Triple Crown

Grand Prix Masters

Group AA events

Group A events

Group B events

Group C events

Team events

December 1973

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
26 Dec	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Group B Grass – $33,400 – 64S/35D Singles – Doubles	Jimmy Connors 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3	Phil Dent	Ross Case John Alexander	John Newcombe Colin Dibley Bob Giltinan Vladimir Zednik
		Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–7, 6–3, 6–4	Syd Ball Bob Giltinan

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 May	Trofeo Vat 69 Florence, Italy Group C Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Adriano Panatta 6–3, 6–1	Paolo Bertolucci	Onny Parun Julián Ganzábal	Jeff Simpson Leif Johansson Barry Phillips-Moore Vincenzo Franchitti
		Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Róbert Machán Balázs Taróczy
13 May	Bavarian Championships Munich, West Germany Group C Clay – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Jürgen Fassbender 6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4	François Jauffret	Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta	Ilie Năstase Paolo Bertolucci Karl Meiler Manuel Orantes
		Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes 2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
20 May	Rothmans British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth, Great Britain Group B Clay – 50S/24D/32XD	Ilie Năstase 6–1, 6–3, 6–0	Paolo Bertolucci	Corrado Barazzutti Hans Kary	Jairo Velasco Dick Crealy Patrice Dominguez Julián Ganzábal
		Juan Gisbert Sr. Ilie Năstase 6–4, 6–2, 6–0	Corrado Barazzutti Paolo Bertolucci
		Lesley Charles Mark Farrell 6–1, 6–3	Sharon Walsh Stephen Warboys
	German Open Hamburg, West Germany Group B Clay – 36S/16D/16XD	Eddie Dibbs 6–2, 6–2, 6–3	Hans-Joachim Plötz	Guillermo Vilas Jaime Fillol	François Jauffret Patrick Proisy Antonio Muñoz Jiří Hřebec
		Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6–3, 6–4, 6–4	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
		Heide Orth Jürgen Fassbender 7–6, 6–3	Katja Ebbinghaus Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
27 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy Group AA Clay – $90,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles	Björn Borg 6–3, 6–4, 6–2	Ilie Năstase	Stan Smith Guillermo Vilas	Alex Metreveli Brian Gottfried Manuel Orantes Steve Krulevitz
		Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 6–2, 6–3	Juan Gisbert Sr. Ilie Năstase

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Jun 10 Jun	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Triple Crown Clay – $150,000 – 128S/64D/32XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Björn Borg 2–6, 6–7, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1	Manuel Orantes	Harold Solomon François Jauffret	Ilie Năstase Raúl Ramírez Patricio Cornejo Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
		Dick Crealy Onny Parun 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1	Bob Lutz Stan Smith
		Martina Navratilova Iván Molina 6–3, 6–3	Rosie Darmon Marcelo Lara|
17 Jun	John Player Open Nottingham, Great Britain Group AA Grass – 62S/30D	Stan Smith 6–3, 1–6, 6–3	Alex Metreveli	Roscoe Tanner Marty Riessen	Jan Kodeš Jimmy Connors Onny Parun Tom Gorman
		Charlie Pasarell Erik van Dillen 9–7, 6–3	Bob Lutz Stan Smith
24 Jun 1 Jul	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Triple Crown Grass – $167,125 – 128S/64D/56XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–1, 6–4	Ken Rosewall	Stan Smith Dick Stockton	John Newcombe Ismail El Shafei Jan Kodeš Alex Metreveli
		John Newcombe Tony Roche 8–6, 6–4, 6–4	Bob Lutz Stan Smith
		Billie Jean King Owen Davidson 6–3, 9–7	Lesley Charles Mark Farrell

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 Jul	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Group B Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Björn Borg 6–3, 6–0, 6–7, 6–3	Adriano Panatta	Onny Parun Paolo Bertolucci	Corrado Barazzutti Antonio Zugarelli Leif Johansson Jan-Erik Lundqvist
		Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 3–6, 6–2, 6–4	Ove Bengtson Björn Borg
	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland Group B Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–2	Manuel Orantes	Roy Emerson Vijay Amritraj	Marcelo Lara Ismail El Shafei Barry Phillips-Moore François Jauffret
		José Higueras Manuel Orantes 7–5, 0–6, 6–1, 9–8	Roy Emerson Thomaz Koch
	Carrolls Irish Open Dublin, Ireland Group C Hard – 29S/22D	Sherwood Stewart 6–3, 9–8	Colin Dowdeswell	John Yuill Bob Maud	Colin Dibley Robert Kreiss Dick Dell Jorge Andrew
		Colin Dowdeswell John Yuill 6–3, 6–2	Lito Álvarez Jorge Andrew
15 Jul	Chicago International Chicago, United States Group B Carpet – 32S/16D	Stan Smith 3–6, 6–1, 6–4	Marty Riessen	Eddie Dibbs Dick Dell	Brian Gottfried Fred McNair Roscoe Tanner Raúl Ramírez
		Tom Gorman Marty Riessen 4–6, 6–3, 7–5	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
	Head Cup Kitzbühel, Austria Group C Clay – 32S/16D	Balázs Taróczy 6–1, 6–4, 6–4	Onny Parun	Manuel Orantes Jairo Velasco	Tadeusz Nowicki Frank Gebert Hans Kary Milan Holeček
		Iván Molina Jairo Velasco 2–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4	František Pála Balázs Taróczy
	Dutch Open Hilversum, the Netherlands Group C Clay – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3	Barry Phillips-Moore	Marcelo Lara Paul Kronk	Julián Ganzábal John Lloyd Louk Sanders Jun Kamiwazumi
		Tito Vázquez Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2	Lito Álvarez Julián Ganzábal
22 Jul	Washington Star International Washington, United States Group AA Clay – $100,000 – 64S/32D	Harold Solomon 1–6, 6–3, 6–4	Guillermo Vilas	Billy Martin Marty Riessen	Stan Smith Onny Parun John Alexander Arthur Ashe
		Tom Gorman Marty Riessen 7–5, 6–1	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol
29 Jul	First National Bank Classic Louisville, United States Group AA Clay – $100,000 – 64S/32D	Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 7–5	Jaime Fillol	Eddie Dibbs Manuel Orantes	Stan Smith Harold Solomon John Alexander Arthur Ashe
		Charlie Pasarell Erik van Dillen 6–2, 6–3	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
	Western Championships Cincinnati, United States Group C Carpet (i) – $30,000 – 32S/16D	Marty Riessen 7–6, 7–6	Bob Lutz	Colin Dibley Sherwood Stewart	Steve Krulevitz Brian Teacher Jun Kamiwazumi Henry Bunis
		Dick Dell Sherwood Stewart 4–6, 7–6, 6–2	Jim Delaney John Whitlinger

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Aug	U.S. Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States Group AA Clay – $130,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles	Jimmy Connors 5–7, 6–3, 6–4	Björn Borg	Manuel Orantes Raúl Ramírez	Onny Parun Guillermo Vilas Brian Gottfried Ilie Năstase
		Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase 6–7, 6–3, 6–4	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
	Volvo International Bretton Woods, United States Group B Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Rod Laver 6–4, 6–3	Harold Solomon	John Alexander Vijay Amritraj	Anand Amritraj Eddie Dibbs Jeff Borowiak François Jauffret
		Jeff Borowiak Rod Laver 6–3, 6–2	Georges Goven François Jauffret
12 Aug	Rothmans Canadian Open Group AA Toronto, Ontario, Canada Clay – $130,000 – 64S/32D	Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–2, 6–3	Manuel Orantes	Juan Gisbert Sr. Tom Okker	Marcelo Lara Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Björn Borg Harold Solomon
		Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 2–6, 6–2	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
	City National Buckeye Championships Columbus, United States Group B Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Raúl Ramírez 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4	Roscoe Tanner	Humphrey Hose Tom Gorman	Sherwood Stewart Vijay Amritraj John Whitlinger Rick Fisher
		Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj Walkover	Tom Gorman Bob Lutz
19 Aug	U.S. Professional Tennis Championships Boston, United States Group AA Clay – $100,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles	Björn Borg 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–1	Tom Okker	Guillermo Vilas Jan Kodeš	Ismail El Shafei Ilie Năstase Marty Riessen Arthur Ashe
		Bob Lutz Stan Smith 3–6, 6–4, 6–3	Marty Riessen Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
	Medi-Quik Open South Orange, United States Group B Grass – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Alex Metreveli Walkover	Jimmy Connors	Kim Warwick Anand Amritraj	Billy Martin Sherwood Stewart Brian Gottfried Vijay Amritraj
		Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 7–6, 6–7, 7–6	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj
	Pennsylvanian Championships Merion, United States Group C Grass – 64S/30D	John Lloyd 6–0, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5	John Whitlinger	Ray Keldie Ferdi Taygan	Mike Estep Fred McNair Jim Delaney Brian Teacher
		Roy Barth Humphrey Hose 7–6, 6–2	Mike Machette Fred McNair
26 Aug 2 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Triple Crown Grass – $150,000 – 128S/51D/32XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–0, 6–1	Ken Rosewall	Roscoe Tanner John Newcombe	Alex Metreveli Stan Smith Vijay Amritraj Arthur Ashe
		Bob Lutz Stan Smith 6–3, 6–3	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol
		Pam Teeguarden Geoff Masters 6–1, 7–6	Chris Evert Jimmy Connors

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 Sep	Perspectus Classic Cedar Grove, United States Group B Clay – 32S/16D	Ilie Năstase 6–4, 7–6	Juan Gisbert Sr.	Thomaz Koch Charles Owens	Ray Ruffels Jürgen Fassbender Barry Phillips-Moore Roger Taylor
		Steve Siegel Kim Warwick 4–6, 6–2, 6–1	Dick Crealy Bob Tanis
16 Sep	Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles, United States Group AA Hard – $175,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles	Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–1	Harold Solomon	Andrew Pattison Tom Gorman	Jeff Borowiak Roscoe Tanner Arthur Ashe Raúl Ramírez
		Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–3, 6–2	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
23 Sep	Fireman's Fund International San Francisco, United States Group AA Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 64S/32D	Ross Case 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Arthur Ashe	Onny Parun Charlie Pasarell	Jimmy Connors Vitas Gerulaitis Dick Stockton Sandy Mayer
		Bob Lutz Stan Smith 6–4, 7–6(8–6)	John Alexander Syd Ball
30 Sep	Hawaii Open Maui, United States Group B 50,000 – hard – 32S/16D	John Newcombe 7–6, 7–6	Roscoe Tanner	Dick Stockton Sherwood Stewart	Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels Tom Gorman Onny Parun
		Dick Stockton Roscoe Tanner 6–3, 7–6	Owen Davidson John Newcombe

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Oct	Melia Trophy Madrid, Spain Group A Clay – 64S/32D	Ilie Năstase 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4	Björn Borg	Guillermo Vilas Manuel Orantes	Jan Kodeš Harold Solomon Raúl Ramírez Tom Okker
		Patrice Dominguez Antonio Muñoz 6–1, 6–3	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
	Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Group A Clay – 48S/24D	John Newcombe 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Ken Rosewall	Kim Warwick Dick Stockton	Onny Parun Roscoe Tanner Cliff Richey Ross Case
		Not completed. (4 pairs remaining)
14 Oct	Trofeo Conde de Godó Barcelona, Spain Group A Clay – $75,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles	Ilie Năstase 8–6, 9–7, 6–3	Manuel Orantes	François Jauffret Björn Borg	Wojciech Fibak Harold Solomon Jaime Fillol Jan Kodeš
		Juan Gisbert Sr. Ilie Năstase 3–6, 6–0, 6–2	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas
	Australian Indoor Championships Sydney, Australia Group A Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	John Newcombe 6–4, 6–3, 6–4	Cliff Richey	Tony Roche Ken Rosewall	Onny Parun Allan Stone Phil Dent Roscoe Tanner
		Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–4, 6–4	John Newcombe Tony Roche
21 Oct	Aryamehr Cup Tehran, Iran Group AA Clay – $100,000 – 48S/21D	Guillermo Vilas 6–0, 6–3, 6–1	Raúl Ramírez	Thomaz Koch Björn Borg	Brian Gottfried Tom Okker Roger Taylor Eddie Dibbs
		Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas 7–6, 2–6, 6–2	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
	Benson & Hedges Classic Christchurch, New Zealand Group C Hard (i) – 32S/15D	Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–2	Ray Ruffels	Sandy Mayer Onny Parun	Fred Stolle Jürgen Fassbender Dick Crealy Cliff Richey
		Ismail El Shafei Roscoe Tanner Walkover	Syd Ball Ray Ruffels
	South Pacific Championships Melbourne, Australia Group C Clay – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Dick Stockton 6–2, 6–3, 6–2	Geoff Masters	John Newcombe Sherwood Stewart	Cliff Letcher Allan Stone Paul Kronk Ernie Ewert
		Raz Reid Allan Stone 7–6, 6–4	Mike Estep Paul Kronk
28 Oct	Jean Becker Open Paris, France Group B Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Brian Gottfried 6–3, 5–7, 8–6, 6–0	Eddie Dibbs	Jaime Fillol Arthur Ashe	Guillermo Vilas Charlie Pasarell Harold Solomon Thomaz Koch
		Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret 7–5, 6–4	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
	Indonesia Open Jakarta, Indonesia Group B Hard – 32S/16D	Onny Parun 6–3, 6–3, 6–4	Kim Warwick	Jürgen Fassbender Dick Crealy	Roscoe Tanner Ross Case Sherwood Stewart Jun Kuki
		Ismail El Shafei Roscoe Tanner 7–5, 6–3	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
	Stadthalle Open Group C Vienna, Austria Hard (i) – 32S/16D	Vitas Gerulaitis 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Andrew Pattison	Tom Gorman Balázs Taróczy	Karl Meiler Raymond Moore Hans Kary Ingo Wimmer
		Raymond Moore Andrew Pattison 6–4, 5–7, 6–4	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Nov	Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden Group AA Hard (i) – $100,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles	Arthur Ashe 6–2, 6–2	Tom Okker	Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas	Manuel Orantes Marty Riessen Juan Gisbert Sr. Raúl Ramírez
		Tom Okker Marty Riessen 2–6, 6–3, 6–4	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
	Viceroy Classic Hong Kong, Hong Kong Group B Hard – 32S/16D	No final due to rain.		J. Newcombe vs. O. Parun R. Tanner vs. K. Rosewall	Roger Taylor Phil Dent Ross Case Bob Carmichael
		Not completed. (4 pairs remaining)
11 Nov	Dewar Cup London, Great Britain Group A Carpet (i) – 32S/16D	Jimmy Connors 6–2, 7–6	Brian Gottfried	Tom Okker Guillermo Vilas	Harold Solomon Arthur Ashe Manuel Orantes Raúl Ramírez
		Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase 3–6, 7–6, 6–3	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
	Indian Open Bombay, India Group B Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Onny Parun 6–3, 6–3, 7–6	Tony Roche	John Andrews Dick Crealy	Anand Amritraj Manuel Santana Vijay Amritraj Dick Dell
		Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 6–4, 7–6	Dick Crealy Onny Parun
	Philippine Open Manila, the Philippines Group B Clay (i) – 32S/14D	Ismail El Shafei 7–6, 6–1	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	John Newcombe Jun Kuki	Roger Taylor John Austin Fred McNair Jürgen Fassbender
		Syd Ball Ross Case 6–3, 6–7, 9–7	Mike Estep Marcelo Lara
	Oslo Open Oslo, Norway Group C Hard (i) – $25,000 – 32S/16D	Jeff Borowiak 6–3, 6–2	Karl Meiler	Bob Hewitt Jan-Erik Lundqvist	Hans Kary Vitas Gerulaitis Paul Gerken Haroon Rahim
		Karl Meiler Haroon Rahim 6–3, 6–2	Jeff Borowiak Vitas Gerulaitis
18 Nov	South African Breweries Open Johannesburg, South Africa Group AA Hard – 32S/32D/16XD	Jimmy Connors 7–6, 6–3, 6–1	Arthur Ashe	Harold Solomon Raúl Ramírez	Andrew Pattison Tom Okker Marty Riessen Ken Rosewall
		Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 7–6, 6–4, 6–3	Tom Okker Marty Riessen
		Margaret Court Marty Riessen 6–0, 6–2	Ilana Kloss Jürgen Fassbender
	South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina Group A Clay – $50,000 – 32S/23D Singles	Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2	Manuel Orantes	José Edison Mandarino Iván Molina	Ramiro Benavides Željko Franulović Ricardo Cano Víctor Pecci
		Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–3	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol
25 Nov	Davis Cup Final	South Africa Walkover [note 1]	India	Soviet Union   Italy

December

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 Dec	Commercial Union Assurance Masters Melbourne, Australia Masters Grand Prix Grass – $100,000 – 8S Singles	Guillermo Vilas 7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4	Ilie Năstase	Raúl Ramírez John Newcombe	Round robin Björn Borg Onny Parun Manuel Orantes Harold Solomon

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:

Group TC

Champion: 120 (24) Runner-up: 90 (18) Semifinalist: 60 (12) Quarterfinalist: 30 (6) Fourth Round: 15 (3) Third Round: 7 (1) Second Round: 3

Group AA

Champion: 80 (16) Runner-up: 60 (12) Semifinalist: 40 (8) Quarterfinalist: 20 (4) 9th – 16th: 10 (2) 17th – 32nd: 5

Group A

Champion: 60 (12) Runner-up: 45 (9) Semifinalist: 30 (6) Quarterfinalist: 15 (3) 9th – 16th: 7 (1) 17th – 32nd: 3

Group B

Champion: 40 (8) Runner-up: 30 (6) Semifinalist: 20 (4) 5th – 8th: 10 (2) 9th – 16th: 5

Group C

Champion: 20 (4) Runner-up: 15 (3) Semifinalist: 10 (2) 5th – 8th: 5 (1) 9th – 16th: 3

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
		Played	Titles	Played	Titles	Played	Titles	Played	Titles	Played	Titles
1	Guillermo Vilas	3	0	9	3	4	1	3	1	1	1	20	6	$119,844	$100,000	797
2	Jimmy Connors	2	2	6	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	11	7	$130,760	$55,000	714
3	Manuel Orantes	3	0	9	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	20	0	$86,872	$37,500	622
4	Björn Borg	3	1	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	14	4	$97,616	$27,500	607
5	Raúl Ramírez	3	0	10	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	21	1	$60,775	$22,500	488
6	Ilie Năstase	3	0	5	0	3	2	2	2	1	0	14	4	$73,198	$19,750	482
7	Onny Parun	3	0	9	0	2	0	9	2	2	0	25	2	$61,552	$17,750	452.5
8	Harold Solomon	2	0	11	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	21	1	$58,705	$16,000	429
9	Arthur Ashe	3	0	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	16	1	$53,119	$15,000	422
10	Stan Smith	3	0	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	2	$56,700	$14,000	416
11	Roscoe Tanner	3	0	7	0	2	0	6	0	1	1	19	1	$51,077	$13,000	397.5
12	John Newcombe	2	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	10	3	$62,475	–	397.25
13	Brian Gottfried	3	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	20	0	$50,915	$12,000	370
14	Tom Okker	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	$42,539	$11,500	333
15	Marty Riessen	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.

As of 14 December 1973 [5] Rk Name 1   Ilie Năstase  (ROM) 2   John Newcombe  (AUS) 3   Jimmy Connors  (USA) 4   Tom Okker  (NED) 5   Stan Smith  (USA) 6   Ken Rosewall  (AUS) 7   Manuel Orantes  (ESP) 8   Rod Laver  (AUS) 9   Jan Kodeš  (TCH) 10   Arthur Ashe  (USA) 11   Tom Gorman  (USA) 12   Roy Emerson  (AUS) 13   Marty Riessen  (USA) 14   Adriano Panatta  (ITA) 15   Nikola Pilić  (YUG) 16   Roger Taylor  (GBR) 17   Jaime Fillol  (CHI) 18   Björn Borg  (SWE) 19   Cliff Richey  (USA) 20   Paolo Bertolucci  (ITA)

Year-end rankings 1974 (17 January 1975) [6] Rk Name Points Average High Low Change 1   Jimmy Connors  (USA) 768 59.08 +2 2   John Newcombe  (AUS) 753 37.65 = 3   Björn Borg  (SWE) 813 35.358 +15 4   Rod Laver  (AUS) 447 34.38 +4 5   Guillermo Vilas  (ARG) 786 29.11 +26 6   Tom Okker  (NED) 595 28.33 −2 7   Arthur Ashe  (USA) 778 27.79 +3 8   Ken Rosewall  (AUS) 324 27.00 −2 9   Stan Smith  (USA) 593 25.78 −4 10   Ilie Năstase  (ROM) 615 25.63 −9 11   Manuel Orantes  (ESP) 560 20.74 −4 12   Marty Riessen  (USA) 452 18.08 +1 13   Alex Metreveli  (URS) 281 17.56 +21 14   Roscoe Tanner  (USA) 513 16.55 +10 15   Harold Solomon  (USA) 521 15.32 +43 16   Dick Stockton  (USA) 322 14.64 +12 17   Jan Kodeš  (TCH) 305 14.52 −8 18   Raúl Ramírez  (MEX) 498 14.23 +7 19   Cliff Drysdale  (RSA) 196 14.00 +5 20   Eddie Dibbs  (USA) 389 13.41 +25

*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

• 1974 World Championship Tennis circuit
• 1974 USLTA Indoor Circuit
• 1974 WTA Tour

Notes

1. 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

1. "How it All Began". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
2. John Barrett, ed. (1975). World of Tennis '75: a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 27–32. ISBN   9780362002171.
3. "ATP Rankings (singles) as of December 14, 1973". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 14 December 1973.
4. "ATP Rankings (singles) as of January 17, 1975". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc.
5. "ATP Rankings (singles) 14 Dec 1973". ATP. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
6. "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

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.

External links

• Commercial Union Grand Prix tournaments
• ATP – History Mens Professional Tours