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1974 Volvo International | |
Champions | Jeff Borowiak Rod Laver |
Runners-up | Georges Goven François Jauffret |
Score | 6–3, 6–2 |
Draw | 16 |
Seeds | 4 |
Rod Laver and Fred Stolle were the defending champions but only Laver competed that year with Jeff Borowiak.
Borowiak and Laver won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Georges Goven and François Jauffret. [1]
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | P Cornejo J Fillol | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
As Amritraj T Hoehn | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | P Cornejo J Fillol | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
D Crawford A Neely | 6 | 4 | E Dibbs H Solomon | 7 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E Dibbs H Solomon | 7 | 6 | 1 | P Cornejo J Fillol | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | J Borowiak R Laver | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | J Borowiak R Laver | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
M Powers S Siegel | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | J Borowiak R Laver | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
I Molina J Velasco, Sr. | 7 | 7 | I Molina J Velasco, Sr. | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J-E Lundquist T Svensson | 6 | 6 | 3 | J Borowiak R Laver | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
G Goven F Jauffret | 6 | 4 | 7 | G Goven F Jauffret | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Krulevitz J Lloyd | 3 | 6 | 5 | G Goven F Jauffret | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Andrews R Fisher | 6 | 6 | J Andrews R Fisher | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | I El Shafei P Gerken | 3 | 4 | G Goven F Jauffret | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
J Alexander P Doerner | 6 | 6 | J Alexander P Doerner | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Kuhnke B Phillips-Moore | 2 | 2 | J Alexander P Doerner | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
B Bertram S Turner | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | An Amritraj V Amritraj | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | An Amritraj V Amritraj | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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