Manuel Orantes Corral is a former tennis player from Spain who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open men's singles title in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final. Orantes reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 2.
Guillermo Vilas is an Argentine former professional tennis player, No. 1 of the Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977, who won four Grand Slam tournaments, one year-end Masters, nine Grand Prix Super Series titles and 62 total ATP titles. World Tennis, Agence France-Presse and Livre d'or du tennis 1977, among other rankings and publications, rated him as world No. 1 in 1977. In the ATP computer rankings, he peaked at No. 2 in April 1975, a position that he held for a total of 83 weeks. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991, two years after his first retirement.
The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. The Grand Prix and World Championship Tennis (WCT) were the two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, with the Grand Prix being more prominent.
Brian Edward Gottfried is a retired American tennis player who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. He was the runner-up in singles at the 1977 French Open, won the 1975 and 1977 French Open Doubles as well as the 1976 Wimbledon Doubles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking on the ATP tour on June 19, 1977, when he became world No. 3, and a career-high doubles ranking on December 12, 1976, when he became No. 2.
The 2011 New Haven Open at Yale was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 43rd edition of the New Haven Open at Yale, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour. It was previously known as "Pilot Pen Tennis". It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 22 through August 27, 2011. It was the last event on the 2011 US Open Series before the 2011 US Open.
James McGee is an Irish former professional tennis player. He was born in Castleknock, Ireland. He attended Belvedere College in Dublin, Co. Dublin.
Paul Gerken is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
The 2013 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2013 tennis season. The 2013 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, and the year-end championships. Also included in the 2013 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.
Erick Iskersky is a former professional tennis player from the United States and a three time All-American at Trinity College in Texas.
The 2015 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 135th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Flavia Pennetta defeated Roberta Vinci in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–2, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 US Open. It was her first major singles title, and she became the first woman to win her maiden major title after turning 30 years old. Pennetta was competing in her 49th major main draw, setting a new record for the most appearances in major main draws before reaching a final. Vinci became the first unseeded woman to reach a major final since Justine Henin at the 2010 Australian Open. This marked the first final with two first-time major finalists since the 2010 French Open, and the first with two Italian players. This was also Pennetta's last major, as she retired from the sport at the end of the 2015 season.
Steve Siegel is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Rolf Norberg is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Jai DiLouie is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Julie Spalding-Steven is an American former professional tennis player.
Susan Hagey Wall is an American former professional tennis player.
Armistead Neely is an American former professional tennis player. He is a member of the Southern Tennis Hall of Fame.
Michael Grant is an American former professional tennis player.
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held one week before the event.
Gail Glasgow is an American former professional tennis player. She also competed under her maiden name Gail Hansen and briefly as Gail Elliott.
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