Björn Rune Borg is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. Between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at the French Open and five consecutively at Wimbledon.
John David Newcombe AO OBE is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors, he won seven singles titles, a former record 17 men's doubles titles, and two mixed doubles titles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when the Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors. Tennis magazine rated him the 10th best male player of the period 1965–2005.
Anthony Dalton Roche AO MBE is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Eric Clifford Drysdale is a South African former tennis player. After a career as a highly ranked professional player in the 1960s and early 1970s, he became a tennis announcer.
Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis was an American professional tennis player, known as Vitas Gerulaitis. In 1975, he won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon, partnering with Sandy Mayer. He won the men's singles title at the latter of the two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. He won two Italian Opens, and the WCT Finals in Dallas in 1978.
Ann Meyers Drysdale is an American retired pro basketball player and a sportscaster. She was a standout player in high school, college, the Olympic Games, international tournaments, and at professional levels.
The ITF Grand Prix Circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players founded in 1970 as the ILTF Grand Prix Tennis Circuit it ran annually until 1989 when it and WCT Circuit were replaced by a single world wide ATP Tour.
Leonard Roscoe Tanner is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979.
Philip Clive Dent is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors in four sets. Dent was also the men's doubles champion at the Australian Open in 1975, and the mixed-doubles champion at the US Open in 1976.
World Championship Tennis (WCT) was a tour for professional male tennis players established in 1968 and lasted until the emergence of the ATP Tour in 1990. A number of tennis tournaments around the world were affiliated with WCT and players were ranked in a special WCT ranking according to their results in those tournaments.
Renáta Tomanová is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
The 1979 Congoleum Classic, also known as the Volvo Tennis Games, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was played at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California in the United States and was held from February 12 through February 18, 1979. Eighth-seeded Roscoe Tanner won his second consecutive singles title at the event and earned $35,000 first-prize money.
The 1978 Volvo International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Mt. Cranmore Stadium in North Conway, New Hampshire in the United States that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the sixth edition of the tournament was held from July 31 through August 6, 1978. First-seeded Eddie Dibbs won the singles title.
The 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event. In addition eight World Championship Tennis (WCT) tournaments, a separate professional tennis circuit held from 1971 through 1977, were incorporated into the Grand Prix circuit. The 28 tournaments with prize money of $175,000 or more formed the Super Series category. Jimmy Connors won 10 of the 84 tournaments which secured him the first place in the Grand Prix points ranking. However he did not play enough tournaments (13) to qualify for largest share ($300,000) of the bonus pool, which instead went to third–ranked Eddie Dibbs.
Ulrich Marten is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.
Caroline Stoll is an American retired professional tennis player.
The 1979 Lorraine Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. The event was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix and was played in Nancy in France. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 19 March through 25 March 1979. Fourth-seeded Yannick Noah won the singles title.
The 1979 Baltimore International, also known by its sponsored name First National Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Towson State College in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States that was part of the 1979 Grand Prix circuit. It was the eighth edition of the event and was held from January 15 through January 21, 1979. First-seeded Harold Solomon won the singles title and earned $13,000 first-prize money.
The 1978 Lagos Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Lagos, Nigeria. The event was part of the World Championship Tennis tier of the 1978 Grand Prix circuit. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 27 February until 5 March 1978. Third-seeded Kjell Johansson won the singles title.
The 1979 Dayton Pro Tennis Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio, in the United States that was part of the 1979 Grand Prix. It was the sixth edition of the event and was held from March 26 through April 1, 1979. Unseeded Butch Walts won his second singles title at the event after 1975 and earned $13,000 first-prize money.
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