1975 U.S. Clay Court Championships

The 1975 U.S. Clay Court Championships was a combined men's and women's Grand Prix tennis tournament held in Indianapolis in the United States and played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from August 4 through August 11, 1975. Third-seeded Manuel Orantes won the men's singles title and the accompanying $16,000 first prize money while Chris Evert won the women's singles title.[3][4]

1975 U.S. Clay Court Championships
DateAugust 4–11
Edition7th
CategoryGrand Prix (AA)
Int. Grand Prix
Draw64S/32D (men)
48S/16D (women)
Prize money$100,000 (men)
$50,000 (women)
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationIndianapolis, US
Champions
Men's singles
Spain Manuel Orantes[1]
Women's singles
United States Chris Evert
Men's doubles
Spain Juan Gisbert / Spain Manuel Orantes[2]
Women's doubles
Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli / Colombia Isabel Fernández
← 1974 · U.S. Clay Court Championships · 1976 →

Finals

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Men's singles

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  Manuel Orantes defeated   Arthur Ashe 6–2, 6–2

  • It was Orantes' 6th title of the year and the 17th of his career.

Women's singles

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  Chris Evert defeated   Dianne Fromholtz 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Evert's 9th singles title of the year and the 48th of her career.

Men's doubles

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  Juan Gisbert /   Manuel Orantes defeated   Wojciech Fibak /   Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 7–5, 6–0

Women's doubles

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  Fiorella Bonicelli /   Isabel Fernández defeated   Gail Chanfreau /   Julie Heldman 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "ATP – 1975 Indianapolis Men's Singles draw". ATP.
  2. ^ "ATP – 1975 Indianapolis Men's Doubles draw". ATP.
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1976). World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 9780362002768. OCLC 650229036.
  4. ^ "Orantes clips Ashe for clay title". The Deseret News. August 12, 1975.
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