1975 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles

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The 1975 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles was an event of the 1975 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships tennis tournament and was played on outdoor green clay courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States from August 19 through August 25, 1975. The draw comprised 64 players and two of them were seeded. First-seeded Björn Borg was the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships singles champion and retained his title by defeating second-seeded Guillermo Vilas in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Singles

1975 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships

Final

Champion

Runner-up

Guillermo Vilas

Score

6–3, 6–4, 6–2

Details

Draw

64

Seeds

2

Events

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Seeds

01.

Guillermo Vilas (final)

02. Björn Borg (champion)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

	1	Guillermo Vilas	6	6

		Rod Laver	3	4
								1	Guillermo Vilas	4	6	6

									Arthur Ashe	6	3	0
		Arthur Ashe	7	6

		Wojciech Fibak	5	4
															1	Guillermo Vilas	3	4	2

															2	Björn Borg	6	6	6
		John Alexander	6	2	7

		Manuel Orantes	3	6	6
									John Alexander	3	7	3

								2	Björn Borg	6	6	6
		Raúl Ramírez	6	3	0

	2	Björn Borg	4	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	1	Guillermo Vilas	6	7
		José Higueras	2	5				1	Guillermo Vilas	6	6
		Paolo Bertolucci	3	7	6				Paolo Bertolucci	3	4
		Paul Kronk	6	5	2										1	Guillermo Vilas	6	6
		Juan Gisbert Sr.	2	6	7											Mike Estep	4	3
		Brian Gottfried	6	3	6				Juan Gisbert Sr.	0	6	0
		Mike Estep	6	2	6				Mike Estep	6	4	6
		Georges Goven	4	6	3																	1	Guillermo Vilas	6	6
		Rod Laver	7	6	6																		Rod Laver	3	4
		Patrick Proisy	5	7	0				Rod Laver	7	6
		Adriano Panatta	6	6					Adriano Panatta	6	2
		John Eagleton	2	3												Rod Laver	6	6
		Jan Kodeš	6	6												Jan Kodeš	1	0
		Patrice Dominguez	2	4					Jan Kodeš	6	2	6
		Ferdi Taygan	6	6					Ferdi Taygan	4	6	3
		John Whitlinger	3	3

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Arthur Ashe	6	6
		John Andrews	4	3					Arthur Ashe	6	6
		Buster Mottram	6	3	6				Buster Mottram	3	4
		Iván Molina	1	6	2											Arthur Ashe	6	6
		Stan Smith	6	6	6											Jaime Fillol	4	2
		Hans-Joachim Plötz	3	7	1				Stan Smith	4	6
		Jaime Fillol	6	6					Jaime Fillol	6	7
		Mike Cahill	1	4																			Arthur Ashe	7	6
		Wojciech Fibak	4	6	6																		Wojciech Fibak	5	4
		Roscoe Tanner	6	3	2				Wojciech Fibak	6	6
		Hans Kary	6	7					Hans Kary	2	1
		Graham Stilwell	4	6												Wojciech Fibak	6	6
		Jim Delaney	6	4	7											Jim Delaney	1	3
		Onny Parun	1	6	6				Jim Delaney	3	7	6
		Jürgen Fassbender	6	5	6				Jürgen Fassbender	6	6	4
		Bob Carmichael	1	7	3

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Karl Meiler	6	6
		Željko Franulović	2	3					Karl Meiler	3	6	4
		Bob Lutz	6	6					Bob Lutz	6	3	6
		Patricio Cornejo	1	4												Bob Lutz	6	6	3
		François Jauffret	6	6												John Alexander	1	7	6
		František Pála	4	4					François Jauffret	1	4
		John Alexander	7	6					John Alexander	6	6
		Charlie Pasarell	6	2																			John Alexander	6	2	7
		Cliff Drysdale	6	6																			Manuel Orantes	3	6	6
		Colin Dowdeswell	3	3					Cliff Drysdale	2	6	6
		Cliff Richey	7	6	6				Cliff Richey	6	3	4
		Milan Holeček	6	7	4											Cliff Drysdale
		Phil Dent	6	6												Manuel Orantes	w/o
		John Feaver	3	4					Phil Dent	1	2
		Manuel Orantes	6	6					Manuel Orantes	6	6
		Jairo Velasco Sr.	3	0

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Antonio Muñoz	6	6	6
		Ulrich Pinner	2	7	2				Antonio Muñoz	2	6	0
		Harold Solomon	6	6					Harold Solomon	6	2	6
		Jim McManus	2	1												Harold Solomon	1	5
		Ricardo Cano	7	6												Raúl Ramírez	6	7
		Jun Kamiwazumi	5	4					Ricardo Cano	1	2
		Raúl Ramírez	6	6					Raúl Ramírez	6	6
		Billy Martin	4	3																			Raúl Ramírez	6	3	0
		Víctor Pecci	7	6																		2	Björn Borg	4	6	6
		Jiří Hřebec	6	2					Víctor Pecci	6	6	6
		Dick Stockton	6	7					Dick Stockton	3	7	7
		Erik van Dillen	2	6												Dick Stockton	4	4
		Eddie Dibbs	6	6											2	Björn Borg	6	6
		Jean-François Caujolle	4	0					Eddie Dibbs	1	5
		Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	2	5				2	Björn Borg	6	7
	2	Björn Borg	6	7

References

^ John Barrett, ed. (1976). World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 97–99. ISBN 9780362002768. OCLC 650229036.
^ "Borg Wins U.S. Pro Title, Dumps Vilas at Longwood". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 27, 1975.
^ "1975 Boston – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

External links

ITF tournament edition details

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