1975_Grand_Prix_(tennis)
The 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour.[2] The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. The Commercial Union Assurance Masters, Davis Cup Final and Nations Cup are included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix.[3]
| Details | |
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| Duration | 26 December 1974 – 16 December 1975 |
| Edition | 6th |
| Tournaments | 42 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Manuel Orantes (6) |
| Most tournament finals | Manuel Orantes (9) |
| Prize money leader |  Guillermo Vilas ($237,392) |
| Points leader | Guillermo Vilas (850) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |  Arthur Ashe[1] |
| Newcomer of the year | Vitas Gerulaitis |
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The men's schedule started in December 1974 with the Australian Open and continued in May 1975 following the conclusion of the rival 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit which ran from January to early May.
- Key
| Triple Crown |
| Grand Prix Masters |
| Group AA events |
| Group A events |
| Group B events |
| *Independent events recognized by the ATP |
| Team events |
December 1974
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 26 Dec | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Group B Grass – $50,000 – 32S/32D Singles – Doubles |  John Newcombe 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6 | Jimmy Connors | Dick Crealy Tony Roche | Kim Warwick John Alexander  Alex Metreveli Geoff Masters |
| John Alexander Phil Dent 6–3, 7–6 | Bob Carmichael Allan Stone |
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec | Davis Cup Final Stockholm, Sweden – carpet (i) |  Sweden 3–2 |  Czechoslovakia |  Chile Australia |  Spain  France  South Africa  New Zealand |
The tournaments listed above were divided into four groups. Group TC consisted of the Triple Crown – the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open – while the other tournaments were divided into three other groups – AA, A and B – by prize money and draw size. Points were allocated based on these groups and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. No points were awarded to first round losers and ties were settled by the number of tournaments played. The points allocation – with doubles points listed in brackets – can be found below:
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| Rk | Name | Points |
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| 1 | Guillermo Vilas (ARG) | 850 |
| 2 | Manuel Orantes (ESP) | 764 |
| 3 | Björn Borg (SWE) | 560 |
| 4 | Arthur Ashe (USA) | 550 |
| 5 |  Ilie Năstase (ROM) | 485 |
| 6 | Jimmy Connors (USA) | 470 |
| 7 |  Raúl Ramírez (MEX) | 402 |
| 8 |  Adriano Panatta (ITA) | 393 |
| 9 | Harold Solomon (USA) | 375 |
| 10 | Eddie Dibbs (USA) | 370 |
These are the ATP rankings of the top twenty singles players at the end of the 1974 season[4] and at the end of the 1975 season,[5] with numbers of ranking points, points averages, numbers of tournaments played, year-end rankings in 1975, highest and lowest positions during the season and number of spots gained or lost from the first rankings to the year-end rankings.
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The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last number of titles:
Manuel Orantes (6) Bournemouth, Hamburg, Båstad, Indianapolis, Montreal, US Open
Guillermo Vilas (5) Munich, Hilversum, Washington, D.C., Louisville, Buenos Aires
Arthur Ashe (3) Wimbledon, Los Angeles, San Francisco
Björn Borg (3) French Open, Boston, Barcelona
Ilie Năstase (3) Barcelona, South Orange, Masters
Vijay Amritraj (2) Columbus, Calcutta
Ross Case (2) Manila, Sydney Indoor- Jimmy Connors (2) North Conway, Maui
- Tom Gorman (2) Cincinnati, Hong Kong
Tom Okker (2) Nottingham, Paris (Jean Becker)
Adriano Panatta (2) Kitzbühel, Stockholm
Raúl Ramírez (2) Rome, Tokyo Outdoor- Harold Solomon (2) Perth, Johannesburg
- Eddie Dibbs (1) Tehran
Jaime Fillol (1) Düsseldorf- Brian Gottfried (1) Melbourne Indoor
Jan Kodeš (1) Madrid- John Newcombe (1) Australian Open
- Ken Rosewall (1) Gstaad
- Stan Smith (1) Sydney Indoor
No players won their first Grand Prix title in 1975.
- The tournament began at Meadowbanks in Edinburgh on 8 November and moved to the Royal Albert Hall in London on 12 November.
- Dennis Spencer (September 13, 1976). "The ATP Moves to Dallas". D Magazine.
- John Barrett, ed. (1976). World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 25–33. ISBN 9780362002768. OCLC 650229036.
- "ATP Rankings (singles) – 20 Dec 1974". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- "ATP Rankings (singles) – 15 Dec 1975". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- "ATP rankings 20 Dec 1974". ATP. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ATP Archive 1975: Commercial Union Grand Prix Tournaments
- History Mens Professional Tours
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.