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1975 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles

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Singles
1975 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionSweden Björn Borg
Runner-upArgentina Guillermo Vilas
Score6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw64
Seeds2
Events
Singles Doubles
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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]

Seeds

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01.  Argentina Guillermo Vilas (final)
02.  Sweden Björn Borg (champion)

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

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 6
Australia Rod Laver 3 4
1 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 4 6 6
United States Arthur Ashe 6 3 0
United States Arthur Ashe 7 6
Poland Wojciech Fibak 5 4
1 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 3 4 2
2 Sweden Björn Borg 6 6 6
Australia John Alexander 6 2 7
Spain Manuel Orantes 3 6 6
Australia John Alexander 3 7 3
2 Sweden Björn Borg 6 6 6
Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 3 0
2 Sweden Björn Borg 4 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 7
Spain José Higueras 2 5 1 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 6
Italy Paolo Bertolucci 3 7 6 Italy Paolo Bertolucci 3 4
Australia Paul Kronk 6 5 2 1 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 6
Spain Juan Gisbert Sr. 2 6 7 United States Mike Estep 4 3
United States Brian Gottfried 6 3 6 Spain Juan Gisbert Sr. 0 6 0
United States Mike Estep 6 2 6 United States Mike Estep 6 4 6
France Georges Goven 4 6 3 1 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 6
Australia Rod Laver 7 6 6 Australia Rod Laver 3 4
France Patrick Proisy 5 7 0 Australia Rod Laver 7 6
Italy Adriano Panatta 6 6 Italy Adriano Panatta 6 2
South Africa John Eagleton 2 3 Australia Rod Laver 6 6
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6 6 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 1 0
France Patrice Dominguez 2 4 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6 2 6
United States Ferdi Taygan 6 6 United States Ferdi Taygan 4 6 3
United States John Whitlinger 3 3

Section 2

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
United States Arthur Ashe 6 6
United States John Andrews 4 3 United States Arthur Ashe 6 6
United Kingdom Buster Mottram 6 3 6 United Kingdom Buster Mottram 3 4
Colombia Iván Molina 1 6 2 United States Arthur Ashe 6 6
United States Stan Smith 6 6 6 Chile Jaime Fillol 4 2
West Germany Hans-Joachim Plötz 3 7 1 United States Stan Smith 4 6
Chile Jaime Fillol 6 6 Chile Jaime Fillol 6 7
United States Mike Cahill 1 4 United States Arthur Ashe 7 6
Poland Wojciech Fibak 4 6 6 Poland Wojciech Fibak 5 4
United States Roscoe Tanner 6 3 2 Poland Wojciech Fibak 6 6
Austria Hans Kary 6 7 Austria Hans Kary 2 1
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell 4 6 Poland Wojciech Fibak 6 6
United States Jim Delaney 6 4 7 United States Jim Delaney 1 3
New Zealand Onny Parun 1 6 6 United States Jim Delaney 3 7 6
West Germany Jürgen Fassbender 6 5 6 West Germany Jürgen Fassbender 6 6 4
Australia Bob Carmichael 1 7 3

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
West Germany Karl Meiler 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 2 3 West Germany Karl Meiler 3 6 4
United States Bob Lutz 6 6 United States Bob Lutz 6 3 6
Chile Patricio Cornejo 1 4 United States Bob Lutz 6 6 3
France François Jauffret 6 6 Australia John Alexander 1 7 6
Czechoslovakia František Pála 4 4 France François Jauffret 1 4
Australia John Alexander 7 6 Australia John Alexander 6 6
United States Charlie Pasarell 6 2 Australia John Alexander 6 2 7
South Africa Cliff Drysdale 6 6 Spain Manuel Orantes 3 6 6
United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell 3 3 South Africa Cliff Drysdale 2 6 6
United States Cliff Richey 7 6 6 United States Cliff Richey 6 3 4
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček 6 7 4 South Africa Cliff Drysdale
Australia Phil Dent 6 6 Spain Manuel Orantes w/o
United Kingdom John Feaver 3 4 Australia Phil Dent 1 2
Spain Manuel Orantes 6 6 Spain Manuel Orantes 6 6
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr. 3 0

Section 4

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Spain Antonio Muñoz 6 6 6
West Germany Ulrich Pinner 2 7 2 Spain Antonio Muñoz 2 6 0
United States Harold Solomon 6 6 United States Harold Solomon 6 2 6
United States Jim McManus 2 1 United States Harold Solomon 1 5
Argentina Ricardo Cano 7 6 Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 7
Japan Jun Kamiwazumi 5 4 Argentina Ricardo Cano 1 2
Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 6 Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 6
United States Billy Martin 4 3 Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 3 0
Paraguay Víctor Pecci 7 6 2 Sweden Björn Borg 4 6 6
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec 6 2 Paraguay Víctor Pecci 6 6 6
United States Dick Stockton 6 7 United States Dick Stockton 3 7 7
United States Erik van Dillen 2 6 United States Dick Stockton 4 4
United States Eddie Dibbs 6 6 2 Sweden Björn Borg 6 6
France Jean-François Caujolle 4 0 United States Eddie Dibbs 1 5
West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 2 5 2 Sweden Björn Borg 6 7
2 Sweden Björn Borg 6 7

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Borg Wins U.S. Pro Title, Dumps Vilas at Longwood". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 27, 1975.
  3. ^ "1975 Boston – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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