1975 World Championship Tennis circuit

1975 World Championship Tennis circuit
Ashe left with President Regan in July 1982
Details
Duration20 January 1975 – 7 May 1975
Edition8th
Tournaments26
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesUnited States Arthur Ashe (5)
Most tournament finalsUnited States Arthur Ashe (7)
Points leaderUnited States Arthur Ashe (760)
1974
1976

The 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1975. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). The 1975 circuit divided the players in three groups, Red, Blue and Green who played 24 tournaments in 12 countries. The first tournament, U.S. Professional Indoor Championships, was a combined event as was the season's final which was played in Dallas by the eight best performers and was won by American Arthur Ashe who defeated Björn Borg from Sweden in four sets.[1]

Additionally there were three special non–ranking events; the CBS Classic (Puerto Rico, 13–19 January), the Aetna World Cup team contest between Australia and America (Hartford, 6–9 March) and the Rothmans International Trophy an eight-nation contest between 16 players (London, 4–8 March).

The total prize money for the 1975 WCT circuit was $2,068,500 which included $100,000 bonus money.[1]

Overview

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Week Tournament Location Champions Runners-up Score
20 Jan U.S. Pro Indoor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. United States Marty Riessen United States Vitas Gerulaitis 7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–2, 6–7(0–7), 6–3
27 Jan Fidelity Tournament Richmond, Virginia, U.S. Sweden Björn Borg United States Arthur Ashe 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
3 Feb St. Petersburg WCT St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Roscoe Tanner 6–0, 1–6, 6–2
6 Feb WCT International Bologna, Italy Sweden Björn Borg United States Arthur Ashe 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
10 Feb Rothmans Toronto WCT Toronto, Canada United States Harold Solomon United States Stan Smith 6–4, 6–1
17 Feb Fort Worth WCT Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. United States John Alexander United States Dick Stockton 7–6, 4–6, 6–3
17 Feb La Costa WCT La Costa, California, U.S. Australia Rod Laver Australia Allan Stone 6–2, 6–2
17 Feb Barcelona WCT Barcelona, Spain United States Arthur Ashe Sweden Björn Borg 7–6, 6–3
23 Feb San Antonio WCT San Antonio, Texas, U.S. United States Dick Stockton United States Stan Smith 7–5, 2–6, 7–6
25 Feb Rotterdam WTT Rotterdam, Netherlands United States Arthur Ashe Netherlands Tom Okker 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
10 Mar Washington WCT Washington, D.C., U.S. United Kingdom Mark Cox United States Dick Stockton 6–2, 7–6
10 Mar São Paulo WCT São Paulo, Brazil Australia Rod Laver United States Charlie Pasarell 6–4, 6–4
10 Mar Munich WCT Munich, West Germany United States Arthur Ashe Sweden Björn Borg 6–4, 7–6
17 Mar Memphis WCT Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. United States Harold Solomon Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
17 Mar Caracas WCT Caracas, Venezuela Australia Rod Laver Mexico Raúl Ramírez 7–6, 6–2
23 Mar Monte Carlo WCT Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Spain Manuel Orantes South Africa Bob Hewitt 6–2, 6–4
24 Mar Atlanta WCT Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. United Kingdom Mark Cox United States John Alexander 6–3, 7–6
24 Mar Orlando WCT Orlando, Florida, U.S. Australia Rod Laver United States Vitas Gerulaitis 6–3, 6–4
7 Apr St. Louis WCT St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. United States Vitas Gerulaitis United States Roscoe Tanner 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
11 Apr Johannesburg WCT Johannesburg, South Africa United Kingdom Buster Mottram Netherlands Tom Okker 6–4, 6–2
14 Apr Tokyo WCT Tokyo, Japan United States Bob Lutz United States Stan Smith 6–4, 6–4
14 Apr Denver WCT Denver, Colorado, U.S. United States Jimmy Connors United States Brian Gottfried 6–3, 6–4
21 Apr Houston Houston, Texas, U.S. Australia Ken Rosewall South Africa Cliff Drysdale 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
21 Apr Charlotte WCT Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Roscoe Tanner 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
21 Apr Stockholm WCT Stockholm, Sweden United States Arthur Ashe Netherlands Tom Okker 6–4, 6–2
7 May Dallas WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, U.S. United States Arthur Ashe Sweden Björn Borg 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0

Schedule

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This is the complete schedule of events on the 1975 WCT circuit, with player progression documented until the quarterfinals stage.[2]

January

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
20 Jan U.S. Pro Indoor
Philadelphia, United States
Carpet (i) – $115,000 – 128S/64D
SinglesDoubles
United States Marty Riessen
7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–2, 6–7(0–7), 6–3
United States Vitas Gerulaitis Chile Jaime Fillol
United States John Alexander
Australia Tony Roche
United States Paul Gerken
United States Arthur Ashe
United States Cliff Richey
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
United States Dick Stockton
United States Erik van Dillen
27 Jan Fidelity Tournament
Richmond, United States
Green group
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Björn Borg
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
United States Arthur Ashe Australia Kim Warwick
Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Jeff Borowiak
Italy Adriano Panatta
New Zealand Onny Parun
Australia Bob Giltinan
United States Fred McNair
Austria Hans Kary
7–6(8–6), 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta

February

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
3 Feb Havatampa–Raymond James Classic
St. Petersburg, United States
Hard – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Blue group
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–0, 1–6, 6–2
United States Roscoe Tanner Australia Rod Laver
Australia Geoff Masters
Chile Jaime Fillol
United States Sandy Mayer
United States Brian Gottfried
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 6–4
United States Charlie Pasarell
United States Roscoe Tanner
6 Feb WCT International
Bologna, Italy
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Green group
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Björn Borg
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
United States Arthur Ashe Netherlands Tom Okker
South Africa Bob Hewitt
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Niki Pilić
New Zealand Onny Parun
Australia Bob Giltinan
Italy Adriano Panatta
Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker
10 Feb Rothmans Toronto WCT
Toronto, Canada
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Red group
United States Harold Solomon
6–4, 6–1
United States Stan Smith United States Erik van Dillen
United States Marty Riessen
United States Paul Gerken
United States Cliff Richey
United States Bob Lutz
Australia Phil Dent
United States Dick Stockton
United States Erik van Dillen
6–4, 7–5, 6–1
India Vijay Amritraj
India Ashok Amritraj
17 Feb Fort Worth WCT
Fort Worth, United States
Hard – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Red group
Australia John Alexander
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3
United States Dick Stockton South Africa Cliff Drysdale
India Vijay Amritraj
United States Harold Solomon
United Kingdom Mark Cox
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček
United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
17 Feb Carlsbad WCT
Carlsbad, United States
Hard – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Blue group
Australia Rod Laver
6–2, 6–2
Australia Allan Stone United States Roscoe Tanner
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
South Africa Raymond Moore
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
7–5, 6–4
United States Charlie Pasarell
United States Roscoe Tanner
17 Feb Barcelona WCT
Barcelona, Spain
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Green group
United States Arthur Ashe
7–6, 6–3
Sweden Björn Borg New Zealand Onny Parun
Spain José Higueras
United States Steve Krulevitz
South Africa Bob Hewitt
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Australia Kevin Warwick
United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker
7–5, 6–1
Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
23 Feb San Antonio WCT
San Antonio, United States
Hard – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Red group
United States Dick Stockton
7–5, 2–6, 7–6
United States Stan Smith Australia John Alexander
United States Bob Lutz
United States Paul Gerken
United States Mike Estep
United States Marty Riessen
Australia Phil Dent
Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
United Kingdom Mark Cox
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
24 Feb Rotterdam WTT
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Green group
SinglesDoubles
United States Arthur Ashe
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Netherlands Tom Okker France Patrice Dominguez
Sweden Björn Borg
South Africa Bob Hewitt
United States Steve Krulevitz
Australia Kevin Warwick
South Africa Frew McMillan
South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
6–2, 6–2
Spain José Higueras
Hungary Balázs Taróczy

March

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
10 Mar Xerox Tennis Classic
Washington, D.C., United States
Hard – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Red group
United Kingdom Mark Cox
6–2, 7–6
United States Dick Stockton United States Stan Smith
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
Australia John Alexander
United States Bob Lutz
Australia Phil Dent
United States Eddie Dibbs
United States Mike Estep
New Zealand Jeff Simpson
7–6, 6–3
India Vijay Amritraj
India Ashok Amritraj
10 Mar São Paulo WCT
São Paulo, Brazil
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Blue group
Australia Rod Laver
6–4, 6–4
United States Charlie Pasarell Brazil Thomas Koch
United States Roscoe Tanner
United States Vitas Gerulaitis
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
Australia Ray Ruffels
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
6–7, 7–6, 7–6
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
10 Mar Munich WCT
Munich, West Germany
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Green group
Singles
United States Arthur Ashe
6–4, 7–6
Sweden Björn Borg Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Niki Pilić
United Kingdom Buster Mottram
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
Italy Corrado Barazzutti
South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
6–3, 6–4
Italy Corrado Barazzutti
Italy Antonio Zugarelli
17 Mar Memphis WCT
Memphis, United States
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Red group
United States Harold Solomon
2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec Australia John Alexander
United Kingdom Mark Cox
United States Cliff Richey
India Vijay Amritraj
United States Bob Lutz
Australia Phil Dent
United States Dick Stockton
United States Erik van Dillen
1–6, 7–5, 6–4
United Kingdom Mark Cox
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
17 Mar Caracas WCT
Caracas, Venezuela
Hard – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Blue group
Australia Rod Laver
7–6, 6–2
Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Jeff Borowiak
United States Roscoe Tanner
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
Australia Allan Stone
South Africa Raymond Moore
Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
23 Mar Monte Carlo WCT
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Clay – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Green group
Spain Manuel Orantes
6–2, 6–4
South Africa Bob Hewitt Spain José Higueras
United Kingdom John Lloyd
Australia Dick Crealy
Italy Adriano Panatta
United Kingdom Buster Mottram
Sweden Björn Borg
South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
6–3, 6–2
United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker
24 Mar First National Bank Classic
Atlanta, United States
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Red group
United Kingdom Mark Cox
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Australia John Alexander United States Cliff Richey
United States Harold Solomon
United States Stan Smith
Australia Phil Dent
United States Dick Stockton
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček
India Vijay Amritraj
India Ashok Amritraj
6–3, 6–2
United Kingdom Mark Cox
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
24 Mar Orlando WCT
Orlando, United States
Hard – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Blue group
Australia Rod Laver
6–3, 6–4
United States Vitas Gerulaitis United States Brian Gottfried
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
United States Jeff Borowiak
United States Roscoe Tanner
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Australia Allan Stone
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 6–4
Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Ray Ruffels

April

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
7 Apr St. Louis Tennis Classic
St. Louis, United States
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Blue group
United States Vitas Gerulaitis
2–6, 6–2, 6–3
United States Roscoe Tanner Australia Rod Laver
United States Brian Gottfried
United States Jeff Borowiak
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
Chile Jaime Fillol
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Ray Ruffels
6–4, 6–4
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
11 Apr Johannesburg WCT
Johannesburg, South Africa
Hard – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Green group
United Kingdom Buster Mottram
6–4, 6–2
Netherlands Tom Okker Sweden Björn Borg
South Africa Frew McMillan
South Africa Bob Hewitt
New Zealand Onny Parun
Australia Kevin Warwick
United States Arthur Ashe
United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–3, 6–2
South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
14 Apr Tokyo WCT
Tokyo, Japan
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Red group
United States Bob Lutz
6–4, 6–4
United States Stan Smith Australia John Alexander
United Kingdom Mark Cox
United States Harold Solomon
United States Dick Stockton
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
United States Marty Riessen
United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–2
Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
14 Apr Denver WCT
Denver, United States
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Blue group
United States Jimmy Connors
6–3, 6–4
United States Brian Gottfried United States Sandy Mayer
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
Brazil Thomas Koch
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
United States Vitas Gerulaitis
Chile Jaime Fillol
Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Australia Bob Carmichael
Australia Allan Stone
21 Apr Houston WCT
Houston, United States
Clay – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Red group
Australia Ken Rosewall
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
South Africa Cliff Drysdale United States Harold Solomon
India Vijay Amritraj
Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
United States Bob Lutz
United States Eddie Dibbs
United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
7–5, 7–6
United States Mike Estep
New Zealand Russell Simpson
21 Apr Charlotte WCT
Charlotte, United States
Clay – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Blue group
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
United States Roscoe Tanner Australia Rod Laver
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
Colombia Iván Molina
Chile Jaime Fillol
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
United States Brian Gottfried
Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
21 Apr Stockholm WCT
Stockholm, Sweden
Carpet (i) – $60,000 – 32S/16D
Green group
United States Arthur Ashe
6–4, 6–2
Netherlands Tom Okker New Zealand Onny Parun
United States Fred McNair
United Kingdom Buster Mottram
Spain José Higueras
Italy Corrado Barazzutti
Sweden Tenny Svensson
United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–3, 7–6
France Patrice Dominguez
Australia Kevin Warwick

May

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
7 May WCT Finals
Dallas, United States
WCT Finals
Carpet – $100,000 – 8S
Singles
United States Arthur Ashe
3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
Sweden Björn Borg Australia John Alexander
Australia Rod Laver
United Kingdom Mark Cox
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
United States Roscoe Tanner
United States Harold Solomon

Standings

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Blue group

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Player Tournaments played Tournaments won Matches won Matches lost Points Prize money
Australia Rod Laver * 9 4 30 5 700 $109,731
United States Roscoe Tanner * 9 0 25 9 590 $52,962
Mexico Raúl Ramírez * 9 2 22 7 550 $86,680
United States Brian Gottfried 9 0 19 9 450 $68,300
United States Vitas Gerulaitis 6 1 19 5 420 $40,300
Chile Jaime Fillol 9 0 14 9 390 $22,200
Australia Allan Stone 9 0 10 9 350 $19,000
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison 9 0 11 9 420 $26,328
United States Jeff Borowiak 9 0 11 9 330 $22,610
Egypt Ismail El Shafei 9 0 11 9 330 $15,600

Green group

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Player Tournaments played Tournaments won Matches won Matches lost Points Prize money
United States Arthur Ashe * 9 4 35 5 760 $177,161
Sweden Björn Borg * 9 2 27 7 640 $78,140
Netherlands Tom Okker 8 0 19 8 470 $41,292
United Kingdom Buster Mottram 9 1 15 8 400 $27,250
South Africa Bob Hewitt 8 0 15 8 395 $33,370
New Zealand Onny Parun 8 0 13 8 350 $18,250
Australia Kim Warwick 8 0 12 8 340 $18,700
Spain José Higueras 9 0 9 9 330 $16,750
France Patrice Dominguez 9 0 9 9 290 $13,350
Australia Bob Giltinan 9 0 8 9 280 $11,930

Red group

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Player Tournaments played Tournaments won Matches won Matches lost Points Prize money
Australia John Alexander * 9 1 26 8 610 $94,075
United States Harold Solomon * 9 2 22 7 540 $46,950
United Kingdom Mark Cox * 9 2 22 7 520 $75,822
United States Stan Smith 9 0 19 9 500 $46,189
United States Dick Stockton 9 1 19 8 490 $60,275
United States Bob Lutz 9 1 19 7 470 $41,647
Australia Phil Dent 9 0 14 9 390 $25,200
South Africa Cliff Drysdale 9 0 14 9 390 $40,408
India Vijay Amritraj 9 0 11 9 350 $25,750
United States Marty Riessen 9 0 8 9 350 $42,259

* Qualified for the WCT Finals. The best two players from each group qualified plus the next two players with the highest points total.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b John Barrett, ed. (1977). World of Tennis '76. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 141–152. ISBN 0362002754.
  2. ^ "1975 Grand Prix and WCT circuits calendar". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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