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1974 Grand Prix (tennis)

Tennis circuit

GPM events (1)
AA events (12) A events (6) B events (17) C events (10) ARG Guillermo Vilas (7) The 1974 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. The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. The season-ending Commercial Union Assurance Masters and Davis Cup Final are included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix ranking.

Schedule

The Grand Prix circuit was scheduled from May until December so that it would not to conflict with the competing World Championship Tennis circuit which ran from January until early May.

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December 1973

Week	Tournament	Champions
26 Dec	[Australian Open](1974-australian-open)
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Group B
Grass – $33,400 – 64S/35D
[Singles](1974-australian-open-men-s-singles) – [Doubles](1974-australian-open-men-s-doubles)	USA Jimmy Connors
7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3	AUS Phil Dent	AUS Ross Case
AUS John Alexander	AUS John Newcombe
AUS Colin Dibley
AUS Bob Giltinan
CSK Vladimir Zednik
AUS Ross Case
AUS Geoff Masters
6–7, 6–3, 6–4	AUS Syd Ball
AUS Bob Giltinan

May

Week	Tournament	Champions
6 May	[Trofeo Vat 69](1974-trofeo-vat-69)
Florence, Italy
Group C
Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D
[Singles](1974-trofeo-vat-69-singles) – [Doubles](1974-trofeo-vat-69-doubles)	ITA Adriano Panatta
6–3, 6–1	ITA Paolo Bertolucci	NZL Onny Parun
ARG Julián Ganzábal	NZL Jeff Simpson
SWE Leif Johansson
AUS Barry Phillips-Moore
ITA Vincenzo Franchitti
ITA Paolo Bertolucci
ITA Adriano Panatta
6–3, 3–6, 6–4	HUN Róbert Machán
HUN Balázs Taróczy
13 May	[Bavarian Championships](1974-bavarian-tennis-championships)
Munich, West Germany
Group C
Clay – 32S/16D
[Singles](1974-bavarian-tennis-championships-singles) – [Doubles](1974-bavarian-tennis-championships-doubles)	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4	FRA François Jauffret	ITA Corrado Barazzutti
ITA Adriano Panatta	ROM Ilie Năstase
ITA Paolo Bertolucci
FRG Karl Meiler
ESP Manuel Orantes
ESP Antonio Muñoz
ESP Manuel Orantes
2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
20 May	[Rothmans British Hard Court
Championships](1974-british-hard-court-championships)
Bournemouth, Great Britain
Group B
Clay – 50S/24D/32XD	ROM Ilie Năstase
6–1, 6–3, 6–0	ITA Paolo Bertolucci	ITA Corrado Barazzutti
AUT Hans Kary	COL Jairo Velasco
AUS Dick Crealy
FRA Patrice Dominguez
ARG Julián Ganzábal
ESP Juan Gisbert Sr.
ROM Ilie Năstase
6–4, 6–2, 6–0	ITA Corrado Barazzutti
ITA Paolo Bertolucci
GBR Lesley Charles
GBR Mark Farrell
6–1, 6–3	USA Sharon Walsh
GBR Stephen Warboys
[German Open](1974-german-open-tennis)
Hamburg, West Germany
Group B
Clay – 36S/16D/16XD	USA Eddie Dibbs
6–2, 6–2, 6–3	FRG Hans-Joachim Plötz	ARG Guillermo Vilas
CHI Jaime Fillol	FRA François Jauffret
FRA Patrick Proisy
ESP Antonio Muñoz
CSK Jiří Hřebec
FRG Jürgen Fassbender
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
6–3, 6–4, 6–4	USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez
FRG Heide Orth
FRG Jürgen Fassbender
7–6, 6–3	FRG Katja Ebbinghaus
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
27 May	[Italian Open](1974-italian-open-tennis)
Rome, Italy
Group AA
Clay – $90,000 – 64S/32D
[Singles](1974-italian-open-men-s-singles) – [Doubles](1974-italian-open-men-s-doubles)	SWE Björn Borg
6–3, 6–4, 6–2	ROM Ilie Năstase	USA Stan Smith
ARG Guillermo Vilas	URS Alex Metreveli
USA Brian Gottfried
ESP Manuel Orantes
USA Steve Krulevitz
USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 6–2, 6–3	ESP Juan Gisbert Sr.
ROM Ilie Năstase

June

Week	Tournament	Champions
3 Jun
10 Jun	[French Open](1974-french-open)
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Triple Crown
Clay – $150,000 – 128S/64D/32XD
[Singles](1974-french-open-men-s-singles) – [Doubles](1974-french-open-men-s-doubles) – [Mixed doubles](1974-french-open-mixed-doubles)	SWE Björn Borg
2–6, 6–7, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1	ESP Manuel Orantes	USA Harold Solomon
FRA François Jauffret	ROM Ilie Năstase
MEX Raúl Ramírez
CHI Patricio Cornejo
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
AUS Dick Crealy
NZL Onny Parun
6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1	USA Bob Lutz
USA Stan Smith
CSK Martina Navratilova
COL Iván Molina
6–3, 6–3	FRA Rosie Darmon
MEX Marcelo Lara
17 Jun	John Player Open
Nottingham, Great Britain
Group AA
Grass – 62S/30D	USA Stan Smith
6–3, 1–6, 6–3	URS Alex Metreveli	USA Roscoe Tanner
USA Marty Riessen	CSK Jan Kodeš
USA Jimmy Connors
NZL Onny Parun
USA Tom Gorman
USA Charlie Pasarell
USA Erik van Dillen
9–7, 6–3	USA Bob Lutz
USA Stan Smith
24 Jun
1 Jul	[Wimbledon Championships](1974-wimbledon-championships)
London, Great Britain
Grand Slam
Triple Crown
Grass – $167,125 – 128S/64D/56XD
[Singles](1974-wimbledon-championships-men-s-singles) – [Doubles](1974-wimbledon-championships-men-s-doubles) – [Mixed doubles](1974-wimbledon-championships-mixed-doubles)	USA Jimmy Connors
6–1, 6–1, 6–4	AUS Ken Rosewall	USA Stan Smith
USA Dick Stockton	AUS John Newcombe
EGY Ismail El Shafei
CSK Jan Kodeš
URS Alex Metreveli
AUS John Newcombe
AUS Tony Roche
8–6, 6–4, 6–4	USA Bob Lutz
USA Stan Smith
USA Billie Jean King
AUS Owen Davidson
6–3, 9–7	GBR Lesley Charles
GBR Mark Farrell

July

Week	Tournament	Champions
8 Jul	[Swedish Open](1974-swedish-open)
Båstad, Sweden
Group B
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
[Singles](1974-swedish-open-singles) – [Doubles](1974-swedish-open-doubles)	SWE Björn Borg
6–3, 6–0, 6–7, 6–3	ITA Adriano Panatta	NZL Onny Parun
ITA Paolo Bertolucci	ITA Corrado Barazzutti
ITA Antonio Zugarelli
SWE Leif Johansson
SWE Jan-Erik Lundqvist
ITA Paolo Bertolucci
ITA Adriano Panatta
3–6, 6–2, 6–4	SWE Ove Bengtson
SWE Björn Borg
[Swiss Open](1974-suisse-open-gstaad)
Gstaad, Switzerland
Group B
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
[Singles](1974-suisse-open-gstaad-singles) – [Doubles](1974-suisse-open-gstaad-doubles)	ARG Guillermo Vilas
6–1, 6–2	ESP Manuel Orantes	AUS Roy Emerson
IND Vijay Amritraj	MEX Marcelo Lara
EGY Ismail El Shafei
AUS Barry Phillips-Moore
FRA François Jauffret
ESP José Higueras
ESP Manuel Orantes
7–5, 0–6, 6–1, 9–8	AUS Roy Emerson
BRA Thomaz Koch
Carrolls Irish Open
Dublin, Ireland
Group C
Hard – 29S/22D	USA Sherwood Stewart
6–3, 9–8	Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell	RSA John Yuill
RSA Bob Maud	AUS Colin Dibley
USA Robert Kreiss
USA Dick Dell
VEN Jorge Andrew
Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell
RSA John Yuill
6–3, 6–2	ARG Lito Álvarez
VEN Jorge Andrew
15 Jul	[Chicago International](1974-chicago-international-tennis-festival)
Chicago, United States
Group B
Carpet – 32S/16D	USA Stan Smith
3–6, 6–1, 6–4	USA Marty Riessen	USA Eddie Dibbs
USA Dick Dell	USA Brian Gottfried
USA Fred McNair
USA Roscoe Tanner
MEX Raúl Ramírez
USA Tom Gorman
USA Marty Riessen
4–6, 6–3, 7–5	USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez
Head Cup
Kitzbühel, Austria
Group C
Clay – 32S/16D	HUN Balázs Taróczy
6–1, 6–4, 6–4	NZL Onny Parun	ESP Manuel Orantes
COL Jairo Velasco	POL Tadeusz Nowicki
FRG Frank Gebert
AUT Hans Kary
CSK Milan Holeček
COL Iván Molina
COL Jairo Velasco
2–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4	CSK František Pála
HUN Balázs Taróczy
[Dutch Open](1974-dutch-open-tennis)
Hilversum, the Netherlands
Group C
Clay – 32S/16D
[Singles](1974-dutch-open-singles) – [Doubles](1974-dutch-open-doubles)	ARG Guillermo Vilas
6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3	AUS Barry Phillips-Moore	MEX Marcelo Lara
AUS Paul Kronk	ARG Julián Ganzábal
GBR John Lloyd
NED Louk Sanders
JPN Jun Kamiwazumi
ARG Tito Vázquez
ARG Guillermo Vilas
6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2	ARG Lito Álvarez
ARG Julián Ganzábal
22 Jul	[Washington Star International](1974-washington-star-international)
Washington, United States
Group AA
Clay – $100,000 – 64S/32D	USA Harold Solomon
1–6, 6–3, 6–4	ARG Guillermo Vilas	USA Billy Martin
USA Marty Riessen	USA Stan Smith
NZL Onny Parun
AUS John Alexander
USA Arthur Ashe
USA Tom Gorman
USA Marty Riessen
7–5, 6–1	CHI Patricio Cornejo
CHI Jaime Fillol
29 Jul	[First National Bank Classic](1974-louisville-open)
Louisville, United States
Group AA
Clay – $100,000 – 64S/32D	ARG Guillermo Vilas
6–4, 7–5	CHI Jaime Fillol	USA Eddie Dibbs
ESP Manuel Orantes	USA Stan Smith
USA Harold Solomon
AUS John Alexander
USA Arthur Ashe
USA Charlie Pasarell
USA Erik van Dillen
6–2, 6–3	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
[Western Championships](1974-cincinnati-open)
Cincinnati, United States
Group C
Carpet (i) – $30,000 – 32S/16D	USA Marty Riessen
7–6, 7–6	USA Bob Lutz	AUS Colin Dibley
USA Sherwood Stewart	USA Steve Krulevitz
USA Brian Teacher
JPN Jun Kamiwazumi
USA Henry Bunis
USA Dick Dell
USA Sherwood Stewart
4–6, 7–6, 6–2	USA Jim Delaney
USA John Whitlinger

August

Week	Tournament	Champions
5 Aug	[U.S. Clay Court Championships](1974-u-s-men-s-clay-court-championships)
Indianapolis, United States
Group AA
Clay – $100,000 – 64S/32D
[Singles](1974-u-s-clay-court-championships-men-s-singles) – [Doubles](1974-u-s-clay-court-championships-men-s-doubles)	USA Jimmy Connors
5–7, 6–3, 6–4	SWE Björn Borg	ESP Manuel Orantes
MEX Raúl Ramírez	NZL Onny Parun
ARG Guillermo Vilas
USA Brian Gottfried
ROM Ilie Năstase
USA Jimmy Connors
ROM Ilie Năstase
6–7, 6–3, 6–4	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
[Volvo International](1974-volvo-international)
Bretton Woods, United States
Group B
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
[Singles](1974-volvo-international-singles) – [Doubles](1974-volvo-international-doubles)	AUS Rod Laver
6–4, 6–3	USA Harold Solomon	AUS John Alexander
IND Vijay Amritraj	IND Anand Amritraj
USA Eddie Dibbs
USA Jeff Borowiak
FRA François Jauffret
USA Jeff Borowiak
AUS Rod Laver
6–3, 6–2	FRA Georges Goven
FRA François Jauffret
12 Aug	[Rothmans Canadian Open](1974-rothmans-canadian-open)
Group AA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clay – $100,000 – 64S/32D	ARG Guillermo Vilas
6–4, 6–2, 6–3	ESP Manuel Orantes	ESP Juan Gisbert Sr.
NED Tom Okker	MEX Marcelo Lara
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
SWE Björn Borg
USA Harold Solomon
ESP Manuel Orantes
ARG Guillermo Vilas
6–1, 2–6, 6–2	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
[City National Buckeye Championships](1974-city-national-buckeye-championships)
Columbus, United States
Group B
Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D	MEX Raúl Ramírez
3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4	USA Roscoe Tanner	VEN Humphrey Hose
USA Tom Gorman	USA Sherwood Stewart
IND Vijay Amritraj
USA John Whitlinger
USA Rick Fisher
IND Anand Amritraj
IND Vijay Amritraj
Walkover	USA Tom Gorman
USA Bob Lutz
19 Aug	[U.S. Professional Tennis Championships](1974-us-pro-championships)
Boston, United States
Group AA
Clay – $100,000 – 64S/32D
[Singles](1974-u-s-pro-tennis-championships-singles) – [Doubles](1974-u-s-pro-tennis-championships-doubles)	SWE Björn Borg
7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–1	NED Tom Okker	ARG Guillermo Vilas
CSK Jan Kodeš	EGY Ismail El Shafei
ROM Ilie Năstase
USA Marty Riessen
USA Arthur Ashe
USA Bob Lutz
USA Stan Smith
3–6, 6–4, 6–3	USA Marty Riessen
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
[Medi-Quik Open](1974-medi-quik-open)
South Orange, United States
Group B
Grass – $50,000 – 32S/16D	URS Alex Metreveli
Walkover	USA Jimmy Connors	AUS Kim Warwick
IND Anand Amritraj	USA Billy Martin
USA Sherwood Stewart
USA Brian Gottfried
IND Vijay Amritraj
USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez
7–6, 6–7, 7–6	IND Anand Amritraj
IND Vijay Amritraj
Pennsylvanian Championships
Merion, United States
Group C
Grass – 64S/30D	GBR John Lloyd
6–0, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5	USA John Whitlinger	AUS Ray Keldie
USA Ferdi Taygan	USA Mike Estep
USA Fred McNair
USA Jim Delaney
USA Brian Teacher
USA Roy Barth
VEN Humphrey Hose
7–6, 6–2	USA Mike Machette
USA Fred McNair
26 Aug
2 Sep	[US Open](1974-us-open-tennis)
New York City, United States
Grand Slam
Triple Crown
Grass – $150,000 – 128S/51D/32XD
[Singles](1974-us-open-men-s-singles) – [Doubles](1974-us-open-men-s-doubles) – [Mixed doubles](1974-us-open-mixed-doubles)	USA Jimmy Connors
6–1, 6–0, 6–1	AUS Ken Rosewall	USA Roscoe Tanner
AUS John Newcombe	URS Alex Metreveli
USA Stan Smith
IND Vijay Amritraj
USA Arthur Ashe
USA Bob Lutz
USA Stan Smith
6–3, 6–3	CHI Patricio Cornejo
CHI Jaime Fillol
USA Pam Teeguarden
AUS Geoff Masters
6–1, 7–6	USA Chris Evert
USA Jimmy Connors

September

Week	Tournament	Champions
9 Sep	Perspectus Tennis Classic
Cedar Grove, United States
Group B
Clay – $50,000 - 32S/16D	ROM Ilie Năstase
6–4, 7–6	ESP Juan Gisbert Sr.	BRA Thomaz Koch
USA Charles Owens	AUS Ray Ruffels
FRG Jürgen Fassbender
AUS Barry Phillips-Moore
GBR Roger Taylor
USA Steve Siegel
AUS Kim Warwick
4–6, 6–2, 6–1	AUS Dick Crealy
USA Bob Tanis
16 Sep	[Pacific Southwest Open](1974-pacific-southwest-open)
Los Angeles, United States
Group AA
Hard – $175,000 – 64S/32D
[Singles](1974-pacific-southwest-open-singles) – [Doubles](1974-pacific-southwest-open-doubles)	USA Jimmy Connors
6–3, 6–1	USA Harold Solomon	Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
USA Tom Gorman	USA Jeff Borowiak
USA Roscoe Tanner
USA Arthur Ashe
MEX Raúl Ramírez
AUS Ross Case
AUS Geoff Masters
6–3, 6–2	USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez
23 Sep	[Fireman's Fund International](1974-pacific-coast-open)
San Francisco, United States
Group AA
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 64S/32D	AUS Ross Case
6–3, 5–7, 6–4	USA Arthur Ashe	NZL Onny Parun
USA Charlie Pasarell	USA Jimmy Connors
USA Vitas Gerulaitis
USA Dick Stockton
USA Sandy Mayer
USA Bob Lutz
USA Stan Smith
6–4, 7–6(8–6)	AUS John Alexander
AUS Syd Ball
30 Sep	[Hawaii Open](1974-hawaii-open)
Maui, United States
Group B
50,000 – hard – 32S/16D	AUS John Newcombe
7–6, 7–6	USA Roscoe Tanner	USA Dick Stockton
USA Sherwood Stewart	AUS Colin Dibley
AUS Ray Ruffels
USA Tom Gorman
NZL Onny Parun
USA Dick Stockton
USA Roscoe Tanner
6–3, 7–6	AUS Owen Davidson
AUS John Newcombe

October

Week	Tournament	Champions
7 Oct	[Melia Trophy](1974-melia-trophy)
Madrid, Spain
Group A
Clay – 64S/32D	ROM Ilie Năstase
6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4	SWE Björn Borg	ARG Guillermo Vilas
ESP Manuel Orantes	CSK Jan Kodeš
USA Harold Solomon
MEX Raúl Ramírez
NED Tom Okker
FRA Patrice Dominguez
ESP Antonio Muñoz
6–1, 6–3	USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez
[Japan Open Tennis Championships](1974-japan-open-tennis-championships)
Tokyo, Japan
Group A
Clay – 48S/24D	AUS John Newcombe
3–6, 6–2, 6–3	AUS Ken Rosewall	AUS Kim Warwick
USA Dick Stockton	NZL Onny Parun
USA Roscoe Tanner
USA Cliff Richey
AUS Ross Case
Not completed. (4 pairs remaining)
14 Oct	[Trofeo Conde de Godó](1974-torneo-godo)
Barcelona, Spain
Group A
Clay – $75,000 – 64S/32D
[Singles](1974-torneo-godo-singles) – [Doubles](1974-torneo-godo-doubles)	ROM Ilie Năstase
8–6, 9–7, 6–3	ESP Manuel Orantes	FRA François Jauffret
SWE Björn Borg	POL Wojciech Fibak
USA Harold Solomon
CHI Jaime Fillol
CSK Jan Kodeš
ESP Juan Gisbert Sr.
ROM Ilie Năstase
3–6, 6–0, 6–2	ESP Manuel Orantes
ARG Guillermo Vilas
[Australian Indoor Championships](1974-australian-indoor-championships)
Sydney, Australia
Group A
Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
[Singles](1974-australian-indoor-championships-singles) – [Doubles](1974-australian-indoor-championships-doubles)	AUS John Newcombe
6–4, 6–3, 6–4	USA Cliff Richey	AUS Tony Roche
AUS Ken Rosewall	NZL Onny Parun
AUS Allan Stone
AUS Phil Dent
USA Roscoe Tanner
AUS Ross Case
AUS Geoff Masters
6–4, 6–4	AUS John Newcombe
AUS Tony Roche
21 Oct	[Aryamehr Cup](1974-aryamehr-cup)
Tehran, Iran
Group AA
Clay – $100,000 – 48S/21D	ARG Guillermo Vilas
6–0, 6–3, 6–1	MEX Raúl Ramírez	BRA Thomaz Koch
SWE Björn Borg	USA Brian Gottfried
NED Tom Okker
GBR Roger Taylor
USA Eddie Dibbs
ESP Manuel Orantes
ARG Guillermo Vilas
7–6, 2–6, 6–2	USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez
Benson & Hedges Classic
Christchurch, New Zealand
Group C
Hard (i) – 32S/15D	USA Roscoe Tanner
6–4, 6–2	AUS Ray Ruffels	USA Sandy Mayer
NZL Onny Parun	AUS Fred Stolle
FRG Jürgen Fassbender
AUS Dick Crealy
USA Cliff Richey
EGY Ismail El Shafei
USA Roscoe Tanner
Walkover	AUS Syd Ball
AUS Ray Ruffels
[South Pacific Championships](1974-south-pacific-championships)
Melbourne, Australia
Group C
Clay – 32S/16D
[Singles](1974-south-pacific-championships-singles) – [Doubles](1974-south-pacific-championships-doubles)	USA Dick Stockton
6–2, 6–3, 6–2	AUS Geoff Masters	AUS John Newcombe
USA Sherwood Stewart	AUS Cliff Letcher
AUS Allan Stone
AUS Paul Kronk
AUS Ernie Ewert
USA Raz Reid
AUS Allan Stone
7–6, 6–4	USA Mike Estep
AUS Paul Kronk
28 Oct	[Jean Becker Open](1974-jean-becker-open)
Paris, France
Group B
Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D
[Singles](1974-paris-open-singles) – [Doubles](1974-paris-open-doubles)	USA Brian Gottfried
6–3, 5–7, 8–6, 6–0	USA Eddie Dibbs	CHI Jaime Fillol
USA Arthur Ashe	ARG Guillermo Vilas
USA Charlie Pasarell
USA Harold Solomon
BRA Thomaz Koch
FRA Patrice Dominguez
FRA François Jauffret
7–5, 6–4	USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez
Indonesia Open
Jakarta, Indonesia
Group B
Hard – 32S/16D	NZL Onny Parun
6–3, 6–3, 6–4	AUS Kim Warwick	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
AUS Dick Crealy	USA Roscoe Tanner
AUS Ross Case
USA Sherwood Stewart
JPN Jun Kuki
EGY Ismail El Shafei
USA Roscoe Tanner
7–5, 6–3	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
[Stadthalle Open](1974-stadthalle-open)
Group C
Vienna, Austria
Hard (i) – 32S/16D	USA Vitas Gerulaitis
6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Rhodesia Andrew Pattison	USA Tom Gorman
HUN Balázs Taróczy	FRG Karl Meiler
RSA Raymond Moore
AUT Hans Kary
AUT Ingo Wimmer
RSA Raymond Moore
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
6–4, 5–7, 6–4	RSA Bob Hewitt
RSA Frew McMillan

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up
4 Nov	[Stockholm Open](1974-stockholm-open)
Stockholm, Sweden
Group AA
Hard (i) – $100,000 – 64S/32D
[Singles](1974-stockholm-open-singles) – [Doubles](1974-stockholm-open-doubles)	USA Arthur Ashe
6–2, 6–2	NED Tom Okker	SWE Björn Borg
ARG Guillermo Vilas	ESP Manuel Orantes
USA Marty Riessen
ESP Juan Gisbert Sr.
MEX Raúl Ramírez
NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen
2–6, 6–3, 6–4	RSA Bob Hewitt
RSA Frew McMillan
Viceroy Classic
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Group B
Hard – 32S/16D	No final due to rain.		*AUS J. Newcombe vs. NZL O. Parun
USA R. Tanner vs. AUS K. Rosewall*	GBR Roger Taylor
AUS Phil Dent
AUS Ross Case
AUS Bob Carmichael
Not completed. (4 pairs remaining)
11 Nov	Dewar Cup
London, Great Britain
Group A
Carpet (i) – 32S/16D	USA Jimmy Connors
6–2, 7–6	USA Brian Gottfried	NED Tom Okker
ARG Guillermo Vilas	USA Harold Solomon
USA Arthur Ashe
ESP Manuel Orantes
MEX Raúl Ramírez
USA Jimmy Connors
ROM Ilie Năstase
3–6, 7–6, 6–3	USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez
[Indian Open](1974-indian-open)
Bombay, India
Group B
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D	NZL Onny Parun
6–3, 6–3, 7–6	AUS Tony Roche	USA John Andrews
AUS Dick Crealy	IND Anand Amritraj
ESP Manuel Santana
IND Vijay Amritraj
USA Dick Dell
IND Anand Amritraj
IND Vijay Amritraj
6–4, 7–6	AUS Dick Crealy
NZL Onny Parun
Philippine Open
Manila, the Philippines
Group B
Clay (i) – 32S/14D	EGY Ismail El Shafei
7–6, 6–1	FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	AUS John Newcombe
JPN Jun Kuki	GBR Roger Taylor
USA John Austin
USA Fred McNair
FRG Jürgen Fassbender
AUS Syd Ball
AUS Ross Case
6–3, 6–7, 9–7	USA Mike Estep
MEX Marcelo Lara
Oslo Open
Oslo, Norway
Group C
Hard (i) – $25,000 – 32S/16D	USA Jeff Borowiak
6–3, 6–2	FRG Karl Meiler	RSA Bob Hewitt
SWE Jan-Erik Lundqvist	AUT Hans Kary
USA Vitas Gerulaitis
USA Paul Gerken
PAK Haroon Rahim
FRG Karl Meiler
PAK Haroon Rahim
6–3, 6–2	USA Jeff Borowiak
USA Vitas Gerulaitis
18 Nov	[South African Breweries Open](1974-south-african-open-tennis)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Group AA
Hard – 32S/32D/16XD	USA Jimmy Connors
7–6, 6–3, 6–1	USA Arthur Ashe	USA Harold Solomon
MEX Raúl Ramírez	Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen
AUS Ken Rosewall
RSA Bob Hewitt
RSA Frew McMillan
7–6, 6–4, 6–3	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen
AUS Margaret Court
USA Marty Riessen
6–0, 6–2	RSA Ilana Kloss
FRG Jürgen Fassbender
[South American Championships](1974-south-american-championships-tennis)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Group A
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/23D
[Singles](1974-south-american-championships-singles)	ARG Guillermo Vilas
6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2	ESP Manuel Orantes	BRA José Edison Mandarino
COL Iván Molina	BOL Ramiro Benavides
SFR Yugoslavia Željko Franulović
ARG Ricardo Cano
PAR Víctor Pecci
ESP Manuel Orantes
ARG Guillermo Vilas
6–4, 6–3	CHI Patricio Cornejo
CHI Jaime Fillol
25 Nov	[Davis Cup Final](1974-davis-cup)
WalkoverSouth Africa won by default after the Indian Government refused to let their Davis Cup team play; this was in protest against the racial policies of the South African Government.

December

Week	Tournament	Champions
10 Dec	[Commercial Union Assurance Masters](1974-commercial-union-assurance-masters)
Melbourne, Australia
Masters Grand Prix
Grass – $100,000 – 8S
[Singles](1974-commercial-union-assurance-masters-singles)	ARG Guillermo Vilas
7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4	ROM Ilie Năstase	MEX Raúl Ramírez
AUS John Newcombe	SWE Björn Borg
NZL Onny Parun
ESP Manuel Orantes
USA Harold Solomon

Points system

The tournaments of the Grand Prix circuit were divided into five groups. Group TC consisted of the Triple Crown events—the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open—while the other tournaments were divided into four other groups—AA, A, B, and C—by prize money and draw size. Group AA tournaments had a minimum prize money of $100,000 while the minimum for Group A, B and C tournaments was $75,000, $50,000 and $25,000 respectively. 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. Grand Prix points were also allocated to doubles results for the first time this year and are listed in brackets in the points allocation below:

In addition a player could earn ranking points for participating in the Davis Cup team competition if the matches coincided with a Grand Prix tournament.

Standings

Rk	Name	TC	AA	A	B	C	Played	Titles	Prize money	Bonus Pool	Points	Played
1	ARG Guillermo Vilas	3	0	9	3	4	1	3	1	1	1	20
2	USA Jimmy Connors	2	2	6	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	11
3	ESP Manuel Orantes	3	0	9	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	20
4	SWE Björn Borg	3	1	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	14
5	MEX Raúl Ramírez	3	0	10	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	21
6	ROU Ilie Năstase	3	0	5	0	3	2	2	2	1	0	14
7	NZL Onny Parun	3	0	9	0	2	0	9	2	2	0	25
8	USA Harold Solomon	2	0	11	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	21
9	USA Arthur Ashe	3	0	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	16
10	USA Stan Smith	3	0	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	11
11	USA Roscoe Tanner	3	0	7	0	2	0	6	0	1	1	19
12	AUS John Newcombe	2	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	10
13	USA Brian Gottfried	3	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	20
14	NED Tom Okker	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10
15	USA Marty Riessen	3	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	13

ATP rankings

These are the ATP rankings of the top twenty singles players at the end of the 1973 season and at the end of the 1974 season, with numbers of ranking points, points averages, numbers of tournaments played, year-end rankings in 1974, highest and lowest positions during the season and number of spots gained or lost from the first rankings to the year-end rankings.

As of 14 December 1973	Rk	Name
1	Ilie Năstase
2	John Newcombe
3	Jimmy Connors
4	Tom Okker
5	Stan Smith
6	Ken Rosewall
7	Manuel Orantes
8	Rod Laver
9	Jan Kodeš
10	Arthur Ashe
11	Tom Gorman
12	Roy Emerson
13	Marty Riessen
14	Adriano Panatta
15	Nikola Pilić
16	Roger Taylor
17	Jaime Fillol
18	Björn Borg
19	Cliff Richey
20	Paolo Bertolucci

Year-end rankings 1974 (17 January 1975)	Rk	Name	Points	Low
1	Jimmy Connors	768	59.08	+2
2	John Newcombe	753	37.65	=
3	Björn Borg	813	35.358	+15
4	Rod Laver	447	34.38	+4
5	Guillermo Vilas	786	29.11	+26
6	Tom Okker	595	28.33	−2
7	Arthur Ashe	778	27.79	+3
8	Ken Rosewall	324	27.00	−2
9	Stan Smith	593	25.78	−4
10	Ilie Năstase	615	25.63	−9
11	Manuel Orantes	560	20.74	−4
12	Marty Riessen	452	18.08	+1
13	Alex Metreveli	281	17.56	+21
14	Roscoe Tanner	513	16.55	+10
15	Harold Solomon	521	15.32	+43
16	Dick Stockton	322	14.64	+12
17	Jan Kodeš	305	14.52	−8
18	Raúl Ramírez	498	14.23	+7
19	Cliff Drysdale	196	14.00	+5
20	Eddie Dibbs	389	13.41	+25

*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 17th, 1975.

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, sorted by number of titles (Grand Slam titles in bold):

USA Jimmy Connors (7) Melbourne, Wimbledon, Indianapolis, US Open, Los Angeles, London, Johannesburg
ARG Guillermo Vilas (7) Gstaad, Hilversum, Louisville, Toronto, Tehran, Buenos Aires, Masters
SWE Björn Borg (4) Rome, French Open, Båstad, Boston
ROU Ilie Năstase (4) Bournemouth, Cedar Grove, Madrid, Barcelona
AUS John Newcombe (3) Maui, Tokyo, Sydney Indoor
USA Jeff Borowiak (2) Charlotte, Oslo
NZL Onny Parun (2) Jakarta, Bombay
USA Stan Smith (2) Nottingham, Chicago
USA Arthur Ashe (1) Stockholm
AUS Ross Case (1) San Francisco
USA Eddie Dibbs (1) Hamburg
FRG Jürgen Fassbender (1) Munich
USA Vitas Gerulaitis (1) Vienna
USA Brian Gottfried (1) Paris Bercy
AUS Rod Laver (1) Bretton Woods
GBR John Lloyd (1) Merion
URS Alex Metreveli (1) South Orange
ITA Adriano Panatta (1) Florence
MEX Raúl Ramírez (1) Columbus
USA Marty Riessen (1) Cincinnati
EGY Ismail El Shafei (1) Manila
USA Harold Solomon (1) Washington, D.C.
USA Sherwood Stewart (1) Dublin
USA Roscoe Tanner (1) Christchurch
HUN Balázs Taróczy (1) Kitzbühel

The following players won their first Grand Prix title in 1974:

SWE Björn Borg Auckland
USA Jeff Borowiak Charlotte
FRG Jürgen Fassbender Munich
USA Vitas Gerulaitis Vienna
GBR John Lloyd Merion
NZL Onny Parun Jakarta
EGY Ismail El Shafei Manila
USA Harold Solomon Washington, D.C.
USA Sherwood Stewart Dublin
HUN Balázs Taróczy Kitzbühel

Notes

References

"How it All Began". ATPWorldTour.com.
(1975). "World of Tennis '75: a BP and Commercial Union yearbook". Queen Anne Press.
(14 December 1973). "ATP Rankings (singles) as of December 14, 1973". ATP Tour, Inc..
"ATP Rankings (singles) as of January 17, 1975". ATP Tour, Inc..
"ATP Rankings (singles) 14 Dec 1973". ATP.
"ATP Year-end top 20". ATP.

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