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1974 French Open – Men's Doubles
John Newcombe and Tom Okker were the defending champions but both players chose not to participate. Dick Crealy and Onny Parun won in the final 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1 against Bob Lutz and Stan Smith. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links1974 French Open – Men's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 nat ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1974 French Open - Men's Doubles Men's Doubles French Open by year – Men's doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Crealy
Richard Crealy (born 18 September 1944) is an Australian former tennis player most notable for reaching the final of the Australian Open in 1970, being a member of the 1970 Australian Davis Cup Team, and winning four Grand Slam titles in doubles. Tennis career Crealy was born in Sydney in 1944. In 1968 he achieved his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with his fellow countryman and team mate Allan Stone in doubles. He also won the mixed doubles with Billie Jean King. Crealy won the Men's Doubles at the 1974 French Open with Onny Parun over Stan Smith and Bob Lutz. In 1970, Crealy had his most successful season, reaching No. 5 on the Grand Prix rankings. In this year, he reached the singles final at the Australian Open, where he lost to American player Arthur Ashe, as well as the quarter-finals of the French Open. He also won the Swedish Open in Båstad and represented Australia in the Davis Cup with a 4–2 singles record and 2–0 doubles record. In 1974, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe Tanner
Leonard Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979. Tanner won 16 titles throughout his career. Tanner was famous for his big left-handed serve, which was reportedly clocked at at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California on February 19, 1978 during the 1978 American Airlines Tennis Games singles final against Raúl Ramírez.Wimbledon '99: Secrets of an express delivery, by Ronald Atkin ''The Independent'', June 20, 1999 Retrieved December 9, 2009. He is also known for winning the men's singles title at the first of two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. Tanner won the tournament held in January. Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas Koch
Thomaz Koch (born 11 May 1945) is a former tennis player from Brazil. He won one Grand Slam title in mixed doubles at the 1975 French Open. In singles he was a quarterfinalist in singles at the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. National Championships. Koch was active from 1961 to 1985 and played close to 900 singles matches, and won 36 career singles titles. He was ranked World No 12 player for 1967. His highest computer ranking which was past his peak period in the ATP singles ranking was No. 24 (achieved on December 20, 1974). In addition he also won 5 challenger satellite tour tiles towards the end of his career. He won also two gold medals in the men's tennis competition at the 1967 Pan American Games. He played his first tournament in 1961 at the Santos Open where he reached the final. He won his first senior title in 1964 at the Swiss International Championships against compatriot Ronald Barnes. He won his final main tour title in 1976 at the Malta International against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kreiss
Robert Irwin 'Bob' Kreiss (born 30 April 1953) is a former American tennis player who won the Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament in 1971. Tennis career Kreiss won the 1971 Wimbledon Boys' Singles title by beating Stephen Warboys in the final. He attended UCLA, where he played tennis for UCLA Bruins and earned All-American honors on three occasions, in 1970, 1972 and 1973. Kreiss competed internationally and participated at the French Open, the Wimbledon Championship and the US Open. His best result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round at the 1974 US Open. During the 1974 Grand Prix season, Kreiss managed to reach two quarterfinals, at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in Salisbury, Maryland and at the Irish Open in Dublin. In 1975 he reached the quarterfinals at the Cincinnati Open The Cincinnati Open (also known as the Cincinnati Masters) is an annual professional tennis event held in Cincinnati, United States. Due to previous sponsor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brown (tennis)
William Brown (born January 14, 1945) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. The right-hander was active during the 1970s and 1980s, and won four doubles titles on the tour: the 1973 Omaha Open, 1975 American Airlines Tennis Games (Tucson), 1975 at Shreveport and the 1976 Columbus Open. Tennis career Early career Brown attended Creighton Prep High School was undefeated in high school, winning city and state championships from 1960 to 1963. During his senior year of high school, Brown not only won every match on his way to winning the state high school championships, he did not drop a single set. He attended the University of Notre Dame on a tennis scholarship. As senior, he was named a "first team all-American" in 1967. Professional career Between 1967 and 1978, Brown played in major tennis tournaments around the world including the Australian Open, the US Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon. In 1973 he made it to the round of 16 in doubles at Wimbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Lovera
Jean Lovera (born 17 April 1951) is a French former tennis player. He competed in the Grand Slam singles events twice, both in the French Open. His best result came in 1974 when he defeated Donald Dell to advance to the second round, where he was beaten by John Yuill. Lovera designed the Court One stadium at Roland Garros. Together with his friend Daniel Lelong he introduced in 1980 the concept of inviting contemporary artist to design a poster for each edition of the French Open. He is currently a member of the committee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It honors both players and other contributors to the sport of tennis. The complex, the former Newport Casino, includes a museum, 13 grass tennis courts, an .... References External links * * 1951 births Living people French male tennis players 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Joly
Pierre Joly (born 11 February 1946) is a French former professional tennis player. Active in the 1960s and 1970s, Joly was ranked as high as seven in France. Joly had a career win over Guillermo Vilas (Beckenham in 1972) and was a mixed doubles quarter-finalist at the 1974 French Open The 1974 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 3 June until 16 June. It was the 73th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand S ..., with his wife Anna-Maria Nasuelli. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Joly, Pierre 1946 births Living people French male tennis players 20th-century French sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiro Sakai
is a former tennis player from Japan. Career Sakai, a student of Waseda University, competed in the 1970 Summer Universiade, which was held in Turin, Italy. He and Jun Kamiwazumi won the doubles gold medal for Japan. When the Japanese Davis Cup side upset Australia in 1971, Sakai played a large role, winning both of his matches, over Colin Dibley and the deciding fifth rubber against John Cooper. Sakai made the third round of the 1971 US Open, beating Vitas Gerulaitis and Ross Case. In 1972, Sakai was semi-finalist in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. At Wimbledon in 1973, Sakai was eliminated in the third round by Ilie Năstase, having earlier secured wins over Frew McMillan and Hans Kary. In Osaka later that year, he beat Željko Franulović in the semi-finals to make it into his first Grand Prix final, which he lost to Ken Rosewall. In 1973 he also managed to defeat John Newcombe in a Davis Cup match. He had his best Grand Slam performance at the 1974 French O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenichi Hirai
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Biography Hirai, who was born in Tokyo, was a six-time doubles champion at the All Japan Tennis Championships. Debuting in 1973, Hirai featured in a total 19 Davis Cup ties for Japan and won 21 matches overall, 11 in singles and 10 in doubles. Hirai won two medals at the 1973 Summer Universiade in Moscow, a bronze in the singles and silver in the mixed doubles. In 1974 he became the Asian Games doubles champion with Toshiro Sakai and teamed up with the same player to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open that year. Hirai didn't turn professional until the late 1970s. Grand Prix career finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) See also *List of Japan Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Japan Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Japan have taken part in the competition since 1921. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT:Japan Davis Cup Lists of Davis Cup ... Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Contet
Daniel Contet (3 November 1943 – 23 October 2018) was a French international tennis player. He competed in 16 ties for the French Davis Cup team between 1961 and 1969. at daviscup.com Career finals Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up) References External links * * * 1943 births 2018 deaths French male tennis players[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice Beust
Patrice Beust (born 3 September 1944) is a former professional tennis player from France. Biography Beust played doubles for the France Davis Cup team during the 1960s. He featured in 13 ties and partnered Daniel Contet in all of his matches. It was with Contet that he won his only title on the Grand Prix circuit, the 1972 Monte Carlo Open, a top tier event that was part of the Grand Prix Super Series. He and Contet also made the semi-finals of the 1974 French Open. His other semi-final appearances at Grand Slam level came in the mixed doubles, at the 1976 French Open with Gail Benedetti and at the 1979 French Open with Betty Stöve. As a singles player he made the third rounds of the 1963 French Championships and the 1966 Wimbledon Championships. One of the early coaches of Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. Noah won the Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Vilas (; born 17 August 1952) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was the world No. 1 of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977. He won 62 singles titles and 16 doubles titles during his career, including four singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles and the 1974 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles, 1974 Tour Finals. World Tennis, ''Agence France-Presse'' and ''Livre d'or du tennis 1977'' (Christian Collin-Bernard Ficot), among other rankings and publications, rated him as World number 1 ranked male tennis players, world No. 1 in 1977. In the computerized ATP rankings, he peaked at No. 2 in April 1975, a position he held for a total of 83 weeks, although some have argued that Vilas should have been ranked No. 1 for at least 10 weeks, particularly in 1977 when he won two majors. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991, two years after his first retirement. Vilas is kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
