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1975 Australian Open – Men's Singles
John Newcombe defeated defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(9–7) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1975 Australian Open. It was his seventh and last major singles title. Newcombe became the first man in the Open Era to win a major after saving match points, saving three against Tony Roche in the semifinals. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. John Newcombe is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Jimmy Connors ''(finalist)'' # John Newcombe (champion) # Tony Roche ''(semifinals)'' # John Alexander ''(quarterfinals)'' # Ross Case ''(first round)'' # Alex Metreveli ''(quarterfinals)'' # Geoff Masters ''(quarterfinals)'' # Phil Dent ''(second round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Final eight Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 External links Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 1975 Australian Open Men's Singles draw 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Newcombe
John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in both men's singles and men's doubles. Newcombe won a combined 26 major titles: seven in singles, a former record 17 in men's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when the Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors. ''Tennis'' magazine rated him the 10th best male player of the period 1965–2005. Biography Newcombe played several sports as a boy before devoting himself to tennis. Newcombe's powerful serve and volley was the backbone of his attacking game. He frequently came up with a second-serve ace. He was the Australian junior champion from 1961 to 1963 and was a member of Australia's Davis Cup winning team in 1964. He won his first Grand Slam title in 1965 by taking the Australian Championships doubles title with fellow Australian Tony Roche. That same year, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970 to 1987, reaching the singles final of the Australian Open in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top ten including Guillermo Vilas, Raúl Ramírez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Jan Kodeš, Bob Lutz and Arthur Ashe. Warwick's career-high singles ranking was world No. 15, achieved in 1981. He won three singles titles and 26 doubles, including Australian Open 1978 (with Wojtek Fibak) and Australian Open 1980 and 1981, and Roland Garros 1985, and was also a runner-up in Australian Open 1986, all of them partnering fellow countryman Mark Edmondson. Partnering with Evonne Goolagong, he won the French Open 1972, defeating Françoise Dürr and Jean-Claude Barclay in the final 6–2, 6–4. Evonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against Rosie Casals and Ilie Năstase who won 6–4, 6–4. Kim also was a member of the winning team of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé Gauvain
Hervé Gauvain (4 March 1955 – 14 May 2025) was a French professional tennis player. Biography A right-handed player from Chalon-sur-Saône, Gauvain featured on the professional tour in the 1970s and early 1980s. His best performance was a semi-final appearance at Nuremberg in 1976 and he also reached the quarter-finals at Helsinki in 1977. He played in the main draw of the French Open on six occasions, without making it past the first round. His wife Florence was a professional tennis player. Their daughter, Sybille, played college tennis for San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the List of oldest schools in California, oldest public university on the West Coast of ... and now competes professionally. Gauvain died on 14 May 2025, at the age of 70. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Špear
Nikola "Nikki" Špear ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Шпеар; 22 February 1944 – 2 December 2017), often spelled Nicola Spear in English-language media, was a Serbian tennis player and coach who represented Yugoslavia in his playing career. Professional career Špear won the senior championship of Yugoslavia 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975. Between 1969 and 1975, he represented Yugoslavia in the Davis Cup, compiling a 5–9 record in singles and 3–4 in doubles, for an overall 8–13 record across seven ties. Following his playing career, Špear worked as a tennis coach, leading the Denmark Davis Cup team, the German Fed Cup team, and the FR Yugoslavia Davis Cup team. In addition to his coaching career, he also organised tennis events in his hometown of Subotica Subotica (, ; , , ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Central Europe and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hiskins
Ken Hiskins is an Australian former professional tennis player. Raised in the Victorian city of Wangaratta, Hiskins received training from revered coach Harry Hopman. While touring Europe in the late 1960s he featured in doubles main draws at Wimbledon. In 1968 he won the Bordeaux championships. His career stalled when he was called up for National Service in 1970 and got posted to Puckapunyal, where he served as a physical training instructor. When his army service ended he focused on a career in coaching and was internationally based for many years. He coached the Israel Davis Cup team during the 1970s. Hiskins, now living in Launceston, is the father of three children who were all involved in field hockey. His son Jeremy was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Prineas
Michael Prineas is an American former professional tennis player. Prineas, a Seattle-born player of Greek descent, attended Seattle University and competed in three seasons of varsity tennis during the early 1970s. He was the West Coast Athletic Conference singles champion in 1972 and following his freshman year was the top-ranked collegiate player in the Pacific Northwest. After leaving university he played on the professional tour and featured in the main draw of the 1975 Australian Open The 1975 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 21 December 1974 to 1 January 1975. It was the 63rd edition of the Australian Open and .... Since the 1980s, Prineas has been the proprietor of restaurants and nightclubs in the Seattle area. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prineas, Mike Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male tennis play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Dawson (tennis)
Anthony Dawson (born 1950) is an Australian-American former professional tennis player. Dawson, born and raised in Sydney, played collegiate tennis in the United States for Oklahoma City University during the early 1970s. He featured twice in the singles main draw of the Australian Open and made the doubles second round of the 1972 Wimbledon Championships The 1972 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 26 June .... In 1975 he had an upset win over Tom Gorman at a Houston WCT tournament. Now living in Texas, Dawson competes on the ITF senior's circuit as an American. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawson, Tony 1950 births Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Australian emigrants to the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Braun
Greg Braun is an Australian former professional tennis player. Braun grew up on a central Queensland cattle farm and was active on the professional tour in the 1970s. During his career he twice featured in the singles main draw of the Australian Open, which included a first round loss to the top seeded Ken Rosewall in the 1976 tournament. He also played in the main draw at Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ... in 1973. ATP Challenger finals Doubles: 2 (0–2) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Braun, Greg Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Queensland 20th-century Australian sportsmen Sportsmen from Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Tanabe (tennis)
Kiyoshi "Kiyo" Tanabe (born 22 April 1948) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Tanabe represented Japan in four Davis Cup ties during the 1970s. Tanabe, who played collegiate tennis for Oral Roberts University, won two first round matches at the Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ..., including in 1974 when he upset 16th seed John Cooper. See also * List of Japan Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanabe, Kiyoshi 1948 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Tennis players from Hyōgo Prefecture 20th-century Japanese sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Kachel
Chris Kachel (born 19 June 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Kachel won the 1977 Fair Play Trophy tournament in Switzerland defeating Heinz Günthardt Heinz Peter Günthardt (; born 8 February 1959) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. Tennis player career Günthardt won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980. The right-hander reached ... in a close final. Kachel enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. More recently, Kachel launched a modelling career by appearing on the Australian TV Show Postcards. Career finals Doubles: 3 titles, 8 runner-ups External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kachel, Chris Australian male tennis players Sportspeople from Tamworth, New South Wales Tennis players from New South Wales Australian Institute of Sport coaches 1955 births Living people Sportsmen from New South Wales 20th-century Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Thomson (tennis)
Graeme Thomson (born 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Born in Sydney, Thomson was active on tour in the 1970s and had a best singles world ranking of 162. He featured in the second round of the Australian Open on three occasions, including the 1974 tournament when he lost to Jimmy Connors James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 2 ..., who went on to win his first grand slam title. Thomson played Bundesliga tennis for Solingen and married a German. Their son Clinton was a tennis player. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Graeme 1951 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Sportsmen from New South Wales Expatriate sportspeople in West Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasjit Singh (tennis)
Jasjit Singh (born 4 February 1948) is a former professional tennis player from India. Biography Singh, who was born in New Delhi, became the first Sikh Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Si ... to play for the India Davis Cup team when he was selected in the side during the 1974 Davis Cup. His first appearance was a loss to Japan's Toshiro Sakai in a dead rubber, as India had already secured the tie. India then faced the Australian team in the Eastern Zone final and Jasjit was chosen ahead of Anand Amritraj to play the first singles rubber. In front of a Calcutta crowd, Singh managed to beat his Australian opponent Bob Giltinan in four sets, to give India a 1–0 lead. A win by John Alexander (Australian politician), John Alexander was cancelled out by a win to India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |