1975 Grand Prix (tennis)

1975 Grand Prix circuit
Details
Duration26 December 1974 – 16 December 1975
Edition6th
Tournaments44
CategoriesTC events (3)
GPM events (1)
AA events (15)
A events (6)
B events (19)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesSpain Manuel Orantes (6)
Most tournament finalsSpain Manuel Orantes (9)
Prize money leaderArgentina Guillermo Vilas ($237,392)
Points leaderArgentina Guillermo Vilas (850)
Awards
Player of the yearUnited States Arthur Ashe[1]
Newcomer of the yearUnited States Vitas Gerulaitis
1974
1976
Jimmy Connors finished the year as ATP world No. 1 for the second time in his career. Connors won two tournaments during the season, and was runner-up at three majors at the Australian Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open (though the Australian Open was a Group B event rather than a Triple Crown event like the other majors).
Guillermo Vilas was the 1975 Grand Prix No. 1. Vilas won five tournaments during the season, and was runner-up at a major at the French Open.
Arthur Ashe was named the ATP Player of the Year. Ashe won three tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships.

The 1975 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.[2] The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. The Commercial Union Assurance Masters, Davis Cup Final and Nations Cup are included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix.[3]

The men's schedule started in December 1974 with the Australian Open and continued in May 1975 following the conclusion of the rival 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit which ran from January to early May.

  1. ^ Dennis Spencer (September 13, 1976). "The ATP Moves to Dallas". D Magazine.
  2. ^ "History". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1976). World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 25–33. ISBN 9780362002768. OCLC 650229036.