Jaime Fillol

Jaime Fillol (b. June 3, 1946) is a former tennis player from Chile. He played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s.

Fillol was ranked as high as world number 14 in singles on the ATP Rankings (achieving that ranking on March 2, 1974) and number 82 in doubles (January 2, 1984).

In the Open era (after 1968), Fillol won seven singles titles and 15 doubles titles. In addition Jaime was a founding member and one of the first ATP Presidents. As President of the ATP, Jaime had a passion to create the first Pension Plan of the ATP and thus it was named after him. Jaime is also a member of the University of Miami "Hall of Fame" where he graduated in 1969.

He competed at the 1975 Davis Cup with Patricio Cornejo where he played the longest Davis Cup rubber in terms of games, eventually losing to Americans Stan Smith and Erik Van Dillen, winning the first set 9–7, the next 39-37,[1] but lost the next three sets, 6–8, 1–6, 3–6 in the 1973 American Zone Final. The second set is the world record for the most number of games in a Davis Cup set.

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Career highlights

Singles titles (6)

Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1971 Tanglewood, U.S. Hard Željko Franulović 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up 1. 1973 Johannesburg WCT, South Africa Hard Brian Gottfried W/O
Winner 2. 1973 Tanglewood, U.S. Gerald Battrick 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 1973 Madrid, Spain Clay Tom Okker 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 1974 Orlando WCT, U.S. Hard John Newcombe 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 1974 Louisville, U.S. Clay Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 5–7
Winner 3. 1975 Düsseldorf, Germany Clay Jan Kodeš 6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5
Winner 4. 1976 Dayton, U.S. Carpet Andrew Pattison 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 1976 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) Eddie Dibbs 7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up 6. 1976 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 7. 1977 Montreal, Canada Hard Jeff Borowiak 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 8. 1977 Madrid, Spain Clay Björn Borg 3–6, 0–6, 7–6, 6–7
Runner-up 9. 1977 Santiago, Chile Clay Guillermo Vilas 0–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up 10. 1977 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 5. 1981 Mexico City, Mexico Clay David Carter 6–2, 6–3
Winner 6. 1982 Itaparica, Brazil Carpet Ricardo Acuña 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 11. 1983 Viña Del Mar, Chile Clay Víctor Pecci 6–2, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles titles (15)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1968 Cincinnati, U.S. Clay Joaquin Loyo-Mayo William Brown
Ron Goldman
8–10, 3–6
Winner 1. 1969 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Patricio Cornejo Roy Emerson
Frew McMillan
W/O
Winner 2. 1970 South Orange, U.S. Hard Patricio Cornejo Andrés Gimeno
Rod Laver
3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 1971 Bournemouth, England Clay Patricio Cornejo Bill Bowrey
Owen Davidson
6–8, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 1971 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Patricio Cornejo Željko Franulović
Ilie Năstase
4–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 1972 Caracas, Venezuela Hard Patricio Cornejo Jim McManus
Manuel Orantes
6–4, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 4. 1972 Brussels, Belgium Clay Patricio Cornejo Juan Gisbert
Manuel Orantes
7–9, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 1972 French Open, Paris Clay Patricio Cornejo Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan
3–6, 6–8, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up 6. 1972 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Patricio Cornejo Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 7. 1974 Washington D.C., U.S. Clay Patricio Cornejo Tom Gorman
Marty Riessen
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 8. 1974 U.S. Open, New York Grass Patricio Cornejo Robert Lutz
Stan Smith
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 9. 1974 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Patricio Cornejo Manuel Orantes
Guillermo Vilas
4–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 1975 Charlotte, U.S. Clay Patricio Cornejo Ismail El Shafei
Brian Fairlie
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 1976 Dayton, U.S. Carpet Charlie Pasarell Ray Ruffels
Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner 5. 1976 Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada Carpet Frew McMillan Alex Metreveli
Ilie Năstase
6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Winner 6. 1977 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Patricio Cornejo Dick Crealy
Cliff Letcher
6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner 7. 1977 Santiago, Chile Clay Patricio Cornejo Henry Bunis
Paul McNamee
5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 11. 1978 Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco Clay Ilie Năstase Peter Fleming
Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 5–7
Winner 8. 1978 Las Vegas, U.S. Hard Álvaro Fillol Bob Hewitt
Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 7–6
Winner 9. 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Álvaro Fillol Hans Gildemeister
Víctor Pecci
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 12. 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay Álvaro Fillol Hans Gildemeister
Víctor Pecci
4–6, 3–6
Winner 10. 1979 Quito, Ecuador Clay Álvaro Fillol Iván Molina
Jairo Velasco
6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Winner 11. 1980 San José, Costa Rica Hard Álvaro Fillol Anand Amritraj
Nick Saviano
6–2, 7–6
Winner 12. 1980 Republic of China Carpet Ross Case Andy Kohlberg
Larry Stefanki
6–2, 7–6
Winner 13. 1980 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Ross Case Terry Moor
Eliot Teltscher
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 1981 Palermo, Italy Clay Belus Prajoux José Luis Damiani
Diego Pérez
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 14. 1981 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Álvaro Fillol Marcos Hocevar
João Soares
6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Winner 14. 1982 Quito, Ecuador Clay Pedro Rebolledo Egan Adams
Rocky Royer
6–2, 6–3
Winner 15. 1983 Caracas, Venezuela Hard Stan Smith Andrés Gómez
Ilie Năstase
6–7, 6–4, 6–3

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