1974 French Open

1974 French Open
Date 3 June to 16 June
Edition 73rd
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw 132S/64D/32X
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Paris (XVIe), France
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Sweden Björn Borg [1]
Women's Singles
United States Chris Evert [2]
Men's Doubles
Australia Dick Crealy / Australia Onny Parun [3]
Women's Doubles
United States Chris Evert / Soviet Union Olga Morozova [2]
Mixed Doubles
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova / Colombia Iván Molina [2]

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 73rd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1974.[4][5]

Connors and Goolagong

World no. 2 Jimmy Connors and Evonne Goolagong were banned from playing in the 1974 French Open by Philippe Chatrier, president of the French Tennis Federation (FTF), because both had signed contracts to play in the World Team Tennis league in the United States.[lower-alpha 1][6] The schedule of the inaugural edition of the World Team Tennis conflicted with the dates of several European spring tournaments including the Italian and French Open. Both players had won the singles title at the 1974 Australian Open and were thus denied the opportunity to play for the Grand Slam that year.[lower-alpha 2] Connors and Goolagong filed a suit at a French court seeking the right to participate but this was rejected on the grounds that there was no need for emergency action.[7] In September 1974 they sued the FTF seeking $200,000 in damages each as compensation for the ban.[8][9]

Champions

Men's singles

Sweden Björn Borg[lower-alpha 3] defeated Spain Manuel Orantes, 2–6, 6–7(1-7), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1 [1]

Women's singles

United States Chris Evert defeated Soviet Union Olga Morozova,[lower-alpha 4] 6–1, 6–2 [2]

Men's doubles

Australia Dick Crealy / New Zealand Onny Parun defeated United States Bob Lutz / United States Stanley Smith, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1 [3]

Women's doubles

United States Chris Evert / Soviet Union Olga Morozova defeated France Gail Sherriff Chanfreau / West Germany Katja Burgemeister Ebbinghaus, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 [2]

Mixed doubles

Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova / Colombia Iván Molina defeated Mexico Rosie Reyes Darmon / Mexico Marcello Lara, 6–3, 6–3 [2]

Prize money

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
Singles [10] Men FF120,000 FF60,000 FF30,000 FF15,000 FF7,000 FF4,000 FF2,000 FF1,000
Women FF40,000 FF20,000 FF10,000 FF5,000 - FF4,000 FF1,500 FF1,000

Total prize money for the event was FF407,000.

Notes

  1. ↑ Connors signed to play for the Baltimore Banners and Goolagong played for the Pittsburgh Triangles.
  2. ↑ Connors would indeed go on to win the 1974 Wimbledon Championships and 1974 U.S. Open.
  3. ↑ Borg became the first Swedish tennis player (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title in the open era. In 1957 Sven Davidsson won Sweden's first Grand Slam singles title at French Open.
  4. ↑ Morozova was the first player (male or female) from the Soviet Union to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era.

References

  1. 1 2 "ATP – 1974 Roland Garros Men's Singles Draw". ATP.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "WTA Tournament Archive – 1974 Roland Garros" (PDF). WTA.
  3. 1 2 "ATP – 1974 Roland Garros Men's Doubles Draw". ATP.
  4. ↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 389, 396, 400, 402–3. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  5. ↑ Gilles Delamarre (1991). Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire. Paris: Fédération Française de Tennis. pp. 240–245. ISBN 2906450510.
  6. ↑ "Connors, Goolagong 'Can't Play'". The Palm Beach Post. May 22, 1974.
  7. ↑ "Connors–Goolagomg Law Suit Thrown Out By French Judge". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Jun 1, 1974.
  8. ↑ "Connors, Miss Goolagong File Suit". The New York Times. Sep 5, 1974.
  9. ↑ "Connors, Goolagong File Suit". Herald-Journal. May 31, 1974.
  10. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1975). World of Tennis '75. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0362002171.

External links

Preceded by
1974 Australian Open		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
1974 Wimbledon Championships
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