1974 US Open - Men's Singles

1974 US Open - Men's Singles

Jimmy Connors defeated Ken Rosewall 6-1 6-0 6-1 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1974 US Open.-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. Jimmy Connors is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.-Key:...

Seeds

1.   Billie Jean King
   Billie Jean King
   Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...
   
    (Champion)
2.   Chris Evert
   Chris Evert
   Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
   
    (Semifinalist)
3. n/a
4.   Kerry Melville (Quarterfinalist)
5.   Evonne Goolagong
   Evonne Goolagong
   Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the...
   
    (Finalist)
6.   Rosie Casals (Quarterfinalist)
7.   Virginia Wade
   Virginia Wade
   Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...
   
    (Second round)
8.   Lesley Hunt
   Lesley Hunt
   Lesley Hunt is a former tennis player from Perth, Western Australia.Particularly noted as a junior player, in 1964 at the age of 14 she won a rare double in the Western Australian Women's open, taking both the Open and Junior titles. She won the Australian junior championship in 1967 and 1968...
   
    (Quarterfinalist)

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• r. = retired

Final Eight

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

• 1974 US Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw