player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.
, Vilas was a southpaw and played his first tour event in 1969. He was in the year-ending top ten from 1974 through 1982. He was a clay-court specialist but also played well on hard, grass, and carpet surfaces.
(both played on grass). He was also the runner-up at the French Open three times (
In 1974 he won the year end Masters Grand Prix title. In addition he won five
A left-handed baseliner, Vilas's best year on tour was 1977 when he won two of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments and 16 of the 31
tournaments he entered. His playing record for 1977 was 145 wins against 15 losses (ATP win-loss record was 130–15). Not including the Masters year-end championship, he won 72 of his last 73 ATP matches in 1977. The highest point during this phenomenal run was winning the last US Open played at
2–6, 6–3, 7–6(4), 6–0 in a match where Vilas surprised his American rival by attacking the net.
He had a 46-match all-surface winning streak (still unrivalled) and won seven consecutive titles – Kitzbühel (clay), Washington (clay), Louisville (hard), South Orange (hard), Columbus (hard), US Open (clay) and Paris (clay) after
in 1977. He also had a record 53-match winning streak on clay courts (including both Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and unofficial tournaments), which stood until the record was broken by
in 2006. Both his winning streaks were terminated in October 1977 by Ilie Năstase in the final of the
tournament. In that best of five-set final, Vilas dropped the first two sets by 6–1, 7–5 and then retired in protest of Năstase's use of a spaghetti strung racquet (which was banned by the ATP shortly after). After that he won a further 28 matches in a row with titles at Tehran, Bogotá, Santiago, Buenos Aires (all on clay) and Johannesburg (hard). That run was ended in the Masters semifinals by
Even though he won 16 ATP singles titles, including the French Open and the US Open and was the runner-up at the January edition of the
in 1977, he was never ranked by the ATP as World No. 1 during 1977. He was instead year-end World No. 2 in those rankings, below Jimmy Connors (who won the Masters and six other titles and was the runner-up at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1977). However, the magazine World Tennis and Michel Sutter gave Vilas the World No. 1 ranking. The way in which the current rankings are calculated would have given Vilas the number one ranking in 1977. Also, a study published in February 2011 in the journal PLoS ONE (Volume 6, Issue 2, e17249) analyzed all tennis match records for 1977 and concluded that Vilas was the best player of that year.
until 1992. He was inducted into the
in 1991. Vilas was in the stands at
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in Final |
Score in Final |
| 1. |
2 December 1973 |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
II, ArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
(1) |
Clay |
 Björn BorgBjörn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...
|
3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–6 retired |
| 2. |
24 July 1974 |
Gstaad The Swiss Open is a tennis tournament held in Gstaad, Switzerland. Held since 1915, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts...
, Switzerland (1) |
Clay |
 Manuel OrantesManuel Orantes Corral was a tennis champion in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final.-Career:...
|
6–1, 6–2 |
| 3. |
28 July 1974 |
Hilversum, Netherlands (1) |
Clay |
 Barry Phillips-MooreBarry Phillips-Moore was an Australian tennis player of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.In singles, Phillips-Moore twice reached the semifinals of the Australian Championships, in 1961 and 1968...
|
6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 4. |
11 August 1974 |
Louisville The Louisville Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played in Louisville, Kentucky from 1970-1979. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.-Men's singles:-Doubles:...
, U.S. (1) |
Clay |
 Jaime FillolJaime Fillol 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 and number 82 in doubles .In the Open era , Fillol won seven singles titles and 15 doubles titles...
|
6–4, 7–5 |
| 5. |
18 August 1974 |
TorontoThe Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...
, Canada (1) |
Hard |
Manuel Orantes |
6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 6. |
3 November 1974 |
TehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, IranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
(1) |
Clay |
 Raúl RamírezRaúl Ramírez is a retired Mexican professional tennis player. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s, and is regarded as one of the great all-around players of the modern era. Ramírez was also the first player to finish first in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing...
|
6–0, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 7. |
1 December 1974 |
Buenos Aires II, Argentina (2) |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| 8. |
15 December 1974 |
Masters The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings....
, MelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia |
Grass |
 Ilie NăstaseIlie Nastase is a Romanian former professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Năstase was the World No. 1 tennis player between 1973 and 1974 . He is one of the five players in history to win more than 100 ATP professional titles . He was inducted into the...
|
7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 9. |
11 May 1975 |
Munich The BMW Open is a tennis tournament held in Munich, Germany. Held since 1900, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts and is a part of the ATP Tour schedule.-History:...
, West GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
(1) |
Clay |
 Karl MeilerKarl Meiler is a former tennis player from West Germany.Meiler won four singles and seventeen doubles titles during his professional career...
|
2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 10. |
20 July 1975 |
Hilversum, Netherlands (2) |
Clay |
 Željko FranulovićŽeljko Franulović is a former Croatian tennis player who competed for Yugoslavia, best remembered for reaching the final of the French Open in 1970 where he lost against Czech Jan Kodeš in straight sets...
|
6–4, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 11. |
27 July 1975 |
Washington, D.C. The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...
, U.S. (1) |
Clay |
 Harold SolomonHarold Solomon was an American professional tennis player during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world in 1980.- Tennis career :...
|
6–1, 6–3 |
| 12. |
10 August 1975 |
Louisville, U.S. (2) |
Clay |
Ilie Năstase |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 13. |
16 November 1975 |
Buenos Aires II, Argentina (3) |
Clay |
 Adriano PanattaAdriano Panatta is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He is best remembered for winning the French Open in 1976, and for being the only player to ever defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros, which he did on two occasions.-Career:...
|
6–1, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 14. |
22 February 1976 |
St. Louis WCT The St. Louis WCT was a men's tennis tournament played in St. Louis, Missouri from 1970-1978. The event was part of the WCT Tour and was held on indoor carpet courts except from 1974-1975, when it was held on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, U.S. |
Carpet |
 Vijay AmritrajVijay Amritraj is a former Indian tennis player, sports commentator and actor.Amritraj was born in Chennai, India to Maggie Dhairyam and Robert Amritraj. He and his brothers, Anand Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis...
|
4–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
| 15. |
29 February 1976 |
Fort Worth WCT The Fort Worth WCT was a men's tennis tournament played in Fort Worth, Texas from 1975-1976. The event was part of the WCT Tour and was held on outdoor hard courts.-Men's singles:-Doubles:-References:*...
, U.S. |
Hard |
Phil Dent Phillip "Phil" Dent, born on 14 February 1950, in Sydney, Australia, is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3...
|
6–7(4), 6–1, 6–1 |
| 16. |
18 April 1976 |
Monte Carlo WCT, MonacoMonaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
(1) |
Clay |
 Wojciech FibakWojciech Fibak or shorter Wojtek Fibak is a former Polish tennis player best known for his doubles success with Tom Okker and Kim Warwick....
|
6–1, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 17. |
22 August 1976 |
Toronto, Canada (2) |
Hard |
Wojciech Fibak Wojciech Fibak or shorter Wojtek Fibak is a former Polish tennis player best known for his doubles success with Tom Okker and Kim Warwick....
|
6–4, 7–6, 6–2 |
| 18. |
21 November 1976 |
São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, BrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
|
Carpet |
José Higueras José Higueras is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Spain.Between 1976 and 1984, Higueras won 16 top-level singles titles. A semi-finalist at the French Open in 1982 and 1983, he reached the World No. 6 singles ranking in 1983...
|
6–3, 6–0 |
| 19. |
28 November 1976 |
Buenos Aires II, Argentina (4) |
Clay |
Jaime Fillol |
6–2, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 20. |
13 February 1977 |
Springfield The Springfield International Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played in Springfield, Massachusetts from 1977-1978. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and was held on indoor carpet courts.-Men's singles:-Doubles:...
, U.S. |
Carpet |
Stan Smith Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is a former American tennis player and two time Grand Slam singles champion who also, with his partner Bob Lutz, formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world...
|
3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 21. |
17 April 1977 |
Buenos Aires I, Argentina |
Clay |
Wojciech Fibak Wojciech Fibak or shorter Wojtek Fibak is a former Polish tennis player best known for his doubles success with Tom Okker and Kim Warwick....
|
6–4, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 22. |
24 April 1977 |
Virginia Beach, U.S. |
Hard |
Ilie Năstase |
6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 23. |
5 June 1977 |
French Open, Roland Garros, Paris |
Clay |
Brian Gottfried Brian Edward Gottfried is a retired tennis player from the United States who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ranking on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour on June 19, 1977, when he became World No....
|
6–0, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 24. |
17 July 1977 |
Kitzbühel, Austria (1) |
Clay |
 Jan KodešJan Kodeš is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early-1970s.Kodeš's greatest success was on the clay courts of the French Open. He won the title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulović in the final, and in 1971, defeating Ilie Năstase in the final...
|
5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 25. |
24 July 1977 |
Washington, D.C., U.S. (2) |
Clay |
Brian Gottfried |
6–4, 7–5 |
| 26. |
31 July 1977 |
Louisville, U.S. (3) |
Clay |
Eddie Dibbs Eddie Dibbs is a retired American tennis player. He attained a career high ranking of World No. 5 in July 1978.-Wins :-Runner-ups :-Grand Slam singles tournament timeline:...
|
1–6, 6–0, 6–1 |
| 27. |
7 August 1977 |
South Orange, New Jersey The South Orange Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1983. It was held in South Orange, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts from 1970 to 1972 and again in 1974, then played on outdoor grass courts in 1973, and then played on...
, U.S. (1) |
Clay |
Roscoe Tanner |
6–4, 6–1 |
| 28. |
14 August 1977 |
ColumbusColumbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
, U.S. |
Clay |
Brian Gottfried |
6–2, 6–1 |
| 29. |
11 September 1977 |
US Open, Forest Hills, New York |
Clay |
Jimmy Connors |
2–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–0 |
| 30. |
25 September 1977 |
Paris, France |
Clay |
 Christophe Roger-VasselinChristophe Roger-Vasselin is a former tennis player from France.Vasselin won two doubles titles during his professional career. Notably in his singles career, he reached the semifinals of Roland Garros in 1983, , but lost to eventual champion and compatriot Yannick Noah...
|
6–2, 6–1, 7–6 |
| 31. |
9 October 1977 |
Tehran, Iran (2) |
Clay |
Eddie Dibbs |
6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |
| 32. |
13 November 1977 |
Bogotá The International Tennis Championships of Colombia is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played from 1977 to 1980. It was held in Bogotá, Colombia and played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, ColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
|
Clay |
 José Higueras |
6–1, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 33. |
20 November 1977 |
Santiago The Chilean Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played from 1976 to 1981. This outdoor clay court tournament was played in Santiago, Chile.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, ChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
|
Clay |
Jaime Fillol |
6–0, 2–6, 6–4 |
| 34. |
27 November 1977 |
Buenos Aires II, Argentina (5) |
Clay |
Jaime Fillol |
6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 35. |
4 December 1977 |
Johannesburg WCT Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, South Africa |
Hard |
 Buster MottramChristopher Mottram is a former English tennis player, who achieved a highest lifetime ranking of fifteenth in the world.Mottram represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup eight times...
|
7–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 36. |
21 May 1978 |
Hamburg The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship...
, West GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
|
Clay |
Wojtek Fibak |
6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 37. |
28 May 1978 |
Munich, West Germany (2) |
Clay |
Buster Mottram |
6–1, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 38. |
16 July 1978 |
Gstaad, Switzerland (2) |
Clay |
 José Luis ClercJosé Luis Clerc is a former Argentine professional tennis player, and one of the most important Argentine players in history....
|
6–3, 7–6, 6–4 |
| 39. |
6 August 1978 |
South Orange, U.S. (2) |
Clay |
José Luis Clerc |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 40. |
1 October 1978 |
Aix-en-Provence The Aix-en-Provence Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played from 1977 to 1984. It was held in Aix-en-Provence in France and played on outdoor clay courts....
, France |
Clay |
José Luis Clerc |
6–3, 6–0, 6–3 |
| 41. |
29 October 1978 |
Basel The Swiss Indoors is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1970 and 1989. It is currently part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. It is held annually at the St...
, Switzerland |
Carpet |
John McEnroeJohn Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
|
6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 42. |
7 January 1979 |
Australian OpenThe Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
, Kooyong Park, Melbourne (1) |
Grass |
John Marks |
6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 43. |
14 January 1979 |
Hobart The Australian Hard Court Tennis Championships is a defunct tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1979-1980. The event was held in Hobart, Australia and was played on hardcourts.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, Australia |
Grass |
Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....
|
6–4, 6–4 |
| 44. |
22 July 1979 |
Washington, D.C., U.S. (3) |
Clay |
 Víctor PecciVíctor Pecci is a former professional Paraguayan tennis player. Pecci was born in Asunción.Pecci was ranked as high as World No. 9 in singles in 1980 and World No. 31 in doubles in 1984. Pecci is famous for reaching the 1979 French Open final...
|
7–6, 7–6 |
| 45. |
25 November 1979 |
Buenos Aires II, Argentina (6) |
Clay |
José Luis Clerc |
6–1, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 46. |
6 January 1980 |
Australian Open, Kooyong Park, Melbourne (2) |
Grass |
John SadriJohn Sadri is a former tennis player from the United States.Sadri won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 29, 1980, when he became the World No...
|
7–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 47. |
25 May 1980 |
Rome The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...
, Italy |
Clay |
Yannick NoahYannick Noah is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for being the last French man to win the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams...
|
6–0, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 48. |
27 July 1980 |
Kitzbühel, Austria (2) |
Clay |
Ivan LendlIvan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...
|
6–3, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 49. |
14 September 1980 |
Palermo The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, Italy |
Clay |
Paul McNamee Paul McNamee is a retired Australian tennis player and prominent sports administrator.-Tennis career:...
|
6–4, 6–0, 6–0 |
| 50. |
8 February 1981 |
Mar del Plata The Mar del Plata Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played in 1981. It was held in Mar del Plata in Argentina and played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*...
, Argentina |
Clay |
Víctor Pecci |
2–6, 6–3, 2–1 retired |
| 51. |
15 March 1981 |
Cairo The Cairo Open is a defunct Grand Prix and Challenger affiliated tennis tournament played from 1975 to 1991. It was held in Cairo in Egypt and played on outdoor clay courts....
, EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
|
Clay |
Peter Elter Peter Elter , is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.During his career Elter did not win any singles titles but finished runner-up on 3 occasions. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 51 in 1982.-Singles runner-ups :-External links:...
|
6–2, 6–3 |
| 52. |
12 April 1981 |
Houston River Oaks Country Club has played host to the River Oaks International Tennis Tournament since 1931. The tournament is the oldest in the country to still be played in its original site, in the original stadium. From the very beginning, the River Oaks International was an amateur tournament, and...
, U.S. |
Clay |
Sammy Giammalva Jr. |
6–2, 6–3 |
| 53. |
7 February 1982 |
Buenos Aires II, Argentina (7) |
Clay |
Alejandro Ganzábal |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 54. |
21 March 1982 |
Rotterdam The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour...
, Netherlands |
Carpet |
Jimmy Connors |
0–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 55. |
28 March 1982 |
MilanThe Milan Indoor is a defunct professional tennis...
, Italy |
Carpet |
Jimmy Connors |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 56. |
11 April 1982 |
Monte Carlo, Monaco (2) |
Clay |
Ivan Lendl |
6–1, 7–6, 6–3 |
| 57. |
2 May 1982 |
Madrid The Madrid Tennis Grand Prix is a defunct professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit initially and later, the ATP World Series of the ATP Tour. The tournament was established in 1972 and was played every year until...
, Spain |
Clay |
Ivan Lendl |
6–7, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 58. |
18 July 1982 |
Boston The U.S. Pro Tennis Championships was the oldest professional tennis tournament played until its final year of 1999 and is considered as a part of the professional grand slam from 1927 - 1967 until the advent of Open Era...
, U.S. |
Clay |
Mel PurcellMel Purcell is a former World No. 17 tennis player in the ATP tennis rankings. He is the head coach of the Murray State University men's tennis team...
|
6–4, 6–0 |
| 59. |
25 July 1982 |
Kitzbühel, Austria (3) |
Clay |
 Marcos HocevarMarcos Hocevar , is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.During his career he finished runner-up at 2 singles events and won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 30 in 1983 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
|
7–6, 6–1 |
| 60. |
13 February 1983 |
Richmond WCT The Richmond WCT was a men's tennis tournament played in Richmond, Virginia from 1971-1984. The event was part of the WCT Tour and was held on indoor carpet courts.-Men's singles:-Doubles:-References:*...
, U.S. |
Carpet |
Steve Denton Steve Denton is a former professional tennis player for the ATP Tour. He is currently the head men's tennis coach at Texas A&M University....
|
6–3, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 61. |
27 February 1983 |
Delray Beach WCT The Delray Beach WCT was a men's tennis tournament played in Delray Beach, Florida from 1982-1983. The event was part of the WCT Tour and was held on outdoor clay courts.-Men's singles:-Doubles:-References:**...
, U.S. |
Clay |
Pavel Složil Pavel Složil is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia....
|
6–1, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 62. |
27 July 1983 |
Kitzbühel, Austria (4) |
Clay |
Henri LeconteHenri Leconte is a former French professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991.-Biography and career:...
|
7–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
The Australian Open was played twice in 1977, in January and December. Vilas played only the January event.
tournament was actually played in January of the following year.
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
WR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.