Men’s Tennis Champions
How different is Juan Martin del Potro from Guillermo Vilas (also a U.S. Open Tennis champion)?
Congrats to fans of the Argentinian tennis star!
Del Potro Upsets Federer and Wins U.S. Open Title
Sixth-seeded Juan MartÃn Del Potro of Argentina stunned
Roger Federer, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, and claimed
the U.S. Open men’s singles title, which Federer had won the
past five years.
POSTED 8:52 p.m. Monday 9/14/209
The career high point for Guillermo Vilas was 1977 and he was able to win as a clay court specialist not just the French Open but won the U.S. open while it was still at Forest Hills — here’s his WIKI biographical highlights. Del Potro is just a 20-year old and will have many years if he remains healthy and want to work hard at major championships — he seemed eager to win the fifth set Championship combative match while tonight on CBS coverage (approx. 7 – 8:20 p.m. Eastern Time Zone) Roger Federer seemed bored and resigned, losing the final set with two breaks of service – -
Career
Raised in the sea resort of Mar del Plata, 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.
He won four Grand Slam titles: the 1977 French Open and the 1977 US Open (both played on clay) and the 1978 and 1979 Australian Open (both played on grass). He was also the runner-up at the French Open three times (1975, 1978, and 1982) and at the Australian Open once (January 1977).
Vilas got his first big break in the 1974 Masters tournament (played on grass), where he defeated Ilie Năstase in the final.
[edit] Best year
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 30 Association of Tennis Professionals tournaments he entered.[1] His playing record for 1977 was 145 wins against 14 losses (ATP win-loss record was 132–13), with Vilas winning 72 of his last 73 ATP matches that year. The highest point during this phenomenal run was winning the last US Open played at Forest Hills against Jimmy Connors 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(4), 6–0 in a match where Vilas surprised his American rival by attacking the net.[2]
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