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Doubles
1974 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
Runner-upWest Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
United States Marty Riessen
Score3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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1974 tennis event results

The 1974 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles was an event of the 1974 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships tennis tournament and was played on outdoor green clay courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States from August 20 through August 26, 1974. The draw comprised 32 teams of which eight were seeded. Erik van Dillen and Stan Smith were the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships doubles champions but did not compete together in this edition. First-seeded team of Bob Lutz and Stan Smith won the title by defeating eighth-seeded Hans-Jürgen Pohmann and Marty Riessen in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3.

Seeds

  1. United States Bob Lutz / United States Stan Smith (champions)
  2. Spain Manuel Orantes / Argentina Guillermo Vilas (quarterfinals)
  3. United States Charlie Pasarell / United States Erik van Dillen (first round)
  4. Chile Patricio Cornejo / Chile Jaime Fillol (quarterfinals)
  5. Sweden Björn Borg / Sweden Ove Bengtson (first round)
  6. Spain Juan Gisbert Sr. / Romania Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)
  7. United States Arthur Ashe / United States Roscoe Tanner (semifinals)
  8. West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann / United States Marty Riessen (final)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
8 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
United States Marty Riessen
6 6
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
4 4
8 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
United States Marty Riessen
6 4 3
1 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
3 6 6
7 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
3 6 5
1 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6 3 7

Top half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2 Spain Manuel Orantes
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6 6
United States Raz Reid
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
4 4 2 Spain Manuel Orantes
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
w/o
United States Jeff Borowiak
United States Jim McManus
4 3 United States Bailey Brown
United States Doug Crawford
United States Bailey Brown
United States Doug Crawford
6 6 2 Spain Manuel Orantes
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6 6 0
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
France Georges Goven
7 4 3 8 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
United States Marty Riessen
4 7 6
Australia John Alexander
Australia Dick Crealy
5 6 6 Australia John Alexander
Australia Dick Crealy
6 3 2
United States Ben Bishop
Australia Bob Rheinberger
0 2 8 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
United States Marty Riessen
3 6 6
8 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
United States Marty Riessen
6 6 8 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
United States Marty Riessen
6 6
5 Sweden Björn Borg
Sweden Ove Bengtson
2 6 5 Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
4 4
Colombia Iván Molina
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr.
6 3 7 Colombia Iván Molina
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr.
6 6
United States Jerry Cromwell
Unknown
4 6 7 United States Jerry Cromwell
Unknown
2 3
Japan Jun Kuki
Mexico Joaquín Loyo-Mayo
6 4 6 Colombia Iván Molina
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr.
1 6 1
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
Denmark Torben Ulrich
1 6 2 Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
6 3 6
Japan Jun Kamiwazumi
Australia Paul Kronk
6 0 6 Japan Jun Kamiwazumi
Australia Paul Kronk
3 3
Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
6 6 Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
6 6
3 United States Charlie Pasarell
United States Erik van Dillen
4 3

Bottom half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
4 Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
w/o
Austria Hans Kary
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell
4 Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
7 6
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
Czechoslovakia František Pála
4 6 6 Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
Czechoslovakia František Pála
6 2
United States Eddie Dibbs
United States Harold Solomon
6 3 1 4 Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
6 4 5
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
2 2 7 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
4 6 7
Mexico Marcelo Lara
Spain Antonio Muñoz
6 6 Mexico Marcelo Lara
Spain Antonio Muñoz
6 3 4
United States Keith Jennings
United States Paul Sullivan
1 5 7 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
4 6 6
7 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
6 7 7 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
3 6 5
6 Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
Romania Ilie Năstase
6 6 1 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6 3 7
United States Brant Bailey
United States Robert Wright
1 3 6 Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
Romania Ilie Năstase
w/o
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
Serbia Nikola Špear
7 7 Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
Serbia Nikola Špear
United States Bill Drake
United States Chauncey Steele III
6 6 6 Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
Romania Ilie Năstase
3 6 5
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček
West Germany Karl Meiler
6 6 1 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6 1 7
Venezuela Jorge Andrew
United States Dean Martin
1 4 Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček
West Germany Karl Meiler
6 6 1
Chile Belus Prajoux
Chile Jaime Pinto Bravo
6 6 2 1 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
7 3 6
1 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
2 7 6

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1975). World of Tennis '75: a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 95–97. ISBN 9780362002171.
  2. "Borg Rips Okker For Pro Crown". Herald-Journal. August 27, 1974.
  3. "1974 Boston – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

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