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Singles

1974 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships

Final

Champion

Runner-up

Score

7–6, 6–1, 6–1

Details

Draw

64

Events

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The 1974 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles 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 64 players. Jimmy Connors was the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships singles champion but did not compete in this edition. Björn Borg won the title by defeating Tom Okker in the final, 7–6, 6–1, 6–1.

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

		Tom Okker	3	6	6

		Ismail El Shafei	6	3	1
									Tom Okker	6	6	6

									Guillermo Vilas	4	3	2
		Ilie Năstase	5	6	1

		Guillermo Vilas	7	1	6
																Tom Okker	6	1	1

																Björn Borg	7	6	6
		Marty Riessen	6	6	0

		Björn Borg	4	7	5
									Björn Borg	7	6	1

									Jan Kodeš	6	0	6
		Arthur Ashe	3	2

		Jan Kodeš	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Tom Okker	7	6
		Torben Ulrich	6	4					Tom Okker	6	1	6
		Jim McManus	6	6	2				Ove Bengtson	3	6	2
		Ove Bengtson	7	1	6											Tom Okker	7	6
		Bailey Brown	2	6	0											Charlie Pasarell	6	3
		Jairo Velasco Sr.	6	3	6				Jairo Velasco Sr.	6	5	2
		Brant Bailey	2	5					Charlie Pasarell	2	7	6
		Charlie Pasarell	6	7																			Tom Okker	3	6	6
		Manuel Orantes	7	5	6																		Ismail El Shafei	6	3	1
		Jaime Pinto Bravo	6	7	1				Manuel Orantes	3	6	6
		Dean Martin	1	0					Erik van Dillen	6	2	1
		Erik van Dillen	6	6												Manuel Orantes
		František Pála	6	6												Ismail El Shafei	w/o
		Ion Țiriac	4	0					František Pála	6	6
		Nikola Špear	4	6	4				Ismail El Shafei	7	7
		Ismail El Shafei	6	4	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Ilie Năstase	6	6
		Raz Reid	4	1					Ilie Năstase	6	6
		Roger Taylor	6	7					Roger Taylor	0	3
		Juan Gisbert Sr.	4	5												Ilie Năstase	2	6	6
		Harold Solomon	6	7												Milan Holeček	6	2	4
		Karl Meiler	4	6					Harold Solomon	6	3	5
		Georges Goven	6	5	4				Milan Holeček	4	6	7
		Milan Holeček	4	7	6																		Ilie Năstase	5	6	1
		Guillermo Vilas	6	6																			Guillermo Vilas	7	1	6
		Mike Belkin	2	2					Guillermo Vilas	6	6
		Jun Kuki	6	5					Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	0	2
		Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7	7												Guillermo Vilas	6	6
		Roscoe Tanner	4	1												Barry Phillips-Moore	4	2
		Barry Phillips-Moore	6	6					Barry Phillips-Moore	6	6
		Robert Wright	1	3					Paul Kronk	2	3
		Paul Kronk	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Geoff Masters	6	6
		Hans Kary	3	2					Geoff Masters	7	3	6
		Dick Crealy	1	1					Jaime Fillol	5	6	3
		Jaime Fillol	6	6												Geoff Masters	4	4
		Jeff Borowiak	7	6												Marty Riessen	6	6
		Jiří Hřebec	5	4					Jeff Borowiak	3	2
		Iván Molina	4	6	0				Marty Riessen	6	6
		Marty Riessen	6	4	6																		Marty Riessen	6	6	0
		Chauncey Steele III	5	2																			Björn Borg	4	7	5
		Belus Prajoux	7	6					Belus Prajoux	7	7
		Patricio Cornejo	7	6					Patricio Cornejo	5	5
		John Alexander	5	2												Belus Prajoux	2	6	2
		Vladimír Zedník	6	4	4											Björn Borg	6	3	6
		Marcelo Lara	3	6	6				Marcelo Lara	2	0
		Paul Sullivan	3	0					Björn Borg	6	6
		Björn Borg	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Bob Lutz	6	6
		Bill Drake	1	0					Bob Lutz	2	5
		Jorge Andrew	1	4					Eddie Dibbs	6	7
		Eddie Dibbs	6	6												Eddie Dibbs	4	3
		Doug Crawford	6	6	6											Arthur Ashe	6	6
		Graham Stilwell	1	7	2				Doug Crawford	2	2
		Joaquín Loyo-Mayo	6	3	6				Arthur Ashe	6	6
		Arthur Ashe	3	6	7																		Arthur Ashe	3	2
		Bob Rheinberger	6	5	7																		Jan Kodeš	6	6
		Ben Bishop	4	7	5				Bob Rheinberger	6	0
		Haroon Rahim	4	3					Jan Kodeš	7	6
		Jan Kodeš	6	6												Jan Kodeš	6	6
		Antonio Muñoz	1	2												Jun Kamiwazumi	1	2
		Jun Kamiwazumi	6	6					Jun Kamiwazumi	5	6	7
		Ross Case	0	3					Stan Smith	7	2	5
		Stan Smith	6	6

References

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

External links

ITF tournament edition details