1977 Grand Prix (tennis)
Details | |
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Duration | 26 December 1976 – 8 January 1978 |
Edition | 8th |
Tournaments | 76 |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Guillermo Vilas (16) |
Most tournament finals | Guillermo Vilas (22) |
Prize money leader | Guillermo Vilas ($635,000) |
Points leader | Guillermo Vilas (2,047) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Björn Borg [1] |
Newcomer of the year | Tim Gullikson |
← 1976 1978 → |
The 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF, later the ITF) which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour.[2] The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. The Colgate-Palmolive Masters is included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix ranking. Colgate-Palmolive was the new tour sponsor, taking over from Commercial Union. Guillermo Vilas won the Grand Prix circuit, having accumulated the most points (2,047), and received the largest share from the bonus pool ($300,000). The top eight points ranked singles players as well as the top four doubles teams qualified for the season-ending Masters tournament[3]
Schedule
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Triple Crown events |
Grand Prix Masters |
Six-star events |
Five-star events |
Four-star events |
Three-star events |
Two-star events |
One-star events |
Team events |
December 1976
[edit]Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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26 Dec | Marlboro New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia Grass – $75,000 – 48S/24D Two star | Tony Roche 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Dick Stockton | Guillermo Vilas Roscoe Tanner | Ross Case Phil Dent Ken Rosewall Hank Pfister |
Syd Ball Kim Warwick 6–3, 6–4 | Mark Edmondson John Marks |
January
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[edit]March
[edit]April
[edit]Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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11 Apr | Murcia Open Murcia, Spain Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D One star | José Higueras 6–4, 6–0, 6–3 | Buster Mottram | Frank Gebert Javier Soler | François Jauffret Patrice Dominguez Jean-Louis Haillet Patrick Proisy |
Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret 7–5, 6–2 | Patricio Cornejo Hans Gildemeister | ||||
18 Apr | United Bank Classic Denver, United States Carpet – $100,000 – 32S/16D Three star | Björn Borg 7–5, 6–2 | Brian Gottfried | Bob Hewitt James Delaney | Peter Fleming Kim Warwick Colin Dibley Frew McMillan |
Colin Dibley Geoff Masters 6–2, 6–3 | Syd Ball Kim Warwick | ||||
25 Apr | Romika Cup Munich, West Germany Clay – 32S/16D Two star | Željko Franulović 6–1, 6–1, 6–7, 7–5 | Víctor Pecci | José Higueras Dick Crealy | Patrick Proisy Hans Gildemeister Iván Molina Nikola Pilić |
František Pála Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 6–4 | Nikola Špear John Whitlinger |