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Guillermo Vilas

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Argentine tennis player

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Guillermo Vilas was an Argentine tennis player and poet. Born in Mar del Plata in 1952, he was a left-handed athlete who competed professionally from 1969 until 1992. He represented the Argentina Davis Cup team and was coached by Ion Țiriac. Vilas achieved a singles record of 949–291 and a doubles record of 225–156. He earned $4,923,882 in prize money during his career.

Vilas was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He resided in Buenos Aires and stood 180 cm tall with a mass of 75 kg. In addition to his athletic career, he is recognized as an author with one listed work, *Cosecha de cuatro*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Cosecha de cuatro

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Argentina
Active from
1952

Discography

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
138
Total plays
650

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Guillermo+Vilas">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Country sports
Argentina
Residence
Montecarlo
Born
( 1952-08-17 ) 17 August 1952 (age 73) , Buenos Aires , Argentina
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays
Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money
US$ 4,923,882
Int tennis hof
1991 ( member page )
Career record
951–297 (76.2%)
Career titles
62 ( 10th in the Open Era )
Highest ranking
No. 2 (30 April 1975)
Australian open
W ( 1978 , 1979 )
French open
W ( 1977 )
Wimbledon
QF ( 1975 , 1976 )
Us open
W ( 1977 )
Tour finals
W ( 1974 )
Wct finals
F ( 1976 )

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Tennis
Team
_Retired Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
Argentina

via TheSportsDB

~13 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Guillermo Vilas at the 1974 Dutch Open

Guillermo Vilas ( locally [ɡiˈʒeɾmo ˈβilas]; Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ˈβilas]; born 17 August 1952) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was the world No. 1 of the ITF Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977. He won 62 singles titles and 16 doubles titles during his career, including four Grand Slam singles titles and the 1974 Tour Finals. World Tennis, among other rankings and publications, rated him as world No. 1 in 1977. In the computerized ATP rankings, he peaked at No. 2 in April 1975, a position he held for a total of 83 weeks, although some have argued that Vilas should have been ranked No. 1 for at least 10 weeks, particularly in 1977 when he won two majors. Representing his country, he and José Luis Clerc led Argentina to win their first ATP World Team Cup in 1980, and reached the Davis Cup finals in 1981. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991, two years after his first retirement.

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