1. Guillermo Vilas was the world No 1 of the Grand Prix seasons in 1974,1975 and 1977.
24 Facts About Guillermo Vilas
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Guillermo Vilas won 62 singles titles and 16 doubles titles during his career, four major titles and the 1974 Tour Finalss.
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Guillermo Vilas was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991, two years after his first retirement.
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Guillermo Vilas won over 650 matches on clay, an all-time record.
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Guillermo Vilas's peak was the 1977 season during which he won 16 ATP singles titles, including two majors and had a 53-match winning streak on clay, the longest in the Open Era at his time.
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Historical and statistical studies presented in 2015 by Argentinian journalist Eduardo Puppo and Romanian mathematician Marian Ciulpan concluded that Guillermo Vilas should have been No 1 in the old ATP ranking system for seven weeks between 1975 and 1976.
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In October 2020, Netflix released a documentary film about Vilas's case titled Guillermo Vilas: Settling the Score.
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Guillermo Vilas was in the year-ending top ten from 1974 through 1982.
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Guillermo Vilas was a clay-court specialist and played well on hard-court, grass, and carpet surfaces.
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Guillermo Vilas won four Grand Slam titles: the 1977 French Open and the 1977 US Open and the 1978 and 1979 Australian Open.
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Guillermo Vilas was the runner-up at the French Open three times and at the Australian Open once.
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Guillermo Vilas's playing record for 1977 was 130 wins against 15 losses.
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Guillermo Vilas had a record 53-match winning streak on clay courts, which stood until surpassed by Rafael Nadal in 2006.
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Guillermo Vilas was instead ranked year-end world No 2, behind Jimmy Connors who won 8 singles titles only.
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Nevertheless, Guillermo Vilas was rated number one by World Tennis, France Presse, Tennis de France, Le Livre d'or du Tennis, Gene Scott, Peter Bodo, Christian Quidet, and Michael Sutter.
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The International Tennis Hall of Fame inscription for Guillermo Vilas stated "it was generally considered Guillermo Vilas was the real No 1 for 1977".
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Guillermo Vilas was rated number one by Bud Collins and John Barrett by the 2010s.
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In October 2020, Netflix released a documentary about the controversy titled Guillermo Vilas: Settling the Score.
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In 2005, after living the life of an international playboy most of his life, Guillermo Vilas settled down and married.
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Guillermo Vilas was 47 when he met Phiangphathu Khumueang, a 17-year-old from Thailand, and they married five years later.
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Guillermo Vilas retired from the ATP Tour in 1989 but still played on the ATP Challenger Series until 1992.
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Guillermo Vilas was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991.
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Guillermo Vilas was in the stands at Flushing Meadows to cheer on his countryman, Juan Martin del Potro, who beat Roger Federer in an upset in the 2009 US Open final.
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Guillermo Vilas is reportedly suffering from a form of dementia.