Champions' hall
Tournament
Louisville
Hard · Main tour · 10 editions
Period1970–1979ATP + WTA
Editions10with results
Matches515in the database
Champions7different players
Participants247different players
Record book
1970–1979 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Guillermo Vilas27 matches · 92.6% win rate25
- 2 Harold Solomon25 matches · 84% win rate21
- 3 John Alexander28 matches · 75% win rate21
- 4 Eddie Dibbs27 matches · 74.1% win rate20
- 5 Manuel Orantes21 matches · 81% win rate17
- 6 Jaime Fillol20 matches · 75% win rate15
- 7 Arthur Ashe18 matches · 72.2% win rate13
- 8 Wojtek Fibak16 matches · 75% win rate12
- 9 John Newcombe14 matches · 78.6% win rate11
- 10 Raul Ramirez15 matches · 66.7% win rate10
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsDynasties
Streaks across consecutive editions on the same tourAbsolute dominance
Consecutive titles
Final-round presence
Consecutive finals
How the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
ATP · youngest Guillermo Vilas21 years, 11 months1974
ATP · oldest Rod Laver31 years, 11 months1970
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 10Guillermo Vilas · 1974 ATP
Perfect campaign
Champions without dropping a set
1campaign
Record holder: Arthur Ashe · 1 time
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–1 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
Eliot Teltscher defeated Jose Higueras
5-7 7-5 7-5Jose Luis Clerc defeated Marty Riessen
4-6 7-6 6-1Deon Joubert defeated Mike Harrington
1-6 6-0 6-2Victor Amaya defeated Colin Dowdeswell
4-6 7-5 6-3Rick Fagel defeated Trey Waltke
3-6 7-5 6-3Mike Harrington defeated Brian Teacher
2-6 6-3 6-2Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1970–1979 · ATP and WTA1979ATP
Champion
John AlexanderFinal: John Alexander × Terry Moor
7-6 6-7 3-3 RET
July 23, 1979 · 63 matchesSee all results →1978ATP
Champion
Harold SolomonFinal: Harold Solomon × John Alexander
6-2 6-2
July 30, 1978 · 63 matchesSee all results →1977ATP
Champion
Guillermo VilasFinal: Guillermo Vilas × Eddie Dibbs
1-6 6-0 6-1
July 25, 1977 · 63 matchesSee all results →1976ATP
Champion
Harold SolomonFinal: Harold Solomon × Wojtek Fibak
6-2 7-5
August 2, 1976 · 63 matchesSee all results →1975ATP
Champion
Guillermo VilasFinal: Guillermo Vilas × Ilie Nastase
6-4 6-3
August 5, 1975 · 63 matchesSee all results →1974ATP
Champion
Guillermo VilasFinal: Guillermo Vilas × Jaime Fillol
6-4 7-5
August 5, 1974 · 63 matchesSee all results →1973ATP
Champion
Manuel OrantesFinal: Manuel Orantes × John Newcombe
3-6 6-3 6-4
August 5, 1973 · 63 matchesSee all results →1972ATP
Champion
Arthur AsheFinal: Arthur Ashe × Mark Cox
6-4 6-4
July 29, 1972 · 31 matchesSee all results →1971ATP
Champion
Tom OkkerFinal: Tom Okker × Cliff Drysdale
3-6 6-4 6-1
July 24, 1971 · 28 matchesSee all results →1970ATP
Champion
Rod LaverFinal: Rod Laver × John Newcombe
6-3 6-3
August 2, 1970 · 15 matchesSee all results →