Champions' hall
Tournament
St. Louis
Hard · Main tour · 9 editions
Period1969–1978ATP + WTA
Editions9with results
Matches207in the database
Champions7different players
Participants112different players
Record book
1969–1978 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Rod Laver16 matches · 81.3% win rate13
- 2 John Newcombe14 matches · 78.6% win rate11
- 3 Stan Smith10 matches · 100% win rate10
- 4 John Alexander14 matches · 64.3% win rate9
- 5 Nikola Pilic10 matches · 70% win rate7
- 6 Cliff Drysdale12 matches · 58.3% win rate7
- 7 Sandy Mayer7 matches · 85.7% win rate6
- 8 Vitas Gerulaitis7 matches · 85.7% win rate6
- 9 Cliff Richey10 matches · 60% win rate6
- 10 Alex Metreveli7 matches · 71.4% win rate5
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 Vitas Gerulaitis20 years, 8 months1975
ATP · oldest Rod Laver31 years, 9 months1970
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 4Vitas Gerulaitis · 1975 ATP
Perfect campaign
Champions without dropping a set
1campaign
Record holder: Jimmy Connors · 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
Mark Cox defeated Terry Moor
4-6 6-3 6-1John Alexander defeated Harold Solomon
4-6 6-4 7-5Ilie Nastase defeated Ken Rosewall
6-7(5) 7-5 6-3Ilie Nastase defeated Raymond Moore
5-7 6-1 6-1Harold Solomon defeated Dick Stockton
5-7 7-6(6) 7-5Guillermo Vilas defeated Vijay Amritraj
4-6 6-0 6-4Only 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
1969–1978 · ATP and WTA1978ATP
Champion
Sandy MayerFinal: Sandy Mayer × Eddie Dibbs
7-6 6-4
February 12, 1978 · 31 matchesSee all results →1977ATP
Champion
Jimmy ConnorsFinal: Jimmy Connors × John Alexander
7-6(5) 6-2
March 14, 1977 · 15 matchesSee all results →1976ATP
Champion
Guillermo VilasFinal: Guillermo Vilas × Vijay Amritraj
4-6 6-0 6-4
February 17, 1976 · 15 matchesSee all results →1975ATP
Champion
Vitas GerulaitisFinal: Vitas Gerulaitis × Roscoe Tanner
2-6 6-2 6-3
April 7, 1975 · 31 matchesSee all results →1974ATP
Champion
Stan SmithFinal: Stan Smith × Alex Metreveli
6-2 3-6 6-2
April 22, 1974 · 31 matchesSee all results →1973ATP
Champion
Stan SmithFinal: Stan Smith × Rod Laver
6-4 3-6 6-4
March 26, 1973 · 31 matchesSee all results →1972ATP
Champion
John NewcombeFinal: John Newcombe × Nikola Pilic
6-3 6-3
July 1, 1972 · 31 matchesSee all results →1970ATP
Champion
Rod LaverFinal: Rod Laver × Ken Rosewall
6-1 6-4
June 3, 1970 · 19 matchesSee all results →1969ATP
Champion
Rod LaverFinal: Rod Laver × Fred Stolle
7-5 3-6 7-5
August 4, 1969 · 3 matchesSee all results →