my list of slams and super nines 1968 to 1978
this list is based on the championship points list of 2000-2008 run by the atp.
in otherwords a true slam earns 200 pts
a true ene of year champs earns 150
a true super nine 100
this means that in mosts years in this period there never 4 true slams; or just 9 super nines ; or a year end championship . these points are based on prestige and most importantly strength of field; also clay court events have to be found for a slam or a super nine
1968
slams (200 points)
french open ; wimbledon; us open ; psw
super nines (100 points)
Fench pro ; us pro; wembley (won by rosewall in autumn), madison square garden open (won by roche), german open, queens london
1969
the only true year of open tennis between 1969 and 1978
slams
aussie open, wimledon , french open and us open
super nines (100 points)
philadephia, madson square garden open( won by gimeno), south african open, monte carlo, italian open, psw, las vegas (won by gonzales), london wembley (won by laver over roche), german open
1970
slams 200 points
wimbledon , us open
super nines (100 points)
aussie open, philadelphia,us indoor open (won by nastase), dunlop open march won by laver, south african open, louisville on clay( nearly all top wct players were in the field and they had 11 of the top 15 in the world that year), spanish open (because top wct clay courters laver, rosewall , gimeno , drysdale, played against major euro clay courters santana, kodes, franulovic, orantes ); us pro, psw, french indoor open, london wembley,
french open won by kodes; Tennis championsclassic won by laver which was played mainly at the time of the french open and had easily the richest prize in tennis at the timeof 75000 dollars for laver and 40,000 for rosewall as runner up ; and was the big wct event of the year like the wct finala of forthe restof the 1970s (wct and NTL BOYCOTTED THE EVENT OVER APPEARANCE MONEY because THE FRENCH TF PAID APPEARANCE MONEY AND EXPENSES IN 1969 BUT REFUSED TO DO SO IN 1970; MOST OF THE DISPUTES IN TENNIS BETWEEN 1968 AND 1972 CAME DOWN TO THIS ISSUE; ONLY IN MARCH 1972 DID WCT AND ITF CAME TO TERMS GIVING JANUARY TO MAY TO WCT EVENTS AND WITH THE GRAND PRIX RUNNING FRO LATE MAY TO DECEMNBER. IN 1977 THE itf BROKE THIS AGREEMENT AND WENT BACK TO WAR RUNNING A FULL GRAND PRIX WITH CLOGATE AS A SPONSOR OF A FULL YEAR ROUND CIRCUIT; BORG SIGNED TO PLAY WCT IN 1977, BUT A BRIBE FROM COLGATE MEANT HE PLAYED THE GRAND PRIX INSTEAD; THE ISSUE WAS SETTLED OUT OF COURT) ; stockholm open ; and masters won by smith but not an important event because there were about 20 events on the circuit (no appeareanve money rule by ITF meant both german and italian open were not part of grand prix) and john newcombe who won wimbledon could not be bothered to play
1971
slams wimbledon 200
usopen 150
aussie 150
italian open 150
french open 125
1971 was the main full out war between wct and ITF; in july 1971 the itf barred all wct players from wimbledon 1972 and all other events controlled by wct
aussie dunlop open was attended by all wct players who had 7/10 of the top players and 10/17 top players. nastase had played the dunlop open in march 1970 in sydney; he did go in 1971 because of hus committment to the ITF circuit and riordan's usta winter circuit.
Italian open had 13/17 players including kodes (french open winner), smith
franulovic gorman, laver4, newcombe , gimeno , okker , emerson,ashe and drysdale
french open none of the top wct players who could win at the french open played; laver , rosewall, okker, gimeno, drysdale , gimeno, newcombe and emerson, and graebener an itf player all stayed away. it was unfortunate series of events . laver had won all 13 of his matches on the tennis champions classic to earn 160,000 from one event (smith only earned 15,000 for winning thre us open) . laver was overplayed and tired and his back problems whichplagued him fronm 1971 to 1973 began at chicago 1971 in march. laver actually entered the warm event at bournemouth and the french, but withdrew at the last minute from bouremouth and went home to usa and missed the french as well. In contrast newcombe , okker drysdale and gimebno did play their warm events at the german open and belgium open. gimeno won hamburg with kodes in the field; and drysdale won in brussells beating smith and nastase in 3 straight sets. In otherwords their stupidity and their dislike of the the french tennis federation instigated the 1972 wimbledon ban. all the 16 weak wct players did play the french open. only 9/19 top guys played the event
us open only 150 because laver, rosewall , drysdale gimeno and emerson boycotted the event because of the ITF ban only 12/17 top plasyers played
super nines 1971 worth 100 points
richmond, queens, washington, san fransisco, wembley and stockolm. laver;s win on the cahampions classic where he won 13 straight best of 5 set matches is include. this wasal achievement of 1971 by a mile but onlt gets a 100 points because of its lack of prestige. newcombe lost both his matches to laver and okker ; rosewall a lost both his matches to laver and ashe. okker reached the final but would only received 35 points because he only 2 matches and the plaued like a normal 50 point even for him.
WCT finals 1971 100 points because it had 7 of the top ten players in its field
1972 bitter dispute year
slams us open 200
150 points PSW easily the strogest fied after us open. the 3 contenders for the number one spot all played ie rosewall, smith nastase. rest of field included ashe,okker, orantes, kodes, connors, hewitt, riessen gorman etc who were all in the top 20. tanner reached the finalof the the psw beating nastase and okker to justify his top 20 place.
100 POINTS FRENCH OPEN, WIMBLEDON, WCT FINALS AND STOCKHOLM
1973
slams 200 points
french and us open; laver again withdrew from the french open with his back problem which kept him out the game for 2 months where he came back at bretton woods and lost vijay amritraj in 3 sets.
endof yearchampionship 150 points mastres won by nastase; italian open had as strong a field as the the french.
100 points
cbs classic which attracted all the best of rhe wct who had 14 of the top 20 players on their circuit that year
candian open; PSW, Stocholm; WCT finals for same same reason as cbs classic
davis cup because 13 out of top 20 played and its value if every one played should have same value as a true masters like nastase's win
wct finals same reason as cbsclassic
to be continued
jeffrey
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