It's generally agreed that Borg was the real No. 1 in 1977

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1- you're not sure about if Vilas gathered most points ranking systems? why? because you dont know the ranking system? well, when i don't know aboyt anithing, I'd rather not talk about that ... whatever, Vilas was 1610 points vs 906 to Borg in 1977. 700 ATP points more. And had more average to (57,50 vs 53,29). And more Grand Prix Points (2.047 to 1.210), and more tournaments wins (16 to 10). In fact, in all statistic comparision despite h2h, Vilas 77 wins Borg 77.
2- USO were held on clay. Yes, it was estipulate since the beginning of the year, so?
3- He didnt face Borg in a major tournament. neither Borg, in consecuense, so?
4- Vilas also wins Connors (6-4 3-6 7-5) at Masters.
5- He wins Nastase at Virginia Beach (6-2 4-6 6-2) and "destroys" him at Rye (6-2 6-0). And in the only lost, romanian plays whit the infamous Spaggethi raquet, prohibited days after that match. you didnt know that either?
6- In Virginia Beach also "destroys" Vitas Gerulaitis, N°4 by ATP year-end ranking and N°5 by World Tennis Annual ranking (6-3 6-3)
7- In rye also "destroys" young revelation of the year McEnroe (6-1 6-2)
8- He "destroys" Brian Gottfried, N°5 by ATP, N°4 by World Tennis and N°2 by Grand Prix, in Roland Garros (6-0 6-3 6-0), Davis Cup (6-4 6-0 6-2) and Columbus (6-2 6-1)
6- He "destroys" Tanner (6-4 6-2) and McEnroe (6-2 2-6 6-0) in South Orange.
7- He also "destroys" former wolrd No. 1 Stan Smith at Springfiel (3-6 6-0 6-3 6-2), Roland Garros (6-1 6-2 6-1) and Johanesburg (6-2 6-4)
7- Becker vs Lendl? points from another tournament. but ... you comparing h2h, year consistency and majors form. Then Vilas would wins two of three items to Borg.
8- I agree that Vilas cannot win Borg early in the year (maybe he would in Johannesburg, when Borg had walkover, or maybe in her prime form in the year, when Borg was practically absent, we never gonna know ...), but he clearly was the most succesfully player in 1977. Thats mean N°1 proved on court to me.

Wahtever, the fact is that Vilas had more points that anybody (as now you know), Borg and Connors does not even enter second (Gottfried). As you said, he must be listed #1.
thank you very much for the info!
as i said, if it's the case that Vilas had the most points, he must be listed as #1
no need to be so tensed up!
i just wanted to explain, why i think some do not rank Vilas as #1 for that year.
thnak you very very much for all the other info!
and i want to apologize for noting that your favourite player lost a match here and there;)
besides that i just wanted to point out that the Lendl/Becker case was different (in the process), but the result was the same: Lendl had more points and was the rightful #1.
 
thank you very much for the info!
as i said, if it's the case that Vilas had the most points, he must be listed as #1
no need to be so tensed up!
i just wanted to explain, why i think some do not rank Vilas as #1 for that year.
thnak you very very much for all the other info!
and i want to apologize for noting that your favourite player lost a match here and there;)
besides that i just wanted to point out that the Lendl/Becker case was different (in the process), but the result was the same: Lendl had more points and was the rightful #1.

Well, it's not a question of saying if Vilas lose a game here or there: you practically "reinvented" the vilas 77' season stating openly that he wins only one time Connors (false), he lost the olny match played vs Nastase (false) and he have no victories to top players (false)
So, if you want to call tension to remarks your false statements ... no problem.

By the Way, yes: Vilas was one of my favorites tennis players among Borg himself, McEnroe, Nole and Mansour Bahrami. No problem whit that either :cool:
 
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