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1974 French Open

1974 French Open
Date 3 June to 16 June
Edition 73rd
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw 132S/64D/32X
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Paris (XVIe), France
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Sweden Björn Borg
Women's Singles
United States Chris Evert
Men's Doubles
Australia Dick Crealy / Australia Onny Parun
Women's Doubles
United States Chris Evert / Soviet Union Olga Morozova
Mixed Doubles
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova / Colombia Iván Molina
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The 1974 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 3 June until 16 June. It was the 73rd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1974.

World no. 2 Jimmy Connors and Evonne Goolagong were banned from playing in the 1974 French Open by Philippe Chatrier, president of the French Tennis Federation (FTF), because both had signed contracts to play in the World Team Tennis league in the United States. The schedule of the inaugural edition of the World Team Tennis conflicted with the dates of several European spring tournaments including the Italian and French Open. Both players had won the singles title at the 1974 Australian Open and were thus denied the opportunity to play for the Grand Slam that year. Connors and Goolagong filed a suit at a French court seeking the right to participate but this was rejected on the grounds that there was no need for emergency action. In September 1974 they sued the FTF seeking $200,000 in damages each as compensation for the ban.

Sweden Björn Borg defeated Spain Manuel Orantes, 2–6, 6–7(1-7), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1


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