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Full name | Jaime José Fillol Durán |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Santiago, Chile |
Born | (1946-06-03)3 June 1946 (age 78) Santiago, Chile |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 1968 (amateur from 1965) |
Retired | 1985 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $187,169 |
Singles | |
Career record | 554–393 in pre Open-Era &Open Era |
Career titles | 9 |
Highest ranking | No. 14 (2 March 1974) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 4R (1970,1974,1975,1976) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1974) |
US Open | QF (1975) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 361–295 (Open era) |
Career titles | 16 (Open era) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | F (1972) |
Wimbledon | SF (1972) |
US Open | F (1974) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career record | 14–14 |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | F (1975) |
Wimbledon | QF (1970) |
US Open | 3R (1970) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | F (1976) |
Jaime José Fillol Durán (born 3 June 1946), known professionally asJaime Fillol Sr., is a retired professionaltennis player from Chile, who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Fillol was ranked as high as world No. 14 in singles on the ATP rankings (achieving that ranking on 2 March 1974) and No. 82 in doubles (2 January 1984).
In theOpen era (after 1968), Fillol won 6 singles titles and 16 doubles titles. In addition he was a founding member and one of the first ATP Presidents. As President of the ATP, Fillol had a passion to create the first pension plan of the ATP and thus it was named after him. Fillol is also a member of the University of Miami "Hall of Fame" where he graduated in 1969.
He competed at the1973 Davis Cup withPatricio Cornejo where he played the longestDavis Cup rubber in terms of games, eventually losing toAmericansStan Smith andErik van Dillen, winning the first set 9–7, the next 39–37,[1] but lost the next three sets, 6–8, 1–6, 3–6 in the 1973 American Zone Final. The second set is the world record for the most games in a Davis Cup set.
He was also a member of the1975 Davis Cup team, which advanced to the semifinals, and the1976 Davis Cup team, which made it all the way to the final, losing to Italy.
He is the older brother of tennis playerÁlvaro Fillol,[2] father ofJaime Fillol Jr., and the grandfather of tennis playerNicolás Jarry. Fillol, who currently works at a Chilean university, coached Jarry as theUnited Cup captain for Chile in2024.[3]
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 1968 | St. Petersburg, US | Clay | ![]() | 6–12, 0–6, 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 1. | 1968 | Indianapolis, US | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 2. | 1970 | St. Petersburg, US | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3. | 1970 | Haverford, US | Grass | ![]() | 2–6, 6–7, 3–6 |
Win | 2. | 1971 | Washington-2, US | Carpet (i) | ![]() | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 |
Win | 3. | 1971 | Clemmons, US | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
Loss | 4. | 1973 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | ![]() | W/O |
Win | 5. | 1973 | Clemmons, US (2) | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 5. | 1973 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 6. | 1974 | Orlando WCT, US | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 7. | 1974 | Louisville, US | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 6. | 1975 | Düsseldorf, West Germany | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5 |
Win | 7. | 1976 | Dayton, US | Carpet (i) | ![]() | 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 |
Loss | 8. | 1976 | Paris, France | Hard (i) | ![]() | 7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 9. | 1976 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 10. | 1977 | Nottingham, UK | Grass | ![]() | Final Abandoned |
Loss | 11. | 1977 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | ![]() | 0–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 12. | 1977 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 0–6, 7–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 13. | 1977 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() | 0–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
Loss | 14. | 1977 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 8. | 1981 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 9. | 1982 | Itaparica, Brazil | Carpet (i) | ![]() | 7–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 15. | 1983 | Viña Del Mar, Chile | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 5–7, 4–6 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 1971 | Torquay | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1. | 1975 | French Open, Paris | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–7 |