| 1974 French Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 3–16 June 1974 | |||
| Edition | 73 | |||
| Category | 44thGrand Slam (ITF) | |||
| Draw | 132S / 64D / 32X | |||
| Surface | Clay / outdoor | |||
| Location | Paris (XVIe), France | |||
| Venue | Stade Roland Garros | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Björn Borg[1] | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Chris Evert[2] | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Dick Crealy /Onny Parun[3] | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
Chris Evert / Olga Morozova[2] | ||||
| Mixed doubles | ||||
 Martina Navratilova / Iván Molina[2] | ||||
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The1974 French Open was atennis tournament that took place on the outdoorclay courts at theStade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 3 June until 16 June. It was the 73rd staging of theFrench Open, and the secondGrand Slam tennis event of 1974.[4][5]
World no. 2Jimmy Connors andEvonne Goolagong were banned from playing in the 1974 French Open byPhilippe Chatrier, president of theFrench Tennis Federation (FTF), because both had signed contracts to play in theWorld Team Tennis league in the United States.[a][6] 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 the1974 Australian Open and were thus denied the opportunity to play for theGrand Slam that year.[b] 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.[7] In September 1974 they sued the FTF seeking $200,000 in damages each as compensation for the ban.[8][9] This wouldn't be until the2017 French Open that both of the defending champions ofthat year's Australian Open also absent from the competition.
Björn Borg[c] defeated
Manuel Orantes, 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1[1]
Chris Evert defeatedOlga Morozova,[d] 6–1, 6–2[2]
Dick Crealy /
Onny Parun defeatedBob Lutz /Stanley Smith, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1[3]
Chris Evert /Olga Morozova defeated
Gail Sherriff Chanfreau /
Katja Burgemeister Ebbinghaus, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1[2]
Martina Navratilova /Iván Molina defeated
Rosie Reyes Darmon /Marcello Lara, 6–3, 6–3[2]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | 4R | 3R | 2R | 1R | |
| Singles[10] | Men | FF120,000 | FF60,000 | FF30,000 | FF15,000 | FF7,000 | FF4,000 | FF2,000 | FF1,000 |
| Women | FF40,000 | FF20,000 | FF10,000 | FF5,000 | - | FF4,000 | FF1,500 | FF1,000 | |
Total prize money for the event was FF407,000.
| Preceded by | Grand Slams | Succeeded by |
