ATP US Open 1974 Draw, Results & Schedule

Jimmy Connors won the 1974 US Open, defeating Ken Rosewall 6-1 6-0 6-1 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on grass courts in New York, United States, from August 28 to September 11, 1974. The match log contains 125 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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Champion
Jimmy Connors
def. Ken Rosewall , 6-1 6-0 6-1
Dates
Aug 28 — Sep 11
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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Results

Match type

125 recorded singles results

US Open 1974 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Jimmy Connors #1 6-1 6-0 6-1 Ken Rosewall #8CH H2H Match data Sep 11, 1974* F
SF (2)
Jimmy Connors #1 7-6 7-6 6-4 Roscoe Tanner #21 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1974* SF
Ken Rosewall #8CH 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-3 John Newcombe #2DEF H2H Match data Sep 10, 1974* SF
QF (4)
Ken Rosewall CH 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 Vijay Amritraj H2H Match data Sep 8, 1974* QF
Roscoe Tanner 7-6 6-2 3-6 6-1 Stan Smith CH H2H Match data Sep 8, 1974* QF
John Newcombe DEF 4-6 6-3 3-6 7-6 6-4 Arthur Ashe CH H2H Match data Sep 8, 1974* QF
Jimmy Connors 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-1 Alex Metreveli — Match data Sep 8, 1974* QF
R16 (8)
John Newcombe DEF 6-3 6-2 7-5 Raymond Moore H2H Match data Sep 6, 1974* R16
Vijay Amritraj 6-3 6-3 6-4 Marty Riessen H2H Match data Sep 6, 1974* R16
Ken Rosewall CH 6-1 6-7 7-5 6-3 Raul Ramirez H2H Match data Sep 6, 1974* R16
Jimmy Connors 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-2 Jan Kodes H2H Match data Sep 6, 1974* R16
Arthur Ashe CH 6-7 6-4 6-4 7-5 Guillermo Vilas H2H Match data Sep 6, 1974* R16
Roscoe Tanner 6-3 6-7 7-5 6-7 7-6 Ismail El Shafei — Match data Sep 6, 1974* R16
Alex Metreveli 6-1 6-3 7-6 Tom Okker — Match data Sep 6, 1974* R16
Stan Smith CH 6-2 6-3 6-7 6-3 Syd Ball H2H Match data Sep 6, 1974* R16
R32 (16)
Ismail El Shafei 4-6 7-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 Dick Stockton — Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Jan Kodes 5-7 4-6 7-6 7-6 6-3 Balazs Taroczy H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Raul Ramirez 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3 Grover Raz Reid H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
John Newcombe DEF 4-6 7-6 6-3 7-5 Tony Roche H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Jimmy Connors 6-1 7-5 6-7 6-4 John Alexander H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Marty Riessen 6-4 6-3 6-0 Charlie Owens H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Tom Okker 4-6 6-2 6-3 5-7 6-4 Thomaz Koch H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Stan Smith CH 6-3 7-5 6-4 Brian Teacher H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Roscoe Tanner 4-6 6-7 7-5 6-4 6-4 Ilie Nastase CH H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Ken Rosewall CH 6-1 6-2 4-6 6-4 Charlie Pasarell H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Arthur Ashe CH 2-6 6-2 6-3 6-3 Geoff Masters H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Alex Metreveli 6-7 6-2 6-7 7-6 6-3 Mark Cox — Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Raymond Moore 6-1 6-4 6-3 Clark Graebner H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Syd Ball 5-7 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-4 Anand Amritraj — Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Guillermo Vilas 6-4 6-3 3-1 (ret.) Paul Gerken H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
Vijay Amritraj 7-6 0-6 7-6 6-7 3-1 (ret.) John Yuill H2H Match data Sep 3, 1974* R32
R64 (32)
Dick Stockton 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-2 Robert Kreiss — Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Geoff Masters 6-3 6-3 7-6 Fred Mcnair — Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Ismail El Shafei 7-6 6-1 6-4 Ian Fletcher — Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Roscoe Tanner 3-6 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-3 Roger Taylor H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Tony Roche 6-4 6-4 6-4 Onny Parun H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Marty Riessen 6-3 6-4 6-2 John Lloyd — Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Ilie Nastase CH 6-7 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-2 Roy Barth H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
John Newcombe DEF 7-6 6-2 6-2 Teimuraz Kakulia — Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Anand Amritraj 6-3 6-4 6-2 Manuel Orantes — Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64 Upset: winner had a 8 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ken Rosewall CH 7-6 6-3 6-3 Bob Lutz H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Charlie Pasarell 4-6 6-4 7-6 6-3 Gene Scott H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Mark Cox 6-1 6-2 7-6 Jiri Hrebec H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Arthur Ashe CH 7-6 7-5 6-2 Vitas Gerulaitis H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
John Yuill 6-2 6-7 1-6 7-6 6-3 Juan Gisbert — Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Stan Smith CH 6-1 3-6 7-6 6-4 Frew Mcmillan H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Syd Ball 6-3 7-5 6-3 Georges Goven H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Vijay Amritraj 6-1 7-6 3-6 1-6 6-2 Bjorn Borg H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Raymond Moore 4-6 6-4 6-7 6-4 7-5 Tom Gorman H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Thomaz Koch 6-3 7-6 7-5 Owen Davidson H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Paul Gerken 6-4 6-4 6-2 Armistead Neely H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Jimmy Connors 6-1 6-3 6-3 Ove Bengtson H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Guillermo Vilas 6-3 6-2 6-1 Mike Machette H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
John Alexander 6-4 7-5 6-3 Bob Carmichael H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Brian Teacher 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Brian Gottfried H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Alex Metreveli 6-3 7-5 6-4 Vladimir Zednik — Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Charlie Owens 7-6 6-2 7-6 Roger Dowdeswell H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Tom Okker 7-6 7-6 6-2 Butch Seewagen H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Grover Raz Reid 3-6 5-7 7-6 (ret.) Sandy Mayer H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Clark Graebner 1-6 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2 Antonio Munoz H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Jan Kodes 6-4 6-4 6-2 Dick Dell — Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Balazs Taroczy 7-6 7-6 6-3 Gerald Battrick H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
Raul Ramirez 7-6 7-6 7-6 William Brown H2H Match data Sep 1, 1974* R64
R128 (62)
Raul Ramirez 6-2 6-4 6-4 Jorge Andrew H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Dick Stockton 6-2 6-1 6-1 Jim Delaney H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Arthur Ashe CH 6-3 7-6 6-2 Trey Waltke H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Guillermo Vilas 6-3 6-2 6-7 2-6 6-3 Ferdi Taygan H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Tom Gorman 7-6 6-4 6-2 George Hardie H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Gerald Battrick 6-4 6-2 6-1 Bruce Manson H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
John Newcombe DEF 6-2 6-0 6-1 Ramiro Benavides H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
John Lloyd 6-4 6-4 6-2 Haroon Rahim — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Jan Kodes 6-4 6-4 6-2 Pat Cramer H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Ken Rosewall CH 6-4 7-6 6-1 Colin Dibley H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Frew Mcmillan 6-4 6-2 6-4 Jim Mcmanus H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Tony Roche 6-3 6-3 6-1 John James H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Brian Gottfried 6-3 7-5 6-2 Hans Jurgen Pohmann H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Owen Davidson 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2 Paul Kronk — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Mike Machette 6-4 6-4 6-2 Belus Prajoux H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Grover Raz Reid 6-4 7-6 6-3 Jun Kuki H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Roscoe Tanner 6-4 4-6 6-3 7-6 Mike Estep H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
John Alexander 6-1 6-2 6-0 Jean Francois Caujolle H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Onny Parun 6-1 6-1 6-1 Eric Friedler H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Mark Cox 6-3 7-6 3-6 1-6 7-6 Jeff Austin — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Bob Carmichael 7-5 2-6 6-3 6-4 Ross Case H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Balazs Taroczy 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2 Karl Meiler H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Geoff Masters 2-6 6-2 6-1 6-3 Jairo Velasco — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Raymond Moore 6-1 6-4 6-2 Jasjit Singh — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Ilie Nastase CH 6-2 6-4 (ret.) Kim Warwick H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Jimmy Connors 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5 Jeff Borowiak H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Roger Taylor 7-6 7-6 6-3 Allan Stone H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Ian Fletcher 7-6 7-5 6-3 Steve Turner H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Butch Seewagen 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-4 Henry Bunis H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Fred Mcnair 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6 Steve Messmer — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Armistead Neely 6-4 6-7 6-2 4-6 7-5 Jun Kamiwazumi H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
John Yuill 6-1 6-4 1-0 (ret.) Terry Ryan — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Brian Teacher 6-7 6-3 6-3 (ret.) Patricio Cornejo H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Georges Goven 6-1 6-2 6-1 Jaime Pinto Bravo — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Gene Scott 2-6 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 Sherwood Stewart — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Bob Lutz 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-1 Ray Ruffels H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Clark Graebner 6-3 6-1 7-5 Torben Ulrich H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Stan Smith CH 3-6 6-3 5-7 7-5 7-6 Jaime Fillol H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Ismail El Shafei 6-3 6-3 6-2 Nicola Spear — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Vijay Amritraj 6-7 6-1 6-3 6-2 Steve Docherty H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Teimuraz Kakulia 6-2 6-3 6-3 Luis Felipe Tavares — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Marty Riessen 6-7 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-0 Steve Krulevitz H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Charlie Pasarell 6-7 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-4 Pat Dupre H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Roy Barth 6-1 6-0 7-5 John Bartlett H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Manuel Orantes 6-4 7-5 6-4 Frantisek Pala H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Tom Okker 5-7 6-1 7-5 6-2 Erik Van Dillen — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Paul Gerken 6-4 6-7 7-5 7-6 Jeff Simpson H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Alex Metreveli 6-3 6-2 6-2 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Charlie Owens 7-6 6-4 6-4 Hans Kary H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Thomaz Koch 7-5 6-1 6-3 Armando Cornejo H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Syd Ball 6-1 6-3 6-3 Ivan Molina H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Antonio Munoz 4-6 6-7 6-2 7-6 7-6 John Andrews — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Juan Gisbert 7-5 6-4 6-2 Doug Crawford — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Jiri Hrebec 3-6 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-3 John Whitlinger H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Vitas Gerulaitis 3-6 6-3 7-6 6-1 John Feaver — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Sandy Mayer 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-1 Barry Phillips Moore — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Bjorn Borg 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3 Victor Amaya H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Roger Dowdeswell 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-4 Mark Farrell H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Ove Bengtson 7-6 7-6 4-6 7-6 Dick Crealy H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Vladimir Zednik 6-3 6-2 1-6 6-3 Billy Martin H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
William Brown 6-7 2-6 7-5 6-4 (ret.) Milan Holecek H2H Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128
Robert Kreiss 6-7 6-3 6-0 6-0 Tom Edlefsen — Match data Aug 30, 1974* R128

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Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Jimmy Connors 98 wins

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  1. Jimmy Connors 22 appearances

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