Talk:Guillermo Vilas
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I added a little tiny argentinan flag after his country in the info box.Dan 22:26, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] hard and clay in 77
Some tournament wins by Vilas in the summer of 1977 (including Columbus, South Orange, and Louisville) were probably not on hard court, but an har tru, a surface that was more like a clay court and was played at the USO 1975-1977 (counted as clay by the ATP). Its one of the many faults and inconsistencies on the ATP webside, on which the article is following. Nadal wouldn't have broken a 53 match record of Vilas on clay (as it is acccepted by the ATP), if the hard court notations of the ATP were true. Its simple arithmetic, he lost on clay shortly before French Open.Also the overall win streak of Vilas was probabably 50 matches, as it was announced in all papers back then, before Nastase broke it in France. The ATP probably doesn't count a tournament in Rye in the US, which Vilas also won (so his tally is 17 titles in 1977, not 16), second to Laver in open era, who won 18 or 17 titles in 1969 (depending on the count, if you count a 4 men event in London BBC 2, or not).(german friend 3. Febr. 20007) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.60.140.117 (talk) 22:50, 3 February 2007 (UTC).
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