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Jaime Fillol

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Jaime Fillol
Fillol in 2013
Full nameJaime José Fillol Durán
Country (sports) Chile
ResidenceSantiago, Chile
Born (1946-06-03) 3 June 1946 (age 78)
Santiago, Chile
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1965)
Retired1985
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$187,169
Singles
Career record554–393 in pre Open-Era & Open Era
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 14 (2 March 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open4R (1970, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Wimbledon4R (1974)
US OpenQF (1975)
Doubles
Career record361–295 (Open era)
Career titles16 (Open era)
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenF (1972)
WimbledonSF (1972)
US OpenF (1974)
Mixed doubles
Career record14–14
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1975)
WimbledonQF (1970)
US Open3R (1970)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1976)

Jaime José Fillol Durán (born 3 June 1946), known professionally as Jaime Fillol Sr., is a retired professional tennis 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 the Open 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 the 1973 Davis Cup with Patricio Cornejo where he played the longest Davis Cup rubber in terms of games, eventually losing to Americans Stan Smith and Erik 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 the 1975 Davis Cup team, which advanced to the semifinals, and the 1976 Davis Cup team, which made it all the way to the final, losing to Italy.

He is the older brother of tennis player Álvaro Fillol,[2] father of Jaime Fillol Jr., and the grandfather of tennis player Nicolás Jarry. Fillol, who currently works at a Chilean university, coached Jarry as the United Cup captain for Chile in 2024.[3]

Career finals

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Singles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 1968 St. Petersburg, US Clay Canada Mike Belkin 6–12, 0–6, 5–7, 4–6
Win 1. 1968 Indianapolis, US Clay United States Cliff Richey 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 2. 1970 St. Petersburg, US Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 2–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 1970 Haverford, US Grass Australia Ray Ruffels 2–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win 2. 1971 Washington-2, US Carpet (i) Brazil Thomaz Koch 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win 3. 1971 Clemmons, US Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 4. 1973 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard United States Brian Gottfried W/O
Win 5. 1973 Clemmons, US (2) Clay United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5. 1973 Madrid, Spain Clay Netherlands Tom Okker 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 6. 1974 Orlando WCT, US Clay Australia John Newcombe 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 7. 1974 Louisville, US Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 5–7
Win 6. 1975 Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win 7. 1976 Dayton, US Carpet (i) Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 8. 1976 Paris, France Hard (i) United States Eddie Dibbs 7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 9. 1976 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 10. 1977 Nottingham, UK Grass United States Tim Gullikson Final Abandoned
Loss 11. 1977 Toronto, Canada Hard United States Jeff Borowiak 0–6, 1–6
Loss 12. 1977 Madrid, Spain Clay Sweden Björn Borg 3–6, 0–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss 13. 1977 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 0–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 14. 1977 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win 8. 1981 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Australia David Carter 6–2, 6–3
Win 9. 1982 Itaparica, Brazil Carpet (i) Chile Ricardo Acuña 7–6, 6–4
Loss 15. 1983 Viña Del Mar, Chile Clay Paraguay Víctor Pecci 6–2, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles open era (16 titles, 14 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1968 Cincinnati, U.S. Clay Mexico Joaquin Loyo Mayo United States William Brown
United States Ron Goldman
8–10, 3–6
Win 1. 1969 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo Australia Roy Emerson
South Africa Frew McMillan
W/O
Win 2. 1970 South Orange, U.S. Hard Chile Patricio Cornejo Spain Andrés Gimeno
Australia Rod Laver
3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 2. 1971 Bournemouth, England Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo Australia Bill Bowrey
Australia Owen Davidson
6–8, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 3. 1971 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović
Romania Ilie Năstase
4–6, 4–6
Win 3. 1972 Caracas, Venezuela Hard Chile Patricio Cornejo United States Jim McManus
Spain Manuel Orantes
6–4, 6–3, 7–6
Win 4. 1972 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Chile Jaime Pinto-Bravo Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
Colombia Iván Molina
2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss 4. 1972 Brussels, Belgium Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo Spain Juan Gisbert
Spain Manuel Orantes
7–9, 3–6
Loss 5. 1972 French Open, Paris Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
3–6, 6–8, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 6. 1972 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
2–6, 3–6
Loss 7. 1974 Washington D.C., U.S. Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo United States Tom Gorman
United States Marty Riessen
5–7, 1–6
Loss 8. 1974 U.S. Open, New York Grass Chile Patricio Cornejo United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
3–6, 3–6
Loss 9. 1974 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo Spain Manuel Orantes
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
4–6, 3–6
Win 5. 1975 Charlotte, U.S. Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 10. 1976 Dayton, U.S. Carpet United States Charlie Pasarell Australia Ray Ruffels
United States Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 6. 1976 Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win 7. 1977 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo Australia Dick Crealy
Australia Cliff Letcher
6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win 8. 1977 Santiago, Chile Clay Chile Patricio Cornejo United States Henry Bunis
Australia Paul McNamee
5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 11. 1978 Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco Clay Romania Ilie Năstase United States Peter Fleming
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 5–7
Win 9. 1978 Las Vegas, U.S. Hard Chile Álvaro Fillol South Africa Bob Hewitt
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 7–6
Win 10. 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Chile Álvaro Fillol Chile Hans Gildemeister
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
6–4, 6–3
Loss 12. 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay Chile Álvaro Fillol Chile Hans Gildemeister
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
4–6, 3–6
Win 11. 1979 Quito, Ecuador Clay Chile Álvaro Fillol Colombia Iván Molina
Colombia Jairo Velasco, Sr.
6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Win 12. 1980 San José, Costa Rica Hard Chile Álvaro Fillol India Anand Amritraj
United States Nick Saviano
6–2, 7–6
Win 13. 1980 Republic of China Carpet Australia Ross Case United States Andy Kohlberg
United States Larry Stefanki
6–2, 7–6
Win 14. 1980 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Australia Ross Case United States Terry Moor
United States Eliot Teltscher
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 13. 1981 Palermo, Italy Clay Chile Belus Prajoux Uruguay José Luis Damiani
Uruguay Diego Pérez
1–6, 4–6
Loss 14. 1981 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Chile Álvaro Fillol Brazil Marcos Hocevar
Brazil João Soares
6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Win 15. 1982 Quito, Ecuador Clay Chile Pedro Rebolledo United States Egan Adams
United States Rocky Royer
6–2, 6–3
Win 16. 1983 Caracas, Venezuela Hard United States Stan Smith Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–7, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1971 Torquay Carpet Netherlands Betty Stöve United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
United Kingdom Keith Wooldridge
6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 1. 1975 French Open, Paris Clay United States Pam Teeguarden Brazil Thomaz Koch
Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli
4–6, 6–7

References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Loses a 39-37 Set To Chile in Cup Doubles". The New York Times. 6 August 1973. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. ^ Mario Cavalla (2006). Historia del Tenis en Chile 1882-2006 (in Spanish). Ocho Libros Editores. p. 190. ISBN 9568018263.
  3. ^ "Chile Captain Jaime Fillol to Guide Grandson Nicolas Jarry at United Cup | United Cup | Tennis".
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