Guillermo Apolinario Vilas

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Guillermo Apolinario Vilas is an Argentine former professional tennis player renowned for his clay-court dominance in the 1970s and multiple Grand Slam titles.

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Guillermo Apolinario Vilas canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Argentine tennis player
human
tennis player
backhandStyle one-handed backhand
careerStatus former professional tennis player
continentOfOrigin South America
countryOfCitizenship Argentina
dateOfBirth 1952-08-17
era 1970s
1980s
familyName Vilas
fullName Guillermo Apolinario Vilas self-linksurface differs
gender male
givenName Guillermo
governingBodyRanking ATP
grandSlamSinglesTitles 4
hallOfFameInduction International Tennis Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1991
handedness left-handed
highestSinglesRanking world No. 2
knownFor baseline playing style
clay-court dominance
heavy topspin groundstrokes
language Spanish
nationality Argentine
notableAchievement multiple Grand Slam singles titles
one of the most successful clay-court players of the 1970s
notableRival Björn Borg
Ivan Lendl
Jimmy Connors
occupation professional tennis player
placeOfBirth Argentina
Buenos Aires
plays doubles
singles
postRetirementActivity author
tennis commentator
residence Buenos Aires
retired 1989
sport tennis
styleOfPlay baseline player
heavy topspin forehand
strong physical conditioning
surfaceSpecialty clay
turnedPro 1969
wonTournament 1977 French Open – men’s singles
1977 US Open – men’s singles
1978 Australian Open – men’s singles
1979 Australian Open – men’s singles

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Guillermo Vilas fullName Guillermo Apolinario Vilas
Guillermo Apolinario Vilas fullName Guillermo Apolinario Vilas self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Guillermo Vilas
Vilas fullName Guillermo Apolinario Vilas
subject surface form: Guillermo Vilas