Guillermo Vilas

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human tennis player

Guillermo Vilas is an Argentine former professional tennis player renowned for his dominance on clay courts in the 1970s, winning multiple Grand Slam titles and helping popularize tennis in Latin America.

Aliases (1)

Guillermo Vilas: My Own Story ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → tennis player →
awardReceived	Diamond Konex Award →
backhandStyle	one-handed backhand →
contributedTo	growth of professional tennis in Latin America →
countryOfCitizenship	Argentina →
countryRepresentedInSport	Argentina →
dateOfBirth	1952-08-17 →
dateOfHighestSinglesRanking	1975-04-30 →
davisCupTeam	Argentina Davis Cup team →
era	1970s in tennis →
familyName	Vilas →
fullName	Guillermo Apolinario Vilas →
genreOfWork	autobiography →
givenName	Guillermo →
grandSlamDoublesTitles	1 →
grandSlamSinglesTitles	4 →
hallOfFameInduction	International Tennis Hall of Fame →
hallOfFameInductionYear	1991 →
hasChild	Andanin Vilas →
hasResidence	Buenos Aires → Monte Carlo →
hasSpouse	Phiangphathu Khumueang →
highestSinglesRanking	No. 2 →
isKnownFor	dominance on clay courts in the 1970s → popularizing tennis in Latin America →
language	Spanish →
nationality	Argentine →
nickName	Willy →
occupation	professional tennis player → tennis coach →
placeOfBirth	Argentina → Buenos Aires →
plays	left-handed →
retired	1989 →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	tennis →
styleOfPlay	baseline player →
surfaceSpecialty	clay court →
tourDoublesTitles	16 →
tourSinglesTitles	62 →
turnedPro	1969 →
wonTournament	1977 French Open – men’s doubles → 1977 French Open – men’s singles → 1977 US Open – men’s singles → 1978 Australian Open – men’s singles → 1979 Australian Open – men’s singles →
wroteWork	Guillermo Vilas: My Own Story →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Guillermo →	hasNotableBearer
Guillermo Vilas ("Guillermo Vilas: My Own Story") →	wroteWork