Guillermo Vilas
Argentine tennis player
Why Is Guillermo Vilas Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Guillermo Vilas is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Vilas was the world No. 1 of the Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977. He won four major titles, the year-end championshipss, and 62 ATP titles overall. World Tennis, Agence France-Presse and Livre d'or du tennis 1977 , among other rankings and publications, rated him as world No. 1 in 1977. In the computerized ATP rankings, he peaked at No. 2 in April 1975, a position he held for a total of 83 weeks, although some have argued that Vilas should have been ranked No. 1 for at least 10 weeks, particularly in 1977 when he won 2 majors. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991, two years after his first retirement.
