Guillermo Vilas (English Wikipedia)

"Exigen a la ATP que reconozca a Vilas como Nº 1 de 1977". Ámbito (in Spanish). 31 July 2013. Guillermo clearly deserved to be number one when he won Roland Garros and the US Open in 1977.

archysport.com

"They have 4 children, they all play tennis and live in Monte Carlo – For You". Archysports. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

atpworldtour.com

"Player Activity – Guillermo Vilas". ATP World Tour. 1977. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
"Player activity – Guillermo Vilas". ATP World Tour. 1992. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

batennisworld.com

Diego Amuy (26 May 2015). "Guillermo Vilas has been number one in the world". BATennis World. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

claytenis.com

Salatino, Guillermo (23 May 2024). "ATP says that Vilas will never be number one". CLAY.

espn.com

Computer glitch denied Goolagong No. 1 WTA ranking in '76, Associated Press, ESPN Sports, 31 December 2007.

fuebuena.com.ar

Bud Collins "I thought he was the best player of that year. I wrote a story about him in Australia,for a Melbourne newspaper: Vilas says that if the computer at that time used the same system as today, he would be No. 1. But I do not know. Yes, he won two Grand Slam, Roland Garros ... maybe he was lucky Borg did not play ... the US Open had a winning streak of 50 games. I thought it was No. 1, but hey, it was pronounced No. 2" http://www.fuebuena.com.ar/?p=1252 Archived 24 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine

ghostarchive.org

Simon Briggs (20 May 2016). "Ahead of French Open 2017 Simon Briggs ranks the 20 male clay-court players of all time". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.

head.com

"Guillermo Vilas". www.head.com.

iberlibro.com

"9782263001932: Le Livre d'or du tennis Tome 1977 : Le Livre d'or du tennis (Couleurs de france) - IberLibro - Aguet, I: 226300193X". www.iberlibro.com.

itftennis.com

"1972 French Open draw". Retrieved 28 March 2019.

netflix.com

"Guillermo Vilas: Settling the Score | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

news.google.com

Sal Recchi (18 January 1978). "Who's No. 1? Let's draw straws". Boca Raton News. p. 1C – via Google News Archive.
"Masters não dicidiu quem é o primeiro tenista do mundo". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). 11 January 1978. p. 27.
"Masters não decidiu quem é o primeiro tenista do mundo". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). p. A-27.

newspapers.com

"World Tennis ranks Vilas number one". The Times (Shreveport). 11 January 1978. p. 12.

nytimes.com

Clarey, Christopher (27 May 2015). "Years Later for Guillermo Vilas, He's Still Not the One". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
"VILAS AND TIRIAC OFFER DENIALS". New York Times.

archive.nytimes.com

Dicker, Ron (30 August 2004). "With Few Exceptions, the String Remains the Same". The New York Times.

opencourt.ca

"Report: Tennis icon Vilas battling cognitive decline". 23 April 2020.

openlibrary.org

Barrett, John; Flink, Steve; Tingay, Lance (1978). World of Tennis 1978: A BP Yearbook (10th Year ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 31, 33–34, 36, 39–40, 42, 65–66, 68. ISBN 978-0-354-09039-1. ISSN 0305-6325. OCLC 237184605. OL 15012356M.

oregonlive.com

Perry, Douglas (27 May 2015). "Guillermo Vilas got robbed: Why the ATP made the wrong call about controversial No. 1 ranking". The Oregonian/OregonLive.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
"Guillermo Vilas got robbed: Why the ATP made the wrong call about controversial No. 1 ranking". oregonlive.com. 28 May 2015.

si.com

"Fantástico, Guillermo!". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 47, no. 12. 19 September 1977. pp. 12–17.

sportsnetwork.com

"Sports Network bio". Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

telegraph.co.uk

Simon Briggs (20 May 2016). "Ahead of French Open 2017 Simon Briggs ranks the 20 male clay-court players of all time". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.

tennis.com

"The 50 Greatest Players of the Open Era (M): No. 16, Guillermo Vilas". www.tennis.com.
Peter Bodo: " ... He maxed out on the computer at No. 2, although back in those days some of the more subjective year-end rankings still carried significant weight. I voted for Vilas as the No. 1 player for 1977, and I believe that's where he ended up in our Tennis magazine rankings (at the time, those were highly regarded honors)..." http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2011/12/the-original-bull/41383/

tennisfame.com

"Inductee: Class of 1991: Guillermo Vila". www.tennisfame.com. International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
"Guillermo Vilas". International Tennis Hall of Fame.
"Guillermo Vilas". Hall of Famers. International Tennis Hall of Fame. 1991.
"Guillermo Vilas". International Tennis Hall of Fame.

theage.com.au

Bud Collins (27 January 2008). "Wily old campaigner". The Age. Although the world's best in 1977, Willie is a touch annoyed at the No. 2 ranking behind Connors, whom he beat in the US Open title bout.

usta.com

Howard Fendrich (1 January 2009). "Federer stunned by del Potro in US Open final". USTA. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

wearetennis.bnpparibas

Gabriel, Craig. "History should be corrected and guillermo vilas awarded no.1 | We Are Tennis". We Are Tennis. BNP Paribas. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

web.archive.org

"Sports Network bio". Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
Bud Collins "I thought he was the best player of that year. I wrote a story about him in Australia,for a Melbourne newspaper: Vilas says that if the computer at that time used the same system as today, he would be No. 1. But I do not know. Yes, he won two Grand Slam, Roland Garros ... maybe he was lucky Borg did not play ... the US Open had a winning streak of 50 games. I thought it was No. 1, but hey, it was pronounced No. 2" http://www.fuebuena.com.ar/?p=1252 Archived 24 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine
Diego Amuy (26 May 2015). "Guillermo Vilas has been number one in the world". BATennis World. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
Howard Fendrich (1 January 2009). "Federer stunned by del Potro in US Open final". USTA. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

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Barrett, John; Flink, Steve; Tingay, Lance (1978). World of Tennis 1978: A BP Yearbook (10th Year ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 31, 33–34, 36, 39–40, 42, 65–66, 68. ISBN 978-0-354-09039-1. ISSN 0305-6325. OCLC 237184605. OL 15012356M.

worldtennismagazine.com

"Guillermo Vilas: Numero Uno For 1977 - A World Tennis Magazine Throwback". World Tennis Magazine. WTM. 5 June 2020. p. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2024.