Jaime Fillol Explained

Jaime Fillol
Fullname:	Jaime José Fillol Durán
Residence:	Santiago, Chile
Birth Date:	1946 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Santiago, Chile
Height:	1.80 m
Turnedpro:	1968 (amateur from 1965)
Retired:	1985
Plays:	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$187,169
Singlesrecord:	in pre Open-Era & Open Era
Singlestitles:	9
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 14 (2 March 1974)
Frenchopenresult:	4R (1970, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Wimbledonresult:	4R (1974)
Usopenresult:	QF (1975)
Doublesrecord:	361–295 (Open era)
Doublestitles:	16 (Open era)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	F (1972)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	SF (1972)
Usopendoublesresult:	F (1974)
Mixed:	yes
Mixedrecord:	14–14
Mixedtitles:	1
Frenchopenmixedresult:	F (1975)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	QF (1970)
Usopenmixedresult:	3R (1970)
Team:	yes
Daviscupresult:	F (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

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

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

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

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

Mixed doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: U.S. Loses a 39-37 Set To Chile in Cup Doubles. 6 August 1973. The New York Times. 6 April 2010.
2. Book: Mario Cavalla. Historia del Tenis en Chile 1882-2006. 2006. Ocho Libros Editores. 9568018263. 190. es.
3. Web site: Chile Captain Jaime Fillol to Guide Grandson Nicolas Jarry at United Cup | United Cup | Tennis .