The 1973 Davis Cup was the 62nd edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 53 teams would enter the competition, 31 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone.

The United States defeated Chile in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated India in the Eastern Zone final, and Romania and Czechoslovakia won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated Romania and Australia defeated Czechoslovakia. Australia defeated the USA in the final, which was held at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, OH, United States, on 30 November-2 December. It marked the first time the final was held indoors.

Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

;Participating Teams — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final

South America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

;Participating Teams — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

United States advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

''Note:The 39-37 set in the doubles rubber set the Davis Cup record for most games in a set (76). ''

Eastern Zone

Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

;Participating Teams

Final

Australia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Europe Zone

Zone A

Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

;Participating Teams

Final

Czechoslovakia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Zone B

Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

;Participating Teams

Final

Romania advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

First round

Final

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The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. In 2007, 137 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States (winning 32 tournaments and finishing as runners-up 29 times) and Australia (winning 28 times, including four occasions with New Zealand under the name 'Australasia', and finishing as runners-up 19 times). The present champion is Serbia who beat France to claim the title.

History

The tournament was conceived in 1899 by four members of the Harvard University tennis team who wished to challenge the British to a tennis competition. Once their respective lawn tennis associations agreed, one of the four Harvard players, Dwight F. Davis, designed a tournament format and ordered an appropriate sterling silver trophy from Shreve, Crump & Low, purchasing it from his own funds. They in turn commissioned a classically-styled design from William B. Durgin's of Concord, New Hampshire, crafted by the Englishman Rowland Rhodes. Davis went on to become a prominent politician in the United States in the 1920s, serving as US Secretary of War from 1925–29 and as Governor-General of the Philippines from 1929–32.

The first match, between the United States and Britain (which competed under the name "British Isles"), was held at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900. The American team, of which Dwight Davis was a part, surprised the British by winning the first three matches. The following year the two countries did not compete but the US won the next match in 1902. By 1905 the tournament expanded to include Belgium, Austria, France, and Australasia, a combined team from Australia and New Zealand that competed together until 1914.

The tournament was initially titled the ''International Lawn Tennis Challenge'' although it soon became known as the Davis Cup, after Dwight Davis' trophy.

From 1950 to 1967, Australia dominated the competition, winning the Cup 15 times in 18 years.

The United States has won the event the most times (32), closely followed by Australia (28 [including 4 as Australasia]), Great Britain (9 [including 5 as the British Isles]), France (9) and Sweden (7).

Up until 1973, the Davis Cup had only ever been won by the United States, Great Britain/British Isles, France and Australia/Australasia. Their domination was eventually broken in 1974, when South Africa and India qualified for the final; however, the final was scratched and South Africa was awarded the Davis Cup after India refused to travel to South Africa for the final in protest of the South African government's apartheid policies. (As of 2010, South Africa has never actually played in a Davis Cup finals match.) The following year saw the first final between two "outsider" nations that was actually played; Sweden beat Czechoslovakia 3–2, and since then, several other countries have gone on to capture the trophy.

In 1989, the tiebreak was also introduced into Davis Cup competition. The tiebreak is now used in all sets except for 5th set, which remains an advantage set.

On the 100th anniversary of the tournament's founding, 129 nations competed for the Davis Cup.

Format

Tournament

The world's 16 best national teams are assigned to the World Group and compete annually for the Davis Cup. Nations which are not in the World Group compete in one of three regional zones (Americas, Asia/Oceania, and Europe/Africa). The competition is spread over four weekends during the year. Each elimination round between competing nations is held in one of the countries. The ITF determines the host countries for all possible matchups before each year's tournament.

The World Group is the top group and includes the world's best 16 national teams. Teams in the World Group play a four-round elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on a ranking system released by the ITF, taking into account previous years' results. The defending champion and runner-up are always the top two seeds in the tournament. The losers of the first-round matches are sent to the World Group playoff round, where they play along with winners from Group I of the regional zones. The playoff round winners play in the World Group for the next year's tournament, while the losers play in Group I of their respective regional zone.

Each of the three regional zones is divided into four groups. Groups I and II play elimination rounds, with the losing teams facing relegation to the next-lower group. The teams in Groups III and those in Group IV play a round-robin tournament with promotion and relegation.

Previous tournament structure

When competition began in 1900, the Davis Cup competition was played as a challenge cup. All teams competed against one another for the right to face the previous year's champion in the final round, and the previous year's champion (the "defending champion") advanced directly to the current year's final round.

Beginning in 1923, the world's teams were split into two zones: the "America Zone" and the "Europe Zone". The winners of the two zones met in the ''Inter-Zonal Zone'' ("INZ") to decide which national team would challenge the defending champion for the cup.

In 1955, a third zone, the "Eastern Zone", was added. Because there were three zones, the winner of one of the three zones received a bye in the first round of the INZ challenger rounds. In 1966, the "Europe Zone" was split into two zones, "Europe Zone A" and "Europe Zone B", so the winners of the four zones competed in the INZ challenger rounds.

Beginning in 1972, the format was changed from a challenge cup, so that the defending champion was required to compete in all rounds, and the Davis Cup was awarded to the tournament champion.

In 1981, the tiered system of competition was created, which remains in use today, and in which the 16 best national teams compete in the World Group and in which all other national teams compete in one of the four groups in one of the three regional zones.

Ties and rubbers

As in other cup competitions ''tie'' is used in the Davis Cup to mean an elimination (or ''knockout'') round, rather than meaning a ''draw'' or when competitors' scores are equal. In the Davis Cup, the word ''rubber'' means an individual match. Thus, "tie" means a round, and "rubber" means a match.

In the annual World Group competition, 16 nations compete in 8 first-round ties ("rounds"); the 8 winners compete 4 quarter-final-round ties; the 4 winners compete in 2 semifinal-round ties; and the 2 winners compete in the final round tie.

Each tie consists of 5 rubbers ("matches"), which are played in 3 days (usually on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The winner of the tie is the nation which wins 3 or more of the 5 rubbers in the tie. On the first day, the first 2 rubbers are singles, which are generally played by each nation's 2 best available singles players. On the second day, the doubles rubber is played. On the third day, the final 2 rubbers are typically ''reverse singles'', in which the first-day contestants usually play again, but they swap opponents from the first day's singles rubbers. However, in certain circumstances, the team captain may replace one or two of the players who played the singles on Friday by other players who were nominated for the tie. For example, if the tie has already been decided in favour of one of the teams, it is common for younger or lower-ranked team members to play the remaining ''dead-rubbers'' in order for them to gain Davis Cup experience.

Prior to each tie, the captain of each nation nominates a squad of four players and decides who will compete in the tie. On the day before play starts, the order of play for the first day is drawn at random. In the past, teams could substitute final day singles players only in case of injury or illness, verified by a doctor, but current rules permit the captain to designate any player to play the last two singles rubbers, provided that no first day matchup is repeated. There is no restriction on which of the playing team members may play the doubles rubber: the two singles players, two other players (usually doubles specialists) or a combination.

Each rubber is normally played in a best-of-5 set. The first four sets use a tiebreak if necessary, but the fifth set usually has no tiebreaker, so play continues until one side wins by two games (e.g. 10–8). However, if a team has clinched the tie ("round") before all 5 rubbers ("matches") have been completed, the remaining rubbers may be shortened to the best-of-3-sets, with a tie breaker if necessary to decide all three sets.

In Group III and Group IV competition, each tie ("round") consists only of 3 rubbers ("matches"), which include 2 singles and one doubles rubber, which is played in a single day. The rubbers are in the best-of-3-set format, with a tie breaker if necessary to decide all three sets.

Records and statistics

Team

'''1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge1903 International Lawn Tennis Challenge '''1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge '''1903 International Lawn Tennis Challenge '''1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge '''1975 Davis Cup '''2000 Davis Cup

width=16%	Country !! width=43%|Years Won !! width=43%|Runners Up
		1900, 1902, 1913, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2007 (32)		1903, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1973, 1984, 1991, 1997, 2004 (29)
*		1907*, 1908*, 1909*, 1911*, 1914, 1919, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1999, 2003 (28)		1912*, 1920*, 1922*, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001 (19)
*		1903*, 1904*, 1905*, 1906*, 1912*, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 (9)		1900*, 1902*, 1907*, 1913, 1919, 1931, 1937, 1978 (8)
		1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1991, 1996, 2001 (9)		1925, 1926, 1933, 1982, 1999, 2002, 2010 (7)
		1975, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1997, 1998 (7)		1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1996 (5)
		2000, 2004, 2008, 2009 (4)		1965, 1967, 2003 (3)
*		1988 Davis Cup>1988*, [[1989 Davis Cup		1970*, 1985* (2)
		'''[[2002 Davis Cup		1994, 1995, 2007 (3)
		1976 Davis Cup>1976 (1)		1960, 1961, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1998 (6)
*		1980 Davis Cup>1980* (1)		1975*, 2009, (2)
		1974 Davis Cup>1974 (1)		(0)
		2005 Davis Cup>2005 (1)		(0)
		2010 Davis Cup>2010 (1)		(0)
		(0)		1969, 1971, 1972 (3)
		(0)		1966, 1974, 1987 (3)
		(0)		1981, 2006, 2008 (3)
		(0)		1904 (1)
		(0)		1921 (1)
		(0)		1962 (1)
		(0)		1976 (1)
		(0)		1992 (1)
		(0)

Titles by country (Open era)

{| class="wikitable" |-bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |align="center" | Country |Titles |First |Last |- bgcolor="gold" | |align="center" | 13 |1968 |2007 |- | |align="center" | 7 |1975 |1998 |-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | |align="center" | 6 |1973 |2003 |- | |align="center" | 4 |2000 |2009 |-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | |align="center" | 3 |1991 |2001 |- | |align="center" | 3 |1988 |1993 |-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | |align="center" | 2 |2002 |2006 |- | |align="center" | 1 |1974 |1974 |-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | |align="center" | 1 |1976 |1976 |- | |align="center" | 1 |1980 |1980 |-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | |align="center" | 1 |2005 |2005 |- | |align="center" | 1 |2010 |2010 |- |}

Consecutive titles

* All-time: 7, United States, 1920–1926

* Post-Challenge Round: 2; United States, '78–'79, '81–'82; Sweden, '84–'85, '97–'98; West Germany, '88–'89; Spain, 2008–2009

Consecutive finals appearances

* All-time: 23, Australia, 1946–1968

* Post-Challenge Round: 7, Sweden, 1983–1989

Most number of games in a tie

* All-time: 327, India 3–2 Australia, 1974 Eastern Zone final

* World Group (before tiebreak): 281, Paraguay 3–2 France, 1985 first round

* World Group (since tiebreak): 281, Romania 3–2 Ecuador, 2003 World Group play-offs

Individual

Youngest player

* Mohammed-Akhtar Hossain; Bangladesh; 13 years, 326 days¹

Oldest player

* Gadonfin Koptigan Yaka; Togo; 59 years, 147 days

Most rubbers played

* 164, Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy

Most ties played

* 78, Domenico Vicini, San Marino

Most rubbers won

* Total: 120, Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy

* Singles: 78, Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy

* Doubles: 42, Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy

¹Players must now be aged 14 and over

Current ITF rankings

''For a complete list, see ITF Rankings''

Rank !! Nation !! Points !! Previous
1		29778.13
2	|	24609.38	2 (±0)
3	|	17437.81	3 (±0)
4	|	15808.75	5 (+1)
5	|	15550.00	4 (-1)
6	|	12297.50	6 (±0)
7	|	7750.00	7 (±0)
8	|	6359.38	10 (+2)
9	|	5894.38	9 (±0)
10	|	5475.00	11 (+1)
11	|	5367.50	8 (-3)
12	|	5312.19	16 (+4)
13	|	3182.50	13 (±0)
14	|	3168.75	12 (-2)
15	|	2688.75	15 (±0)
16	|	2462.50	17 (+1)

Complete rankings

ATP points distribution

See also

Davis Cup structure

List of Davis Cup champions

International Tennis Federation

Fed Cup

Hopman Cup

References

External links

Official Davis Cup website

Davis Cup live streaming website

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1900 Category:World championships

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Name	Tommy Haas
Nickname	The Badger Slayer
Country
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, United States
Birth date	April 03, 1978
Birth place	Hamburg, Germany
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1996
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$9,772,848
Singlesrecord	454–246
Singlestitles	12
Highestsinglesranking	No. 2 (13 May 2002)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 728 (4 July 2011)
Australianopenresult	SF (1999, 2002, 2007)
Frenchopenresult	4R (2002, 2009)
Wimbledonresult	SF (2009)
Usopenresult	QF (2004, 2006, 2007)
Olympicsresult	20px ''Silver Medal'' (2000)
Doublesrecord	47–57
Doublestitles	1
Highestdoublesranking	No. 127 (18 February 2002)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Usopendoublesresult	1R (2005)
Updated	4 August 2010 }}

Tommy Haas (born 3 April 1978 as Thomas Mario Haas) is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player who reached a career-high ranking of World No.2 on 13 May 2002.

Playing equipment

His equipment include Solfire, Lacoste and Nike for his clothes and shoes, respectively. He switched to using Head racquets in 2009 after using Dunlop Sport racquets for most of his career.

Early life

Born in Hamburg, Germany to Brigitte and Peter Haas, Haas started playing his own version of tennis when he was two years old, by using a wooden plank to hit balls against the wall or into his father's hands. When his father noticed his talents, he started bringing Haas to work, as he happened to be a tennis coach.

At five years of age, Haas won his first youth tournament, in Hamburg. At eight years old, he won his second, in Munich. Between eleven and thirteen, Haas would twice win the Austrian Championship, the German Championship, and the European Championship.

Haas's talents were noted by world renowned tennis guru Nick Bollettieri. Nick was so impressed by the young German's talent that he offered Haas the chance to stay and train at his Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Florida for free. At 13, speaking little English, Haas moved to Florida to begin training at the academy.

Professional career

1996–2000

In 1996, Haas became a professional tennis player. He gained attention as a future tennis star when he won his first ATP title in 1999 and managed to make it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open and was a finalist in the Grand Slam Cup. The following year he won a silver medal in the Sydney Olympics.

2001–2004

In 2001, he began to make even greater strides in his tennis career by winning four ATP titles, including his first ATP Master's title. Haas was quickly rising to the top of the tennis ranks when his career would be suddenly halted at No.2 in the world, after a tragic and severe accident that nearly claimed the lives of Haas's parents, leaving his father in a coma. Haas would spend much of the 2002 year taking care of his family instead of playing tennis. At the end of the lay-off from tennis because of his parent's accident, he seriously injured his shoulder, requiring a major operation. He would be plagued by further injuries and related complications afterwards, and would not return to professional tennis fully until 2004. Before his parents' accident and various injuries and related complications, he had an impressive record against notable former, current, and future No.1 ranked players: 3–0 against Andy Roddick, 5–5 against Pete Sampras, 2–1 against Roger Federer, 2–1 against Marat Safin, and 2–0 against Jim Courier. Haas would win two more ATP titles in his return year of 2004, while trying to gain back his form.

2006

In 2006 he won three ATP Tournaments and would put on an impressive performance at the 2006 U.S. Open, making it to the quarter-finals where he was knocked out by Nikolay Davydenko, despite having been up two sets. Haas began having severe cramps in his legs in the third set, and from then on his limited mobility on the court perhaps cost him the remaining three sets and a match in the semi-finals. During the match he was visibly disturbed, repeatedly hitting his legs with his racquet, frustrated at the cramps.

At the end of the year he had to win the Paris Masters to qualify for the Masters Cup, the ATP year-end finale. He lost after a semi-final run to Dominik Hrbatý with health problems and did not play again for the rest of the year.

2007

In 2007, Haas, with his trademark long hair now cut short, had battled his way to his third Australian Open semi-final, which included intense matches against David Nalbandian and a five-set quarterfinal rematch against Nikolay Davydenko. He lost his semi-final match against first-time Grand Slam finalist Fernando González from Chile in straight sets. Despite this loss Haas returned to the Top 10 of the world rankings for the first time since 2002.

On 25 February, at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Haas stopped Andy Roddick's quest in the final, winning 6–3, 6–2. This was the first time Haas had won a title without facing a single break point in any of his matches, as well as the first time he has won titles in consecutive seasons. Haas is also only the 2nd player who has won 3 titles at Memphis, the other being Jimmy Connors, who won in 1979, 1983, and 1984. Haas has not lost a final since losing to Andre Agassi in the 2002 Rome Masters.

Haas reached the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open, an ATP Masters Series tournament held in Indian Wells, California, where he lost to Scotland's Andy Murray in a third-set tiebreaker. in the 2007 ATP Champion's Race. Haas, the No.13 seed (10th-ranked), not known for being much of a grass courter, has advanced to the 4th round of Wimbledon for the first time in 2007, defeating Zack Fleishman, Tomáš Zíb, and No.21 seed Dmitry Tursunov. Unfortunately, this run came to an end after he suffered a torn abdominal muscle and he had to withdraw a day before playing Federer.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, Haas equaled his best result in New York by reaching the quarter-finals with thrilling 5 set wins over Sébastien Grosjean and James Blake. He beat Blake 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 7–6, saving match points. His run ended, however, with a 3-set loss to Nikolay Davydenko.

2008

In the first half of 2008, Haas was derailed by injuries, causing him to miss both the Australian Open and French Open. This dropped him significantly in the rankings as he was unable to back up his semifinal performance at the Australian Open the year before. He made it to the quarters of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, defeating Andy Murray in 3 sets. He was then forced to withdraw from his quarterfinal match against Federer due to injury.

He reached the third round of Wimbledon with a four set win over Guillermo Cañas and a straight set win over No.23 seed Tommy Robredo. He then fell to Andy Murray in four sets 4–6, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6.

In the hard court season, he got to the semi-finals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. but was steamrolled by the red-hot Juan Martín del Potro 6–2, 6–1. At the Rogers Cup in Toronto he beat former world number one Carlos Moyà and then lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the second round. At the US Open he beat No.12 seed Richard Gasquet in five tough sets, 6–7, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2. He then fell to Gilles Müller of Luxembourg in five sets despite cruising in the first two sets. He lost 6–2, 6–2, 6–7, 3–6, 3–6.

2009

At the beginning of the new season, Haas pulled out of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open due to elbow problems. However, he appeared in Kooyong Exhibition game where he beat Mardy Fish 7–6, 6–3.

At the 2009 Australian Open, Haas had decent run easily beating Eduardo Schwank in the 1st Round and Flavio Cipolla in the 2nd. In the 3rd Round, he fell to the tournament's No.1 seed and eventual champion Rafael Nadal with a score of 4–6, 2–6, 2–6. At the SAP Open in San Jose, he joined forces with Czech Radek Štěpánek to clinch his first-ever doubles title after losing in the quarter-finals to defending champion Andy Roddick.

Haas lost in the first round in both Memphis and Delray Beach. Haas did not succeed to defend the quarter-finals of BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as he fell to Novak Djokovic in 3rd Round 2–6, 6–7 after defeating Óscar Hernández and Rainer Schüttler. Another failure in Miami Masters, as Tommy lost to Mikhail Kukushkin.

In Houston, Texas, at the River Oaks Mens Clay Championship Quarter Final, Haas was defeated by Björn Phau after he defeated defending champion Marcel Granollers in the 2nd round.

As a qualifier in Madrid, he defeated Ernests Gulbis 6–2, 5–7, 7–5, before he lost to Andy Roddick.

Resurgence

At the 2009 French Open, Haas matched his best result since 2002. He defeated Andrei Pavel in straight sets, and then won a five-setter 6–3, 7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3 against Leonardo Mayer. After defeating Jérémy Chardy in the third round, Haas was narrowly defeated by the former world No.1 and eventual Roland Garros champion Roger Federer 7–6, 7–5, 4–6, 0–6, 2–6 in the 4th Round Match. At a crucial stage of the 3rd set, Haas was only 5 points away from his biggest win in clay, unable to convert the break point the score leveled to 4–4, Federer overturned the match after this break, winning the last 3 sets.

At the Gerry Weber Open in Germany, Haas was able to win his first title on grass in his 21st ATP World Tour final. In the process, he defeated fourth-seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round, Mischa Zverev in the quarter-finals and Philipp Kohlschreiber in the semi-finals. He defeated the tournament's No.2 seed Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–7, 6–1 in the final.

This victory made Haas one of a very select group of players to have won ATP titles on all three major surfaces (grass, clay and gard Courts.) With Haas' success at this tournament and at the French Open, his ranking rose to #35.

At Wimbledon, Haas won a memorable five-set match against Marin Čilić. Haas was up two sets to love and had match points in the fourth set, then had to save two match points serving at 5–6 before the match was suspended due to darkness after over four hours of play, at 6–6 in the fifth. The next day, Haas broke Cilic at 8–8 and eventually held on to win, 7–5, 7–5, 1–6, 6–7, 10–8. Haas then comfortably defeated Igor Andreev 7–6, 6–4, 6–4 to reach the quarter-finals. There he defeated Novak Djokovic 7–5, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 for the second time in three weeks to reach the semi-finals at the All England Club for the first time in his career, where he faced Roger Federer in a rematch of their encounter in Paris. Haas lost 6–7, 5–7, 3–6 ensuring Federer's historic 7th Wimbledon final. This success at Wimbledon has made Haas rise considerably in ATP ranking, reaching #19.

Haas continues his late career resurgence by making it to the semis at the LA Tennis Open by defeating Marat Safin in the quarterfinals 7–6, 6–2. But with "The Samurai" fans behind Sam Querrey at home, Haas was defeated 3–6 5–7. Haas made it to the third round at the U.S. Open, losing narrowly to Fernando Verdasco 3–6, 7–5, 7–6, 1–6, 6–4 after being up a break in each set.

2010 and 2011

Haas is currently recovering from right hip and right shoulder surgeries and is expected to make his comeback in his hometown tournament at the 2011 BMW Open in Munich, playing doubles with Radek Stepanek, after 14 months of absence. He has called this his third career on the ATP World Tour.

Personal life

Haas was born to Brigitte and Peter Haas. He has two sisters, Sabine (born 24 April 1975) and Karin (born 16 June 1979).

Haas is married to actress Sara Foster. On 27 January 2010, Haas became a United States citizen.

On 5 July 2010, Haas announced on his website that he would become a father for the first time. And on 15 November 2010, Haas announced on his website that his wife Sara had given birth to a baby girl, Valentina. He says he wants to remain playing long enough for his daughter to watch him play.

Finals

Olympic finals

Singles: 1 (1 silver medal)

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Masters Series finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Career finals

Singles: 21 (12–9)

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (pre/post 2009) |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |Grand Slam Tournaments (0) |-bgcolor=ffffcc |Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0) |-bgcolor=moccasin |Grand Slam Cup (0–1) |-bgcolor=silver |Olympic Silver Medal (1) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1) |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (4–2) |- |ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–4) |} {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !width=50|No. !width=125|Date !width=250|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |1. |13 October 1997 |Lyon, France |Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro |4–6, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |2. |19 October 1998 |Lyon, France |Hard (i) | Àlex Corretja |6–2, 6–7^(6–8), 1–6 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |3. |11 January 1999 |Auckland, New Zealand |Hard | Sjeng Schalken |4–6, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |1. |15 February 1999 |Memphis, United States |Hard | Jim Courier |6–4, 6–1 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |4. |19 July 1999 |Stuttgart, Germany |Clay | Magnus Norman |7–6^(8–6), 6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 0–6, 3–6 |-bgcolor=moccasin |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |5. |17 September 1999 |Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany |Carpet | Greg Rusedski |3–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7(5–7) |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |6. |1 May 2000 |Munich, Germany |Clay | Franco Squillari |4–6, 4–6 |-bgcolor=silver |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |7. |18 September 2000 |Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia |Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov |6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |8. |9 October 2000 |Vienna, Austria |Hard (i) | Tim Henman |4–6, 4–6, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |2. |1 January 2001 |Adelaide, Australia |Hard | Nicolás Massú |6–3, 6–1 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |3. |20 August 2001 |Long Island, U.S. |Hard | Pete Sampras |6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |4. |8 October 2001 |Vienna, Austria |Hard (i) | Guillermo Cañas |6–2, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |5. |15 October 2001 |Stuttgart, Germany |Hard (i) | Max Mirnyi |6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |9. |6 May 2002 |Rome, Italy |Clay | Andre Agassi |3–6, 3–6, 0–6 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |6. |12 April 2004 |Houston, U.S. |Clay | Andy Roddick |6–3, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |7. |12 July 2004 |Los Angeles, U.S. |Hard | Nicolas Kiefer |7–6^(8–6), 6–4 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |8. |5 February 2006 |Delray Beach, U.S. |Hard | Xavier Malisse |6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |9. |25 February 2006 |Memphis, U.S. |Hard (i) | Robin Söderling |6–3, 6–2 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |10. |24 July 2006 |Los Angeles, U.S. |Hard | Dmitry Tursunov |4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |11. |25 February 2007 |Memphis, U.S. |Hard (i) | Andy Roddick |6–2, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |12. |14 June 2009 |Halle, Germany |Grass | Novak Djokovic |6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–1 |}

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend |- |ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0) |}

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partnering !Opponent in the final !Score |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |1. |9 February 2009 |San Jose, California, United States |Hard (i) | Radek Štěpánek | Rohan Bopanna Jarkko Nieminen |6–2, 6–3 |}

Singles performance timeline

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|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|0 / 12 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|20–11 |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|US Open |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |A |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |A | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|0 / 12 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|30–13 |- |colspan=22 align=left|'''ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|Indian Wells Masters |A |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |A |A |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|0 / 11 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|19–10 |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|Miami 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|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |A |A |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|1 / 11 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|12–10 |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|Canada Masters |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |A |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=yellow|SF |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|0 / 11 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|17–11 |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|Cincinnati Masters |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|0 / 12 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|13–12 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Shanghai |colspan=9 style=color:#ccc|Not Held |colspan=4 style=color:#ccc|Not Masters Series |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |A | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 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LQ = lost in the qualifying draw

References

External links

Official website

Haas Recent Match Results

Haas World Ranking History

Profile, Results and Statistics

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Name	Ilie Nastase
Nickname	Nasty
Country	Romania
Residence	Bucharest
Birth date	July 19, 1946
Birth place	Bucharest, Romania
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1969 (debut in 1966)
Retired	1985
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$2,076,761
Tennishofyear	1991
Tennishofid	ilie-nastase
Singlesrecord	755–287
Singlestitles	87 (including 57 listed by the ATP)
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (August 23, 1973)
Frenchopenresult	W (1973)
Wimbledonresult	F (1972, 1976)
Usopenresult	W (1972)
Othertournaments	Yes
Masterscupresult	W (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)
Doublesrecord	480–209
Doublestitles	45 (ATP listed)
Highestdoublesranking	10 (August 30, 1977)
Updated	January 2, 2010 }}

Ilie Nastase (, born July 19, 1946, in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian former professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Năstase was the World No. 1 tennis player between 1973 (August 23) and 1974 (June 2). He is one of the five players in history to win more than 100 ATP professional titles (57 singles and 45 in doubles). He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991. Năstase won seven Grand Slam titles: two in singles, three in men's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. He also won four Masters Grand Prix year end championship titles and six Championship Series titles (1970–73) the precursors to the current Masters 1000. In 2005, Tennis magazine ranked him as the 28th-best player of the preceding forty years. He is the second male player to win a Grand Slam without dropping a set and the first one to achieve this feat at French Open (1973).

Career

At the beginning of his career in 1966 Năstase travelled around the world competing with his good friend Ion Ţiriac. Together, they represented Romania in the Davis Cup competition, being three times runners up: in 1969, 1971 and 1972.

In singles, Năstase won his first tournament at Cannes on April 16, 1967. His first victories at top players happened in 1969 in Stockholm, where he defeated Tony Roche and Stan Smith.

Năstase became one of the best players in 1970, with many experts ranking him as the sixth best player in the world at that time after the Australians Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe, and Roche and the American Ashe. Năstase's high ranking resulted from his success at the Italian Open in Rome and at the U.S. Indoor Open in Salisbury, Maryland. With Tiriac, Năstase won the men's doubles title at the French Open.

In 1971, Năstase was the runner-up at the French Open. where he lost the final in four sets to Jan Kodeš. In December, Năstase won his first Masters Grand Prix title.

In 1972, he became the second ranked player in the world, owing to his winning of the US Open in a five-set final over Arthur Ashe. This tournament was the only event of the year in which all the best players participated. Two months before at Wimbledon, Năstase narrowly lost to Stan Smith in an epic five sets final, one of the most exciting championship matches there. Although Smith took the title, public sympathy lay with the volatile Romanian. In the Davis Cup, Năstase was undefeated in singles until losing to Stan Smith in the final played on clay in his native Bucharest. In December at the year end tour finals, Năstase took revenge against Smith winning his second consecutive Masters Grand Prix title.

In 1973 he was in sensational form. By winning 17 tournaments, including the French Open, a doubles title at Wimbledon, a third Masters title, Năstase was the undisputed World No.1 that year. In the Davis Cup, he won 7 of 8 singles rubbers, including a victory over Tom Okker, the "Flying Dutchman." In matches against the other top players, Năstase was 1–0 against Newcombe and 1–1 against Smith. The Romanian won the French Open without dropping a set (a feat repeated by Björn Borg in 1978 and 1980 and by Rafael Nadal in 2008 and 2010), and he won the French Open (clay), Rome (clay) and Queen's Club (grass) in succession, a feat never repeated in the open era, though Borg won Rome, the French Open, and Wimbledon in succession in 1978, and Nadal won the French Open, Queen's Club, and Wimbledon in succession in 2008.

In 1974 he was the only player to qualify for both the WCT Finals and the Masters Grand Prix finals (also Newcombe played both events, although he played the Masters at Kooyong Stadium as an invitee instead of a qualifier). As usual, Năstase played well in the Masters, in particular against Newcombe in the semifinals. (Năstase finished his career with a 4–1 record versus Newcombe, losing only their first match in 1969.) The Romanian, however, lost the final to Guillermo Vilas in five sets.

For the fifth consecutive year, Năstase reached the Masters Grand Prix Final in 1975, where he defeated Björn Borg: 6–2, 6–2, 6–1.

During the first half of 1976, Năstase won four tournaments (Atlanta WCT, Avis Challenge Cup WCT, US Open Indoor, and La Costa), and head-to-head, he led Connors 2–1, Vilas 1–0, Ashe 1–0, and Borg 2–0. Năstase did not enter the Australian Open, which was again avoided by most of the top players. Năstase was prevented from entering the French Open because he participated in World Team Tennis. In the second half of the year, Nastase lost to Borg in the men's singles final of Wimbledon and in the semifinals of the US Open. Năstase won three other tournaments during the second half of the year, the Pepsi Grand Slam, South Orange, and the 4-man tournament of Caracas, Venezuela, in October (not to be confused with the Caracas WCT tournament in March), making seven tournament championships for the year. Năstase was the World No. 3, behind Connors and Borg.

In 1977 Năstase finished ninth in the ATP rankings. He was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and the French Open and participated in the WCT Finals. Năstase was still one of the 20 best players in 1978. At Wimbledon, he again reached the quarterfinals, losing to Okker after defeating Roscoe Tanner. During the remainder of his career, Năstase steadily declined and only occasionally defeated a good player, such as Johan Kriek in the third round of the 1982 US Open. Năstase retired from the tour in October 1985 at the age of 39 after playing in the tournament in Toulouse, although he did play the challenger tournament at Dijon in June 1988.

Playing style

Considered one of the most gifted tennis players in history, Ilie Năstase was noted both for his sorcery with the racket and his ability to entertain, amusing spectators with his antics and mimicry. Even during a crucial phase of a match, he was likely to do something bizarre that would entertain the crowd. Nicknamed the ''Bucharest Buffoon'', Nastase could master all the shots, playing either baseline or serve-and-volley. One of the fastest players, he is remembered for his magnificent lobs and retrieves. Nastase could apply a discomforting spin to his shots, being an expert at putting the ball just beyond an opponent's reach. His greatest weakness was a fragile nervous system and erratic temperament, but when he maintained his concentration during a match, he could conjure up the most devastating tennis, being regarded as a tennis magician or an artist creating with great originality and panache.

Distinctions

Năstase won the Tennis Masters Cup tournament (today ATP World Tour Finals) four times, in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975. Only Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl succeeded to win more (five).

He is one of the five tennis players (third place) in the world who won more than 100 pro titles (57 singles and 45 doubles) according to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) website., though there are many titles that are not included in the ATP statistics. (see ''Career statistics'' section).

Năstase was the first professional sports figure to sign an endorsement contract with Nike in 1972.

Năstase and Connors were good friends, often playing doubles together. They refused to join the Association of Tennis Professionals, preferring to play in a parallel tour organized by their long-time manager Bill Riordan.

He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991.

In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Năstase in the 28th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era.

Năstase wrote a few novels in French in the 1980s and entered politics in the 1990s, making an unsuccessful run for mayor of Bucharest in 1996.

According to British media Năstase is best remembered for being one of the best players never to win the singles title at Wimbledon, for his tantrums, and his good looks. In March 2009 Ilie Năstase was made a knight of the France's Legion d'honneur, being acclaimed for his "impressive sporting career" and "the sense of spectacle" created when playing

He is mentioned as a mail recipient from Donnatella Moss, Josh Lyman's assistant in the NBC series The West Wing. (episode 10, season 4, "Arctic Radar")

Quotations

"If you have confidence, you have patience. Confidence, that is everything."

"As long as I can get angry, then I play well. If I play well, I can beat anybody. I am happy because I am getting angry."

"My ambition is to do a good job. I never plan anything."

"I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife."

"Hello, racist." (Upon meeting any players from South Africa, bantering against Apartheid government.)

"You know what I would have done if I were president of Romania? I would have sent gypsies to Harghita, where there are a lot of Hungarians and about 12 Romanian."

Personal life

Maxim magazine has placed Năstase at number 6 on its top ten "Living Sex Legends" list, as he is reputed to have slept with over 2500 women. Năstase's own guess, which was at 8–900 women, was too low for the writer of his biography who wanted a larger number, to improve his reputation, as it evidently did. After hearing this, his third wife, Amalia, said that she was happy to have conquered such a man. Năstase met Amalia at a Sting concert and married her in a Greek Orthodox ceremony on June 5, 2004 followed by a Civil ceremony in July of the same year. They divorced in February 2010, after six years of marriage.

Career statistics

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 5 (2–3)

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Doubles: 5 (3–2)

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Mixed doubles: 3 (2–1)

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Year-End Championships

Singles: 5 (4–1)

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome!!width=50|Year!!width=200|Championship!!width=75|Surface!!width=200|Opponent in the final!!width=200|Score in the final |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||1971||Paris||Hard (i)|| Stan Smith||5–7, 7–6, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||1972||Barcelona||Hard (i)|| Stan Smith||6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||1973||Boston||Carpet|| Tom Okker||6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up||1974||Melbourne||Grass|| Guillermo Vilas||7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||1975||Stockholm||Carpet|| Björn Borg||6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |}

Singles performance timeline

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Singles titles (87)

Career main titles (59), including 57 ATP titles

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome!!width=50|Year!!width=200|Championship!!width=75|Surface!!width=200|Opponent in the final!!width=200|Score in the final |- |1. |1969 |Barranquilla, Colombia |Clay | Jan Kodeš |6–4, 6–4, 8–10, 2–6, 6–3 |- |2. |1970 |*Salisbury, U.S. |Carpet | Cliff Richey |6–8, 3–6, 6–4, 9–7, 6–0 |- |3. |1970 |Rome, Italy |Clay | Jan Kodeš |6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 8–6 |- |4. |1971 |Richmond, U.S. |Hard (i) | Arthur Ashe |3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |- |5. |1971 |Hampton, U.S. |Hard (i) | Clark Graebner |7–5, 6–4, 7–6 |- |6. |1971 |Nice, France |Hard | Jan Kodeš |10–8, 11–9, 6–1 |- |7. |1971 |Monte Carlo, Monaco |Clay | Tom Okker |3–6, 8–6, 6–1, 6–1 |- |8. |1971 |Båstad, Sweden |Clay | Jan Leschly |6–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 |- |9. |1971 |Wembley, United Kingdom |Hard (i) | Rod Laver |3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |- |10. |1971 |Tennis Masters Cup, Paris |Carpet | Stan Smith |5–7, 7–6, 6–3 |- |11. |1972 |Baltimore, U.S. |Hard | Jimmy Connors |1–6, 6–4, 7–6 |- |12. |1972 |Omaha, U.S. |Hard (i) | Ion Ţiriac |2–6, 6–1, 6–1 |- |13. |1972 |Monte Carlo, Monaco (2) |Clay | František Pala |6–1, 6–0, 6–3 |- |14. |1972 |Madrid, Spain |Clay | František Pala |6–0, 6–0, 6–1 |- |15. |1972 |Nice, France |Clay | Jan Kodeš |6–0, 6–4, 6–3 |- |16. |1972 |Düsseldorf, Germany |Clay | Jürgen Fassbender |6–0, 6–2, 6–1 |- |17. |1972 |Toronto, Canada |Clay | Andrew Pattison |6–4, 6–3 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |18. |1972 |US Open, New York |Grass | Arthur Ashe |3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 |- |19. |1972 |South Orange, U.S. |Hard | Manuel Orantes |6–4, 6–4 |- |20. |1972 |Seattle, U.S. |Other | Tom Gorman |6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |- |21. |1972 |London |Carpet | Tom Gorman |6–4, 6–3 |- |22. |1972 |Tennis Masters Cup, Barcelona (2) |Carpet | Stan Smith |6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3 |- |23. |1973 |Omaha, U.S. |Hard (i) | Jimmy Connors |5–0, retired |- |24. |1973 |Calgary, Canada |Indoor | Paul Gerken |6–4, 7–6 |- |25. |1973 |*Washington, D.C. |Carpet | Jimmy Connors |4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 |- |26. |1973 |Barcelona, Spain |Clay | Adriano Panatta |6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 |- |27. |1973 |Monte Carlo, Monaco (3) |Clay | Björn Borg |6–4, 6–1, 6–2 |- |28. |1973 |Madrid, Spain (2) |Clay | Adriano Panatta |6–3, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1 |- |29. |1973 |Florence, Italy |Clay | Adriano Panatta |6–3, 3–6, 0–6, 7–6, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |30. |1973 |French Open, Paris |Clay | Nikola Pilić |6–3, 6–3, 6–0 |- |31. |1973 |Rome, Italy (2) |Clay | Manuel Orantes |6–1, 6–1, 6–1 |- |32. |1973 |Queen's Club, London |Grass | Roger Taylor |9–8, 6–3 |- |33. |1973 |Gstaad, Switzerland |Clay | Roy Emerson |6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |- |34. |1973 |Cincinnati, U.S. |Hard | Manuel Orantes |5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |- |35. |1973 |Torneo Godó-Barcelona, Spain |Clay | Manuel Orantes |2–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4 |- |36. |1973 |Paris, France |Hard (i) | Stan Smith |4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 |- |37. |1973 |Tennis Masters Cup, Boston (3) |Carpet | Tom Okker |6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |- |38. |1974 |Richmond, U.S. |Carpet | Tom Gorman |6–2, 6–3 |- |39. |1974 |Washington WCT, U.S. |Carpet | Tom Okker |6–3, 6–3 |- |40. |1974 |Bournemouth, United Kingdom |Clay | Paolo Bertolucci |6–1, 6–3, 6–0 |- |41. |1974 |Cedar Grove, U.S. |Other | Juan Gisbert Sr. |6–4, 7–6 |- |42. |1974 |Madrid, Spain (3) |Clay | Björn Borg |6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |- |43. |1974 |Torneo Godó-Barcelona, Spain (2) |Clay | Manuel Orantes |8–6, 9–7, 6–3 |- |44. |1975 |Barcelona, Spain |Clay | Juan Gisbert Sr. |6–1, 7–5, 6–2 |- |45. |1975 |Valencia, Spain |Clay | Manuel Orantes |6–3, 6–0 |- |46. |1975 |Madrid, Spain (4) |Clay | Manuel Orantes |7–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 |- |47. |1975 |South Orange, U.S. |Clay | Bob Hewitt |7–6, 6–1 |- |48. |1975 |Tennis Masters Cup, Stockholm (4) |Hard (i) | Björn Borg |6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |- |49. |1976 |Atlanta WCT, U.S. |Carpet | Jeff Borowiak |6–2, 6–4 |- |50. |1976 |Salisbury, U.S. |Carpet | Jimmy Connors |6–2, 6–3, 7–6 |- |51. |1976 |La Costa, U.S. |Hard | Jimmy Connors |4–6, 6–0, 6–1 |- |52. |1976 |Myrtle Beach – Pepsi Grand Slam |Clay | Manuel Orantes |6–4, 6–3 |- |53. |1976 |Honolulu – WCT Avis Challenge Cup |Hard | Arthur Ashe |6–3, 1–6, 6–7, 6–3, 6–1 |- |54. |1976 |South Orange, U.S. |Clay | Roscoe Tanner |6–4, 6–2 |- |55 |1976 |Las Vegas Challenge Cup, U.S. |Hard | Jimmy Connors |3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–5 |- |56. |1977 |Mexico City WCT, Mexico |Hard | Wojtek Fibak |4–6, 6–2, 7–6 |- |57. |1977 |Aix en Provence, France |Clay | Guillermo Vilas |6–1, 7–5, ret. |- |58. |1978 |Miami, U.S. |Clay | Tom Gullikson |6–3, 7–5 |- |59. |1978 |Montego Bay, Jamaica – WCT Challenge Cup |Hard | Peter Fleming |2–6, 5–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |}

* non-ATP listed events

Other titles (28)

Here are Năstase's tournament wins that are not included in the statistics on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) website. The website is very incomplete from 1968 to 1970 and has some omissions for tournaments held since 1968.

Năstase won several tournaments during the early years of his career that were equivalent to the present day "challenger" tournaments. Because the term "challenger" started to be applied to second-rank tournaments in 1978, those tournaments are termed "minor tournaments" in the following list.

1967 – Cannes (minor tournament), Travemünde (minor tournament)

1968 – Viareggio, Bucharest (minor tournament)

1969 – Madras (minor tournament), New Delhi (minor tournament), Gauhati (minor tournament), Travemünde, La Corogne, Budapest, Denver ''

1970 – Napoli, Ancona

1971 – Omaha, Istanbul

1973 – Istanbul, Kingston

1974 – Portland, World Invitational Tennis Classic (WITC) at Hilton Head (four-man invitational tournament, not to be confused with the CBS Classic tournament also played at Hilton Head)

1975 – WITC at Hilton Head (four-man invitational tournament), Helsinki, Dutch Round Robin (Utrecht Netherlands), Graz, Uppsala

1976 – Caracas (a four-man invitation tournament in October, not to be confused with the Caracas WCT in March that was won by Raúl Ramírez), Argentine Round Robin (invitational tournament)

1977 – Rotterdam World Star (invitational tournament)

1978 – Frankfurt (invitational tournament)

Singles runner-ups (36)

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome!!width=50|Year!!width=200|Tournament!!width=75|Surface!!width=200|Opponent in the final!!width=200|Score in the final |- |1. |1969 |Stockholm, Sweden |Hard (i) | Nikola Pilić |6–4, 4–6, 6–1 |- |2. |1970 |Hamburg, Germany |Clay | Tom Okker |4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |- |3. |1971 |Macon, U.S. |Hard | Željko Franulović |6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 3–6, 7–6 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |4. |1971 |French Open, Paris |Clay | Jan Kodeš |8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |- |5. |1971 |Brussels, Belgium |Clay | Cliff Drysdale |6–0, 6–1, 7–5 |- |6. |1971 |Buenos Aires, Argentina |Clay | Željko Franulović |6–3, 7–6, 6–1 |- |7. |1972 |Salisbury, U.S. |Hard (i) | Stan Smith |5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 |- |8. |1972 |Hampton, U.S. |Hard (i) | Stan Smith |6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |9. |1972 |Wimbledon, London |Grass | Stan Smith |4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |- |10. |1972 |Båstad, Sweden |Clay | Manuel Orantes |6–4, 6–3, 6–1 |- |11. |1973 |Hampton, U.S. |Hard (i) | Jimmy Connors |4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3 |- |12. |1973 |Bournemouth, United Kingdom |Clay | Adriano Panatta |6–8, 7–5, 6–3 |- |13. |1973 |London |Carpet | Tom Okker |6–3, 6–4 |- |14. |1974 |Toronto WCT, Canada |Carpet | Tom Okker |6–3, 6–4 |- |15. |1974 |Hampton, U.S. |Carpet | Jimmy Connors |6–4, 6–4 |- |16. |1974 |Monte Carlo, Monaco |Clay | Andrew Pattison |5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |- |17. |1974 |Rome, Italy |Clay | Björn Borg |6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |- |18. |1974 |Tennis Masters Cup, Melbourne |Grass | Guillermo Vilas |7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 |- |19. |1975 |Basel, Switzerland |Carpet | Jiří Hřebec |6–1, 7–6, 2–6, 6–4 |- |20. |1975 |Tucson, U.S. |Hard | John Alexander |7–5, 6–2 |- |21. |1975 |Louisville, U.S. |Clay | Guillermo Vilas |6–4, 6–3 |- |22. |1975 |Montreal, Canada |Hard | Manuel Orantes |7–6, 6–0, 6–1 |- |23. |1976 |Baltimore, U.S. |Carpet | Tom Gorman |7–5, 6–3 |- |24. |1976 |Hampton, U.S. |Carpet | Jimmy Connors |6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |- |25. |1976 |Caracas WCT, Venezuela |Clay | Raúl Ramírez |6–3, 6–4 |- |26. |1976 |Stockholm WCT, Sweden |Carpet | Wojtek Fibak |6–4, 7–6 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |27. |1976 |Wimbledon, London |Grass | Björn Borg |6–4, 6–2, 9–7 |- |28. |1976 |Hong Kong |Hard | Ken Rosewall |6–3, 6–3 |- |29. |1977 |Rotterdam, Netherlands |Carpet | Dick Stockton |2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |- |30. |1977 |Virginia Beach, U.S. |Hard | Guillermo Vilas |6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |- |31. |1978 |Houston WCT, U.S. |Clay | Brian Gottfried |3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |- |32. |1978 |Forest Hills WCT, U.S. |Clay | Vitas Gerulaitis |6–2, 6–0 |- |33. |1978 |Barcelona, Spain |Clay | Balázs Taróczy |1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |- |34. |1979 |Cleveland, U.S. |Hard | Stan Smith |7–6, 7–5 |- |35. |1981 |Nancy, France |Hard (i) | Pavel Složil |6–2, 7–5 |- |36. |1981 |Bologna, Italy |Carpet | Sandy Mayer |7–5, 6–3 |}

Sources for this section

Michel Sutter, ''Vainqueurs Winners 1946–2003'', Paris, 2003. Sutter has attempted to list all tournaments meeting his criteria for selection beginning with 1946 and ending in the fall of 1991. For each tournament, he has indicated the city, the date of the final, the winner, the runner-up, and the score of the final. A tournament is included in his list if: (1) the draw for the tournament included at least eight players (with a few exceptions, such as the Pepsi Grand Slam tournaments in the second half of the 1970s); and (2) the level of the tournaments was at least equal to the present day challenger tournaments. Sutter's book is probably the most exhaustive source of tennis tournament information since World War II, even though some professional tournaments held before the start of the open era are missing. Later, Sutter issued a second edition of his book, with only the players, their wins, and years from 1946 to April 27, 2003, period.

John Barrett, editor, ''World of Tennis Yearbooks'', London, from 1976 to 1983.

Joe McCauley in ''Mr Nastase: The Autobiography'', by Ilie Năstase with Debbie Beckerman, 2004.

''1982 WCT Yearbook''

''ATP Official Guide to Professional Tennis'' 2004 (page G18).

Doubles ATP titles (45)

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome!!width=50|Year!!width=200|Championship!!width=75|Surface!!width=200|Partner!!width=200|Opponents in the final!!width=200|Score in the final |- |1. |1970 |Philadelphia WCT, USA |Carpet | Ion Ţiriac | Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston |6–1, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |2. |1970 |French Open, Paris |Clay | Ion Ţiriac | Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell |6–2, 6–4, 6–3 |- |3. |1970 |Rome, Italy |Clay | Ion Ţiriac | William Bowrey Owen Davidson |0–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–8, 6–1 |- |4. |1970 |Cincinnati, USA |Clay | Ion Ţiriac | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |6–3, 6–4 |- |5. |1971 |Hampton, USA |Hard (i) | Ion Ţiriac | Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch |6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |- |6. |1971 |Monte Carlo, Monaco |Clay | Ion Ţiriac | Tom Okker Roger Taylor |1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6 |- |7. |1971 |Buenos Aires, Argentina |Clay | Željko Franulović | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol |6–4, 6–4 |- |8. |1972 |Kansas City, USA |Indoor | Ion Ţiriac | Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes |6–7, 6–4, 7–6 |- |9. |1972 |Hampton, USA |Hard (i) | Ion Ţiriac | Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes |6–4, 7–6 |- |10. |1972 |Madrid, Spain |Clay | Stan Smith | Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes |6–2, 6–2 |- |11. |1972 |Rome, Italy |Clay | Ion Ţiriac | Lew Hoad Frew McMillan |3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–3, RET. |- |12. |1972 |Hamburg, Germany |Clay | Jan Kodeš | Bob Hewitt Ion Ţiriac |4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |- |13. |1972 |Montreal, Canada |Clay | Ion Ţiriac | Jan Kodeš Jan Kukal |7–6, 6–3 |- |14. |1973 |Salisbury, USA |Hard (i) | Clark Graebner | Jürgen Fassbender Juan Gisbert |6–2, 6–4 |- |15. |1973 |Calgary, Canada |Indoor | Mike Estep | Szabolcz Baranyi Peter Szoke |7–6, 6–3 |- |16. |1973 |Hampton, USA |Hard (i) | Clark Graebner | Jimmy Connors Ion Ţiriac |6–2, 6–1 |- |17. |1973 |Monte Carlo, Monaco |Clay | Juan Gisbert | Georges Goven Patrick Proisy |6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |18. |1973 |Wimbledon, London |Grass | Jimmy Connors | John Cooper Neale Fraser |3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9, 6–1 |- |19. |1973 |South Orange, USA |Hard | Jimmy Connors | Richard Pancho Gonzales Tom Gorman |6–7, 6–3, 6–2 |- |20. |1973 |Barcelona, Spain |Clay | Tom Okker | Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes |4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |- |21. |1973 |Madrid, Spain |Clay | Tom Okker | Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan |2–6, 6–3, 7–5 |- |22. |1973 |Paris, France |Hard (i) | Juan Gisbert | Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner |6–3, 6–4 |- |23. |1973 |Stockholm, Sweden |Hard (i) | Jimmy Connors | Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan |7–6, 7–5 |- |24. |1974 |Bournemouth, England |Clay | Juan Gisbert | Corrado Barazzutti Paolo Bertolucci |6–2, 7–5 |- |25. |1974 |Indianapolis, USA |Clay | Jimmy Connors | Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |6–7, 6–3, 6–4 |- |26. |1974 |Barcelona, Spain |Clay | Juan Gisbert | Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas |3–6, 6–0, 6–2 |- |27. |1974 |London, England |Carpet | Jimmy Connors | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |3–6, 7–6, 6–3 |- |28. |1975 |Salisbury, USA |Carpet | Jimmy Connors | Jan Kodeš Roger Taylor |4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |- |29. |1975 |South Orange, USA |Clay | Jimmy Connors | Dick Crealy John Lloyd |7–6, 7–5 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |30. |1975 |US Open, New York |Clay | Jimmy Connors | Tom Okker Marty Riessen |6–4, 6–4 |- |31. |1975 |Madrid, Spain |Clay | Jan Kodeš | Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes |7–6, 4–6, 9–7 |- |32. |1976 |Stockholm WCT, Sweden |Carpet | Alex Metreveli | Tom Okker Adriano Panatta |6–4, 7–5 |- |33. |1977 |St. Louis WCT, USA |Carpet | Adriano Panatta | Vijay Amritraj Dick Stockton |6–4, 3–6, 7–6 |- |34. |1977 |London WCT, England |Hard (i) | Adriano Panatta | Mark Cox Eddie Dibbs |7–6, 6–7, 6–3 |- |35. |1977 |Houston WCT, USA |Hard | Adriano Panatta | John Alexander Phil Dent |6–3, 6–4 |- |36. |1977 |Aix-en-Provence, France |Clay | Ion Ţiriac | Patrice Dominguez Rolf Norberg |7–5, 7–6 |- |37. |1979 |Sarasota, USA |Carpet | Steve Krulevitz | John James Keith Richardson |7–6, 6–3 |- |38. |1979 |Monte Carlo, Monaco |Clay | Raúl Ramírez | Victor Pecci Balázs Taróczy |6–3, 6–4 |- |39. |1979 |Cincinnati, USA |Hard | Brian Gottfried | Robert Lutz Stan Smith |1–6, 6–3, 7–6 |- |40. |1979 |Atlanta, USA |Hard | Raymond Moore | Steve Docherty Eliot Teltscher |6–4, 6–2 |- |41. |1979 |Tel Aviv, Israel |Hard | Tom Okker | Mike Cahill Colin Dibley |7–5, 6–4 |- |42. |1981 |Nancy, France |Hard (i) | Adriano Panatta | John Feaver Jiří Hřebec |6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |- |43. |1981 |Basel, Switzerland |Hard (i) | José Luis Clerc | Markus Günthardt Pavel Složil |7–6, 6–7, 7–6 |- |44. |1981 |Paris, France |Hard (i) | Yannick Noah | Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith |6–4, 6–4 |- |45. |1985 |Tel Aviv, Israel |Hard | Brad Gilbert | Michael Robertson Florin Segărceanu |6–3, 6–2 |}

See also

Tennis male players statistics

References

Further reading

External links

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name	Mick Jagger
background	solo_singer
birth name	Michael Philip Jagger
born	July 26, 1943Dartford, Kent, England
genre	Rock, rock and roll, blues rock, rhythm and blues, funk, psychedelic rock, soul
instrument	Vocals, harmonica, percussion, guitar, bass, keyboards
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, record and film producer, actor
years active	1961–present
label	Virgin, Rolling Stones, ABKCO, Universal
associated acts	The Rolling Stones, Super Heavy
website	MickJagger.com }}

Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, actor and producer, best known as the lead vocalist of rock band The Rolling Stones. Jagger has also acted in and produced several films.

The Rolling Stones started in the early 1960s as a rhythm and blues cover band with Jagger as frontman. Beginning in 1964, Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards developed a songwriting partnership, and by the mid-1960s the group had evolved into a major rock band. Frequent conflict with the authorities (including alleged drug use and his romantic involvements) ensured that during this time Jagger was never far from the headlines, and he was often portrayed as a counterculture figure. In the late 1960s Jagger began acting in films (starting with ''Performance'' and ''Ned Kelly''), to mixed reception. In the 1970s, Jagger, with the rest of the Stones, became tax exiles, consolidated their global position and gained more control over their business affairs with the formation of the Rolling Stones Records label. During this time, Jagger was also known for his high-profile marriages to Bianca Jagger and later to Jerry Hall. In 1985, Jagger released his first solo album, ''She's the Boss''. He was knighted in 2003.

Jagger's career has spanned over 50 years. His performance style has been said to have "opened up definitions of gendered masculinity and so laid the foundations for self-invention and sexual plasticity which are now an integral part of contemporary youth culture". In 2006, he was ranked by ''Hit Parader'' as the fifteenth greatest heavy metal singer of all time, despite not being associated with the genre. Allmusic has described Jagger as "one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll". His distinctive voice and performance, along with Keith Richards' guitar style, have been the trademark of The Rolling Stones throughout their career.

Life and career

Early life

Jagger was born into a middle class family at the Livingstone Hospital, in Dartford, Kent, England. His father, Basil Fanshawe ("Joe") Jagger (13 April 1913 – 11 November 2006), and his paternal grandfather, David Ernest Jagger, were both teachers. His mother, Eva Ensley Mary (née Scutts; 6 April 1913 – 18 May 2000), born in New South Wales, Australia, was a hairdresser and an active member of the Conservative Party. Jagger is the elder of two sons (his brother Chris Jagger was born on 19 December 1947) and was raised to follow in his father's career path.

In the book ''According to the Rolling Stones'', Jagger states "I was always a singer. I always sang as a child. I was one of those kids who just ''liked'' to sing. Some kids sing in choirs; others like to show off in front of the mirror. I was in the church choir and I also loved listening to singers on the radio – the BBC or Radio Luxembourg – or watching them on TV and in the movies."

From September 1950, Keith Richards and Jagger (known as "Mike" to his friends) were classmates at Wentworth Primary School in Dartford, Kent. In 1954, Jagger passed the eleven-plus, and went to Dartford Grammar School, where there is now The Mick Jagger Centre, as part of the school. Having lost contact with each other when they went to different schools, Richards and Jagger resumed their friendship in July 1960 after a chance encounter and discovered that they had both developed a love for rhythm and blues music, which began for Jagger with Little Richard.

Jagger left school in 1961. He obtained seven O-levels and three A-levels. Jagger and Richards moved into a flat in Edith Grove in Chelsea with a guitarist they had encountered named Brian Jones. While Richards and Jones were making plans to start their own rhythm and blues group, Jagger continued his business courses at the London School of Economics, and had seriously considered becoming either a journalist or a politician. Jagger had compared the latter to a pop star.

Career

Early years: 1960s

In their earliest days, the members played for no money in the interval of Alexis Korner's gigs at a basement club opposite Ealing Broadway tube station (subsequently called "Ferry's" club). At the time, the group had very little equipment and needed to borrow Alexis' gear to play. This was before Andrew Loog Oldham became their manager.

The group’s first appearance under the name The Rollin' Stones (after one of their favourite Muddy Waters tunes) was at the Marquee Club, a jazz club, on 12 July 1962. They would later change their name to “The Rolling Stones” as it seemed more formal. Victor Bockris states that the band members included Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Ian Stewart on piano, Dick Taylor on bass and Tony Chapman on drums. However, Richards states in ''Life'', "The drummer that night was Mick Avory—not Tony Chapman, as history has mysteriously handed it down..." Some time later, the band went on their first tour in the United Kingdom; this was known as the “training ground” tour because it was a new experience for all of them. The line-up did not at that time include drummer Charlie Watts and bassist Bill Wyman. By 1963, they were finding their stride as well as popularity. By 1964, two unscientific opinion polls rated them as England's most popular group, outranking even the Beatles.

By the autumn of 1963, Jagger had left the London School of Economics in favour of his promising musical career with the Rolling Stones. The group continued to mine the works of American rhythm and blues artists such as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, but with the strong encouragement of Andrew Loog Oldham, Jagger and Richards soon began to write their own songs. This core songwriting partnership would flourish in time; one of their early compositions, "As Tears Go By", was a song written for Marianne Faithfull, a young singer being promoted by Loog Oldham at the time. For the Rolling Stones, the duo would write "The Last Time", the group's third number-one single in the UK (their first two UK number-one hits had been cover versions). Another of the fruits of this collaboration was their first international hit, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". It also established The Rolling Stones’ image as defiant troublemakers in contrast to The Beatles' "lovable moptop" image.

Jagger told Stephen Schiff in a 1992 ''Vanity Fair'' profile: "I wasn't trying to be rebellious in those days; I was just being me. I wasn't trying to push the edge of anything. I'm being me and ordinary, the guy from suburbia who sings in this band, but someone older might have thought it was just the most awful racket, the most terrible thing, and where are we going if this is music?... But all those songs we sang were pretty tame, really. People didn't think they were, but I thought they were tame."

The group released several successful albums including ''December's Children (And Everybody's)'', ''Aftermath'', and ''Between the Buttons'', but their reputations were catching up to them. In 1967, Jagger and Richards were arrested on drug charges and were given unusually harsh sentences: Jagger was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for possession of four over-the-counter pep pills he had purchased in Italy. On appeal, Richards' sentence was overturned and Jagger's was amended to a conditional discharge (he ended up spending one night inside Brixton Prison) after an article appeared in ''The Times'', written by its traditionally conservative editor William (now Lord) Rees-Mogg, but the Rolling Stones continued to face legal battles for the next decade. Around the same time, internal struggles about the direction of the group had begun to surface.

1970s

After Jones' death and their move in 1971 to the south of France as tax exiles, Jagger and the rest of the band changed their look and style as the 1970s progressed. For the Rolling Stones' highly publicised 1972 American tour, Jagger wore glam-rock clothing and glittery makeup on stage. Later in the decade, they ventured into genres like disco and punk with the album ''Some Girls'' (1978). Their interest in the blues, however, had been made manifest in the 1972 album ''Exile on Main St''. His emotional singing on the gospel-influenced ''Let It Loose'', one of the album's tracks, has been described by music critic Russell Hall as having been Jagger's finest ever vocal achievement.

After the band's acrimonious split with their second manager, Allen Klein, in 1971, Jagger took control of their business affairs and has managed them ever since in collaboration with his friend and colleague, Rupert Löwenstein. Mick Taylor, Brian Jones's replacement, left the band in December 1974 and was replaced by Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood in 1975, who also operated as a mediator within the group, and between Jagger and Richards in particular.

1980s

While continuing to tour and release albums with the Rolling Stones, Jagger began a solo career. In 1985, he released his first solo album ''She's the Boss'' produced by Nile Rodgers and Bill Laswell, featuring Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck, Jan Hammer, Pete Townshend, and the Compass Point All Stars. It sold fairly well, and the single "Just Another Night" was a Top Ten hit. During this period, he collaborated with The Jacksons on the song "State of Shock", sharing lead vocals with Michael Jackson. For his own personal contributions in the 1985 Live Aid multi-venue charity concert, he performed at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium; he did a duet with Tina Turner of "It's Only Rock and Roll", and the performance was highlighted by Jagger tearing away a part of Turner's dress. He also did a cover of "Dancing in the Street" with David Bowie, who himself appeared at Wembley Stadium. The video was shown simultaneously on the screens of both Wembley and JFK Stadiums. The song reached number one in the UK the same year.

In 1987, he released his second solo album, ''Primitive Cool''. While it failed to match the commercial success of his debut, it was critically well received.

In 1988, he produced the songs "Glamour Boys" and "Which Way to America" on Living Colour's album ''Vivid''. He also collaborated with The Jacksons on the song "State of Shock". 15–28 March, he has a solo concert tour in Japan(Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka). Show at 22 March is "Tokyo Dome" first performance of Japan's overseas artist.

1990s

''Wandering Spirit'' was the third solo album by Jagger and was released in 1993. It would be his only solo album release of the 1990s. Jagger aimed to re-introduce himself as a solo artist in a musical climate vastly changed from what had witnessed the release of his first two projects, ''She's the Boss'' and ''Primitive Cool''.

Following the successful comeback of the Rolling Stones' ''Steel Wheels'' (1989), which saw the end of Jagger and Richards' well-publicised feud, Jagger began routining new material for what would become ''Wandering Spirit''. In January 1992, after acquiring Rick Rubin as co-producer, Jagger recorded the album in Los Angeles over seven months until September 1992, recording simultaneously as Richards was making ''Main Offender''.

Jagger would keep the celebrity guests to a minimum on ''Wandering Spirit'', only having Lenny Kravitz as a vocalist on his cover of Bill Withers' "Use Me" and bassist Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers on three tracks.

Following the end of the Rolling Stones' Sony Music contract and their signing to Virgin Records, Jagger elected to sign with Atlantic Records (which had signed the Stones in the 1970s) to distribute what would be his only album with the label.

Released in February 1993, ''Wandering Spirit'' was commercially successful, reaching #12 in the UK and #11 in the US, going gold there. The track "Sweet Thing" was the lead single, although it was the third single, "Don't Tear Me Up", which found moderate success, topping Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart for one week. Critical reaction was very strong, noting Jagger's abandonment of slick synthesisers in favour of an incisive and lean guitar sound.

Contemporary reviewers tend to consider ''Wandering Spirits'' a high point of Jagger's latter-day career achievements.

2000s

In 2001, Jagger released ''Goddess in the Doorway'' spawning the hit single "Visions of Paradise".

He celebrated The Rolling Stones' 40th anniversary by touring with them on the year-long ''Licks'' tour in support of their career retrospective ''Forty Licks'' double album.

On 26 September 2007, The Rolling Stones made US$437 million on their A Bigger Bang Tour, which got them into the current edition of ''Guinness World Records'' for the most lucrative music tour. Jagger has refused to say when the band will finally retire, stating in 2007: "I'm sure the Rolling Stones will do more things and more records and more tours. We've got no plans to stop any of that really."

2010s

On 20 May 2011, Jagger announced the formation of a new supergroup, the first band he had formed since the Rolling Stones. The band, SuperHeavy includes Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley, and A.R. Rahman.

Relationship with Keith Richards

Jagger's relationship with band mate Richards is frequently described as "love/hate" by the media.

Richards himself said in a 1998 interview: "I think of our differences as a family squabble. If I shout and scream at him, it's because no one else has the guts to do it or else they're paid not to do it. At the same time I'd hope Mick realises that I'm a friend who is just trying to bring him into line and do what needs to be done." Richards, along with Johnny Depp, tried unsuccessfully to persuade Jagger to appear in ''Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'', alongside Depp and Richards.

Richards' autobiography, ''Life'', was released 26 October 2010. On 15 October 2010, the Associated Press published an article stating that Richards refers to Mick Jagger as "unbearable" in the book and notes that their relationship has been strained "for decades."

Acting and film production

Jagger has also had an intermittent acting career, most notably in Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg's ''Performance'' (1968) and as Australian bushranger ''Ned Kelly'' (1970). He composed an improvised soundtrack for Kenneth Anger's film ''Invocation Of My Demon Brother'' on the Moog synthesiser in 1969. He auditioned for the role of Dr. Frank N. Furter in the 1975 film adaptation of The Rocky Horror Show, a now iconic role that was eventually played by the original performer from its run on London's West End, Tim Curry. Appeared as himself in The Rutles film ''All You Need Is Cash'' in 1978. In the late 1970s, Jagger was cast as Wilbur, a main character in Werner Herzog's ''Fitzcarraldo.'' However, a delay and the illness of main actor Jason Robards (later replaced by Klaus Kinski) in the film's notoriously difficult production resulted in his being unable to continue due to schedule conflicts with a band tour; some of the footage of his work is shown in the documentary ''Burden of Dreams''. He developed a reputation for playing the heavy later in his acting career in films including ''Freejack'' (1992), ''Bent'' (1997), and ''The Man From Elysian Fields'' (2002).

In 1995, Jagger founded Jagged Films with Victoria Pearman "[to] start my own projects instead of just going in other people's and being involved peripherally or doing music." Its first release was the World War II drama ''Enigma'' in 2001. That same year, it produced a documentary on Jagger entitled ''Being Mick.'' The program, which first aired on television 22 November, coincided with the release of his fourth solo album, ''Goddess in the Doorway.''

In 2008, the company began work on ''The Women'', an adaptation of the George Cukor film of the same name. It was directed by Diane English. Reviving the 1939 film met with countless delays, but Jagger's company was credited with obtaining $24 million of much-needed financing to finally begin casting. English told ''Entertainment Weekly'': "This was much easier in 1939, when all the ladies were under contract, and they had to take the roles they were told to."

The Rolling Stones have been the subjects of numerous documentaries, including ''Gimme Shelter'', which was made as the band was gaining fame in the United States. Martin Scorsese worked with Jagger on ''Shine a Light,'' a documentary film featuring the Rolling Stones with footage from the A Bigger Bang Tour during two nights of performances at New York's Beacon Theatre. It screened in Berlin in February 2008. ''Variety'''s Todd McCarthy said the film "takes full advantage of heavy camera coverage and top-notch sound to create an invigorating musical trip down memory lane, as well as to provoke gentle musings on the wages of ageing and the passage of time." He predicted the film would fare better once released to video than in its limited theatrical runs.

Jagger was a producer of, and guest-starred in the first episode of the short-lived comedy ''The Knights of Prosperity'', which aired in 2007 on ABC.''

Personal life

Jagger is known for his many high-profile relationships. He has been married twice and has had numerous romantic connections.

In 1970, Mick Jagger purchased Stargroves at East Woodhay in Hampshire as his country estate. It was often used as a recording venue. In the same year, he began a relationship with Nicaraguan-born Bianca De Macias, whom he married on 12 May 1971, in a Catholic ceremony in Saint-Tropez, France. The couple separated in 1977 and in May 1978, she filed for divorce on the grounds of his adultery. Bianca later said "My marriage ended on my wedding day." In late 1977, he began seeing model Jerry Hall, while still married to Bianca. After a lengthy cohabitation and several children together, the couple married on 21 November 1990, in a Hindu beach ceremony in Indonesia and moved together to Downe House in Richmond, Surrey. Jagger later contested the validity of the ceremony, and the marriage was annulled in August 1999. Jagger has also been romantically linked to other women: Chrissie Shrimpton, Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Marsha Hunt, Pamela Des Barres, Uschi Obermaier, Bebe Buell, Carly Simon, Margaret Trudeau, Mackenzie Phillips, Janice Dickinson, Carla Bruni, Sophie Dahl and Angelina Jolie, among others.

Jagger has seven children by four women: :*By Marsha Hunt, he has daughter Karis Hunt Jagger (born 4 November 1970). :*By Bianca Jagger, he has daughter Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger (born 21 October 1971). :*By Jerry Hall he has daughter Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger (born 2 March 1984), son James Leroy Augustin Jagger (born 28 August 1985), daughter Georgia May Ayeesha Jagger (born 12 January 1992) and son Gabriel Luke Beauregard Jagger (born 9 December 1997) :*By Luciana Gimenez, he has son Lucas Maurice Morad Jagger (born 18 May 1999).

He also has four grandchildren.

His father, Joe, died on 11 November 2006, at the age of 93.

In 2008, it was revealed that members of the Hells Angels had plotted to murder Jagger in 1975. They were angered by Jagger's public blaming of the Hells Angels, who had been hired to provide "security" at the Altamont Free Concert in December 1969, for much of the crowd violence at the event. The conspirators reportedly used a boat to approach a residence where Jagger was staying on Long Island, New York; the plot failed when the boat was nearly sunk by a storm.

Jagger is an avid cricket fan. He founded Jagged Internetworks so he could get coverage of English Cricket.

His personal fortune was estimated in 2010, at £190 million (~$298 million US).

He said in September 2010 that he has a daily meditation and Buddhist practice.

Knighthood

On 12 December 2003, Jagger was knighted for Services to Music, as Sir Michael Jagger by The Prince of Wales. Mick Jagger's knighthood received mixed reactions. Some fans were disappointed when he accepted the honour as it seemed to contradict his anti-establishment stance.

As United Press International noted, the honour is odd, for unlike other knighted rock musicians, he has no "known record of charitable work or public services," although he is a patron of the British Museum. Jagger was absent from the Queen's Golden Jubilee pop concert at Buckingham Palace that marked her 50 years on the throne.

Charlie Watts was quoted in the book ''According to the Rolling Stones'' as saying, "Anybody else would be lynched: 18 wives and 20 children and he's knighted, fantastic!" The ceremony took place in December 2003. Jagger’s father and daughters Karis and Elizabeth were in attendance.

Jagger's knighthood also caused some friction between him and bandmate Keith Richards, who was irritated when Jagger accepted the "paltry honour". Richards said that he did not want to take the stage with someone wearing a "coronet and sporting the old ermine. It's not what the Stones is about, is it?" Jagger retorted: "I think he would probably like to get the same honour himself. It's like being given an ice cream—one gets one and they all want one."

Mick Jagger in popular culture

From the time that the Rolling Stones developed their anti-establishment image in the mid-1960s, Mick Jagger, along with guitarist Keith Richards, has been an enduring icon of the counterculture. This was no doubt enhanced by his controversial drug-related arrests, sexually charged onstage antics, provocative song lyrics, and his role of the bisexual Turner in the 1970 film ''Performance''. One of his biographers, Christopher Andersen, describes him as being "one of the dominant cultural figures of our time", adding that Jagger was "the story of a generation".

Jagger, who at the time described himself as an anarchist and espoused the leftist slogans of the era, took part in a demonstration against the Vietnam War outside the US Embassy in London in 1968. This event inspired him to write "Street Fighting Man" that same year and served to reinforce his rebellious, anti-authority stance in the eyes of his fans.

A variety of celebrities attended a lavish party at New York's St. Regis Hotel to celebrate Jagger's 29th birthday and the end of the band's 1972 American tour. The party made the front pages of the leading New York newspapers.

Pop artist Andy Warhol painted a series of silkscreen portraits of Jagger in 1975, one of which was owned by Farah Diba, wife of the Shah of Iran. It hung on a wall inside the royal palace in Teheran. In 1967, Cecil Beaton photographed Jagger's naked buttocks, a photo that sold at Sotheby's auction house in 1986 for $4,000.

On 26 September 2005 the British band Infadels released a single entitled "Jagger '67" which later appeared on their album We Are Not The Infadels. Jagger is directly referred to in pop singer Kesha's 2009 debut single ''Tik Tok''. Jagger was allegedly a contender for the anonymous subject of Carly Simon's 1973 hit song ''You're So Vain'', in which he sings backing vocals. Although Don McLean does not use Jagger's name in his famous song "American Pie", he alludes to Jagger onstage at Altamont, calling him Satan. (Jagger had assumed the guise of Satan in "Sympathy For The Devil", a track from the album ''Beggar's Banquet''.)

In 2010 a retrospective exhibitions of portraits of Mick Jagger was presented at the festival Rencontres d'Arles, in France. The authors of the 70 pictures are Bryan Adams, Brian Aris, Enrique Badulescu, Cecil Beaton, Simone Cecchetti, William Christie, Anton Corbijn, Kevin Cummins, Sante D’Orazio, Deborah Feingold, Tony Frank, Claude Gassian, Harry Goodwin, Anwar Hussein, Karl Lagerfeld, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, Gered Mankowitz, Jim Marshall, David Montgomery, Terry O’Neill, Guy Peellaert, Jean-Marie Périer, Michael Putland, Ken Regan, Herb Ritts, Ethan Russell, Francesco Scavullo, Norman Seeff, Mark Seliger, Dominique Tarl, Pierre Terrasson, Andy Warhol, Albert Watson, Robert Whitaker, Baron Wolman. The catalogue of the exihibition is the first photo album of Mick Jagger and shows the evolution of the artist in 50 years of career.

A single entitled "Moves Like Jagger" was released in June 2011 on the television program ''The Voice'' by judges Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera. The song is about Mick's onstage and ladykiller-esque swagger.

Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century'', makes several references to ''Performance'' in its second issue, "Paint it Black", prominently featuring Mick Jagger's Turner character and features a fictionalized version of Brian Jones' tribute concert.

Discography

Albums

!Year	!Album details	UK Albums Chart>UK	Billboard 200>US	British Phonographic Industry>BPI / Recording Industry Association of America
1985	''[[She's the Boss''	* Released: 21 February 1985	* Label: CBS Records		(11 wks)		(29 wks)	UK: Silver	US: Platinum
1987	''Primitive Cool''	* Released: 14 September 1987	* Label: CBS Records		(5 wks)		(20 wks)
1993		* Released: 9 February 1993	* Label: Atlantic Records		(4 wks)		(16 wks)	US: Gold
2001	''Goddess in the Doorway''	* Released: 19 November 2001	* Label: Virgin Records		(4 wks)		(8 wks)	UK: Silver
2007	''The Very Best of Mick Jagger''	* Released: 1 October 2007	Rhino Entertainment>Rhino Records		(1 wk)		(2 wks)

Soundtrack

!Year	!Album details	Billboard 200>US
2004		* Release date: 18 October 2004	* Label: Virgin Records		(2 wks)

Singles

Release date	!A-side	!width="50"
	''Burden of Dreams''
1987	''Running Out of Luck''
1991	''At the Max''
1992	''Freejack''
1997
1999
	''Enigma (2001 film)
''[[The Man from Elysian Fields''
''Being Mick''
2003	''Mayor of the Sunset Strip''
2008

References

External links

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Sir Michael Philip ('Mick') Jagger (1943–), Singer and composer: Sitter associated with 33 portraits (National Portrait Gallery)

The Rolling Stones – Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger Joins a New ABC Sitcom

1983 Audio interview with Mick Jagger-discusses "Undercover" album Classic Rock Central

National Museum of Australia A collection of film memorabilia, including fascimiles of Ned Kelly's armour used in the film ''Ned Kelly'', is held at the National Museum of Australia.

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