16th March 2016 by What's What Team

Famous left-handed winners of the US open

The winners of US open during 1974-1984 (eleven years) were all left-handed.

The winners were the following:

Jimmy Connors (USA) – 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983

Manuel Orantes (Spain) – 1975

Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) – 1977

John McEnroe (USA) – 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984

Right-handed John Newcombe was the champion in 1973 and Ivan Lendl in 1985.