1974 Australian Open – Men's Singles


Second-seeded Jimmy Connors defeated Phil Dent 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1974 Australian Open.
John Newcombe was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ross Case.
For the first time in the history of Open Era, none of the semifinalists had previously won a Grand Slam title.
Björn Borg competed in this Australian Open for the first and only time in his career. He lost to Dent in the third round. The format was the same as the previous year with the first round best of 3 sets and the rest of the tournament best of 5 sets.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Jimmy Connors is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. John Newcombe '
  2. Jimmy Connors
  3. John Alexander '
  4. Björn Borg '
  5. Karl Meiler '
  6. Colin Dibley '
  7. Onny Parun '
  8. Ross Case '
  9. Phil Dent '
  10. Dick Crealy '
  11. Geoff Masters '
  12. Allan Stone '
  13. Bob Giltinan '
  14. Barry Phillips-Moore '
  15. Bob Carmichael '
  16. John Cooper

    Draw

Key

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4