The era of 1979-1970 shows the superiority of the United States’ players. Among the famous male tennis players names from the United States were Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe.
One of the Australian tennis player names which show little dominance is Ken Rosewall, winning the title once and ending up runner up in 1974.
The list of the male winners and runner-ups of the U.S Open Tennis Championship during 1979-1970 is as follow:
Year 1979-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1979: John McEnroe
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1979: Vitas Gerulaitis
Year 1978-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1978: Jimmy Connors
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1978: Bjorn Borg
Year 1977-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1977: Guillermo Vilas
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1977: Jimmy Connors
Year 1976-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1976: Jimmy Connors
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1976: Bjorn Borg
Year 1975-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1975: Manuel Orantes
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1975: Jimmy Connors
Year 1974-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1974: Jimmy Connors
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1974: Ken Rosewall
Year 1973-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1973: John Newcombe
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1973: Jan Kodes
Year 1972-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1972: Ilie Nastase
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1972: Arthur Ashe
Year 1971-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1971: Stan Smith
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1971: Jan Kodes
Year 1970-U.S Open Tennis
■ U.S Open winner (male) – 1970: Ken Rosewall
■ U.S Open runner-up (male) – 1970: Tony Roche
