# 1974 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Singles

The 1974 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Singles was an event of the 1974 Bavarian Tennis Championships men's tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts at the MTTC Iphitos in Munich, West Germany between 13 May and 19 May 1974. The draw comprised 32 players and eight of them were seeded. Sandy Mayer was the defending Bavarian Tennis Championships singles champion but did not compete in this edition. Seventh-seeded Jürgen Fassbender won the title, defeating fifth-seeded François Jauffret in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)
* Manuel Orantes (quarterfinals)
* Adriano Panatta (semifinals)
* Paolo Bertolucci (quarterfinals)
* François Jauffret (final)
* Karl Meiler (quarterfinals)
* Jürgen Fassbender (champion)
* Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (second round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Corrado Barazzutti | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | François Jauffret | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | François Jauffret | 6 | 6 | 6 | | 5 | François Jauffret | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | | 7 | Jürgen Fassbender | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Claudio Panatta | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Jürgen Fassbender | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Jürgen Fassbender | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | I Năstase | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Korpás | 2 | 5 | | 1 | I Năstase | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Elschenbroich | 0 | 3 | | | P Dominguez | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Dominguez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | I Năstase | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | P Proisy | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | C Barazzutti | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Barazzutti | 6 | 6 | | | C Barazzutti | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Simpson | 5 | 6 | | 8 | H-J Pohmann | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H-J Pohmann | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Barazzutti | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | F Jauffret | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | F Jauffret | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | A Muñoz | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | F Jauffret | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Jovanović | 6 | 6 | | | B Jovanović | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gisbert Sr. | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | F Jauffret | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | D Crealy | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | P Bertolucci | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | R Kreiss | 6 | 6 | 4 | | D Crealy | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Krulevitz | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | P Bertolucci | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Bertolucci | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 3 | C Panatta | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Špear | 0 | 0$^r$ | | 3 | C Panatta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Higueras | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | T Ovici | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ovici | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | C Panatta | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Holeček | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | K Meiler | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | H Kary | 6 | 6 | | | H Kary | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Ganzábal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | K Meiler | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | K Meiler | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Panatta | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | J Fassbender | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Fassbender | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | J Pinto-Bravo | 2 | 2 | | 7 | J Fassbender | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Goven | 6 | 6 | | | G Goven | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Phillips-Moore | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | J Fassbender | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | A Zugarelli | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | M Orantes | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | U Pinner | 6 | 6 | | | U Pinner | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-J Plötz | 2 | 3 | | 2 | M Orantes | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Orantes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |