Calls for a boycott stem from a list of demands made by the players to the Grand Slam tournaments that their share in the total revenue from the Majors should rise to 22 per cent, as opposed to an average of 16 per cent through the four. (AP Photo) 1973 was the year Vijay Amritraj notched his best-ever finish at a Major, at a Wimbledon tournament that saw the Czech clay-court savant, Jan Kodes, triumph on grass. The historical oddity took place as a result of a large-scale boycott within the men’s draw; 81 players, including 12 of the 16 seeds, skipped the tournament after the ATP, then a mere players’ union, staged a protest over a harsh ban on their No. 1-ranked player Nikola Pilic. Things went on as usual. Kodes won an event that saw the second-highest attendance up to that date. Alongside Amritraj, a 17-year-old Bjorn Borg and a 20-year-old Jimmy Connors made the last eight of a Major for the first time in their careers.…