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1963 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Neale Fraser and Margaret duPont were the defending champions, but did not compete. Ken Fletcher and Margaret Smith defeated Bob Hewitt and Darlene Hard in the final, 11–9, 6–4 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1963 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Fred Stolle / Lesley Turner ''(semifinals)'' Ken Fletcher / Margaret Smith (champions) Dennis Ralston Richard Dennis Ralston (July 27, 1942 – December 6, 2020) was an American professional tennis player whose active career spanned the 1960s and 1970s. As a young player, he was coached by tennis pro Pancho Gonzales. He attended the University o ... / Ann Jones ''(semifinals)'' Bob Howe / Maria Bueno ''(fourth round)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1963 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles X=Mixed Doubles Wimbledon Championship by year – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Fletcher
Kenneth Norman Fletcher (15 June 1940 – 11 February 2006) was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. Biography He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to parents Norm and Ethel Fletcher. He was educated at St Laurence's College and showed early promise as a championship tennis player there. His greatest success as a tennis player came in 1963, when he became the only man to win a calendar year Grand Slam in mixed doubles, partnering fellow Australian Margaret Court. He reached the final of the Australian Open in 1963, losing to Roy Emerson. After this achievement, he went on to record mixed doubles championships in the Australian Open in 1964, French Open in 1964 and 1965, and Wimbledon in 1965, 1966, and 1968. All of his mixed doubles Grand Slam titles were in partnership with Smith Court. He also achieved a Grand Slam title in men's doubles in the 1964 French Open, playing with Emerson. At the Wimbledon men's doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Hunt (tennis)
Margaret Lilian Hunt (born 25 April 1942) is a South African former professional tennis player Active in the 1960s, Hunt reached women's doubles semi-finals at both the French Championships and Wimbledon. In the 1963 Federation Cup, the tournament's inaugural edition, Hunt was a member of the South African team with Renée Schuurman. She won each of her singles and doubles rubbers in the first two ties, against Czechoslovakia and France, to set up a semi-final versus Australia. Schuurman lost the opening rubber, but Hunt looked like levelling the tie when she led Jan Lehane by a set and 5–0, before the Australian came back to won, eliminating the South Africans. Hunt, who comes from Pretoria, was married to the late Johann Barnard, who headed the SA Tennis Union. She was the daughter of Eric Pfeilitzer Hunt (1911-2007) and Margaret Evelyn Colenbrander (1916-1999). See also *List of South Africa Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Head Knode
Alice Dorothy Head Knode (née Head; July 4, 1925 – October 25, 2015), also known as Dottie Head Knode, was an American tennis player who reached the women's singles final of the French Open, French International Championships in 1955, losing to Angela Mortimer in three sets, and 1957, losing to Shirley Bloomer in straight sets. She reached the semifinals of six other Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam singles tournaments from 1952 through 1957. In 1948, she won the singles title at the Cincinnati Masters (then known as the Cincinnati Masters, Tri-State Championships) after defeating Mercedes Madden Lewis in the final in straight sets. Knode won the singles title at the Qatar Telecom German Open, German Championships in 1950, 1952, and 1953. She also won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships in 1951, 1955, 1958, and 1960 and the bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. She and partner Darlene Hard were the runners-up in women's doubles at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy (November 22, 1913 – November 14, 2016) was a U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C. and turned 100 in November 2013. During his career he won five Grand Slam doubles tournaments and was a member of the winning Davis Cup team on three occasions. Mulloy played collegiate tennis for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Tennis career While he was the tennis coach at the University of Miami, Mulloy recruited Pancho Segura for the tennis team. Segura won three straight NCAA singles titles in 1943, 1944, and 1945. Segura went on to enjoy a successful professional tennis career, competing against the top touring professional players from 1947 until his retirement in 1962. Mulloy was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1967 as part of its inaugural class of inductees. Mulloy reached the U.S. Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie Reyes
Rosa María "Rosie" Reyes Darmon (''née'' Reyes; born 23 March 1939) is a retired tennis player from Mexico who was active in the 1950s and 1960s. Most of her success came on clay on which she won the women's doubles title at the 1958 French Championships with countrywoman Yola Ramírez. She also reached the finals at the same event in 1957 and 1959. In singles, her best result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 1959 French Championships in which she lost in straight sets to Zsuzsa Körmöczy of Hungary. She competed in the women's doubles event at 1968 Summer Olympics, where tennis was reintroduced as an exhibition and demonstration event. Partnering Julie Heldman, she won the gold medal in the exhibition event, held in Mexico City, and the silver medal in the demonstration event, held in Guadalajara. She married tennis player Pierre Darmon on 28 January 1960. Grand Slam finals Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up) Mixed doubles (1 runner-up) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Darmon
Pierre Darmon (born 14 January 1934) is a French former tennis player. He was ranked No.8 in the world in 1963, and also reached the top ten in 1958 and 1964. Early life Darmon was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He moved to France at 17 years of age. Tennis career Darmon was French national junior champion in 1950. He was France's top-ranked tennis player from 1957 to 1969, and won the national title nine times in that period. He also won the French national doubles championship in 1957 (with Paul Rémy), 1958 (with Robert Haillet), 1961 (with Gérard Pilet), and 1966 (with François Jauffret). In 1963, Darmon was the runner-up in singles at the French Open, where he beat Manuel Santana in five sets in the semi-finals before losing to Roy Emerson in the final in four sets. Also in 1963, he reached the finals at Wimbledon in doubles, along with partner Jean Claude Barclay. He was international veterans mixed doubles champion with his wife Rosie Darmon in 1961, and in 1968 and 1975 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Diepraam
Keith Diepraam (born 11 September 1942) is a retired South African male tennis player. Diepraam started playing tennis at age 15 when he went to Glenwood High School in Durban, South Africa. In 1964 he was runner–up to countryman Cliff Drysdale at the Stuttgart tournament. Between 1964 and 1966 Diepraam played seven ties for the South African Davis Cup team and compiled a record of 20 wins and 12 losses. In 1965 and 1966 South Africa reached the final of the Europe zone but lost to Spain and West Germany respectively. After his playing career he became a tennis coach and took a coaching position in Midland, Texas, USA in 1973. In 1990 he became the personal coach of Wayne Ferreira Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African former professional tennis player and current tennis coach. Career As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked world no. 1 junior doubles player and no. 6 junior singles player. He .... In 2009 he was inducted into the Texas Ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Ridderhof
Jenny Ridderhof-Seven (24 October 1936 — 2014) was a Dutch tennis player. Active during the 1960s, Ridderhof was associated with the ELTV club in Eindhoven. She won the Dutch national singles championship in 1963 and appeared in two ties that year for the Netherlands Federation Cup team. In 1968 she was non-playing captain of the Dutch side which made the Federation Cup final, losing to Australia. Ridderhof originally competed under her maiden name "Seven", before marrying Frans Ridderhof in 1961. See also *List of Netherlands Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to str ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ridderhof, Jenny 1936 births 2014 deaths Dutch female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Van Eijsden
Piet van Eijsden (9 May 1936 – 18 May 2021) was a Dutch tennis player. He was the runner-up in men's singles at the 1958 Dutch Open. He competed at the French Open (1959, 1960) and Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ... (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962). After retiring from playing, van Eijsden was tournament director of the Dutch Open from 1978 to 2006. References External links * 1936 births 2021 deaths Dutch male tennis players People from Naarden Sportspeople from North Holland {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Lehane
Janice Patricia "Jan" Lehane O'Neill OAM (née Lehane; born 9 July 1941) is a former Australian female tennis player. She was the first leading female player with a double-handed backhand. She won the singles title at the New South Wales Championships in 1959 after a three-sets victory in the final against Mary Carter Reitano. In 1960, she successfully defended her title by winning the semifinal against world No. 1 ranked Maria Bueno and the final in straight sets against Margaret Smith. At the Australian Championships, Lehane reached the singles final four consecutive years (1960–1963) but lost to Margaret Smith each time. She had a similar experience in women's doubles, reaching the final twice (in 1961 with Mary Bevis Hawton and 1963 with Lesley Turner Bowrey) but losing each time to a team that included Smith (with Mary Carter Reitano in 1961 and Robyn Ebbern in 1963). Lehane had more success in the mixed doubles, twice winning the title (in 1960 with Trevor Fancutt a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Newcombe
John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors, he won seven singles titles, a former record 17 men's doubles titles, and two mixed doubles titles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when the Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors. ''Tennis'' magazine rated him the 10th best male player of the period 1965–2005. Biography Newcombe played several sports as a boy before devoting himself to tennis. Newcombe's powerful serve and volley was the backbone of his attacking game. He frequently came up with a second-serve ace. He was the Australian junior champion from 1961 to 1963 and was a member of Australia's Davis Cup winning team in 1964. He won his first Grand Slam title in 1965 by taking the Australian Championships doubles title with fellow Australian Tony Roche. Tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Wade
Sarah Virginia Wade (born 10 July 1945) is a British former professional tennis player. She won three Major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all four majors. She was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in singles, and No. 1 in the world in doubles. Wade was the most recent British tennis player to win a major singles tournament until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open, and was the most recent British woman to have won a major singles title until Emma Raducanu won the 2021 US Open. After retiring from competitive tennis, she coached for four years, and has also worked as a tennis commentator and game analyst for the BBC and Eurosport and CBS in the U.S. Early life Wade was born in Bournemouth, England, UK, on 10 July 1945. Her father was the archdeacon of Durban. At one year old, Wade moved to South Africa with her parents. There, she learned how to play tennis. When she was fifte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
