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1969 US Open – Women's Singles
Margaret Court defeated Nancy Richey in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1969 US Open. It was her third major singles title of the year, her third US Open singles title and her sixteenth singles major overall. Court would go on to win the next five majors, setting the record for most consecutive major titles in the Open Era at six. Virginia Wade was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Court. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Margaret Court is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Ann Haydon-Jones ''(withdrew from the tournament before it began'') # Margaret Court ''(champion)'' # Billie Jean King ''(quarterfinals)'' # Julie Heldman ''(quarterfinals)'' # Virginia Wade ''(semifinals)'' # Nancy Richey ''(finalist)'' # Rosie Casals ''(semifinals)'' # Kerry Melville ''(first round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Final eight Earlier rounds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (''née'' Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian retired former world No. 1 tennis player and a Christian minister. Considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 24 major singles titles and total of 64 major titles (including 19 Grand Slam women's doubles and 21 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles) are the most in tennis history. Court was born in Albury, New South Wales. In 1960, aged 17, she won the first of seven consecutive Australian Open singles titles. She completed a Career Grand Slam at the age of 21 with her victory at Wimbledon in 1963. Taking a brief hiatus in 1966 and 1967, Court played as an amateur until the advent of the Open Era in 1968. She completed a Grand Slam by winning all four major singles titles in 1970, part of a record six consecutive major singles victories. She gave birth to her first child in 1972, but returned to tennis later in the year and won three Grand Slam singles ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Dürr
Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French tennis player. She won 50 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles. According to Lance Tingay, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Dürr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a career high of world No. 3 in those rankings in 1967. She finished second to Billie Jean King in prize money earnings in 1971. Dürr reached a total of 27 Grand Slam finals – one in singles, 18 in women's doubles, and eight in mixed doubles. She won twelve of them. Biography Dürr is best known for winning the singles title at the 1967 French Championships. She defeated Maria Bueno in a quarterfinal and Lesley Turner in the final. In addition to her singles championship, Dürr won seven Grand Slam women's doubles titles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She was the runner-up in 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjory Gengler
Marjory Logan Gengler Smith (born May 3, 1951) is an American retired tennis player. In 1973, while a student at Princeton University, she was captain of the women's tennis team and led them to an undefeated season in 1972. She was the top ranked player at Princeton, the number one-ranked female player in the Eastern United States, and the first woman to be featured, as "Princeton's Best Athlete", on the cover of ''Princeton Alumni Weekly''. In 1973, inspired by the Battle of the Sexes between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, Gengler took on Jeffrey Lewis-Oakes, the top ranked men's junior varsity player, but lost the match. Gengler competed at the US Open in mixed doubles in 1971, 1973, and 1974 and in doubles in 1971, as well as singles in 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1971. She also competed at Wimbledon in mixed doubles in 1972. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004. Gengler is married to retired professional tennis player Stan Smith. Early life an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitka Volavková
Jitka Volavková (born 1939) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Playing for Czechoslovakia in the Fed Cup, Volavková has accumulated a win–loss record of 5–6. She lost to the British player Ann Jones in the fourth round at the 1965 French Open. She lost to the British player 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 f ... in the fourth round at the 1967 Wimbledon. Career finals Singles (5–6) Doubles (4–7) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Volavkova, Jitka 1939 births Living people Czechoslovak female tennis players Tennis players from Prague Universiade medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Universiade silver medalists for Czechoslovakia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Netter
Nadine Netter Levy (born October 26, 1944) is an American former professional tennis player. She competed in the French Open, Wimbledon, and at the US Open, and won a silver medal in women's doubles at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Biography Netter was born to parents who were recent arrivals. Her German father Kurt and Swiss mother Alice (Dreyfus) both left Europe in the early stages of World War II. She grew up in New York and is Jewish. She attended Scarsdale High School and Wellesley College ('66), graduated with a degree in German ,and was inducted into the Wellesley College Athletics Hall of Fame. She earned a Master’s of International Affairs degree from Columbia University. She won the Eastern Women's College Tournament in 1962, and was the Eastern Intercollegiate Champion and New England Intercollegiate women's Tennis Championship winner in 1965. Active on tour in the 1960s, Netter competed internationally in the French Open and Wimbledon. She reached the third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana María Arias
Ana María Arias Pinto Bravo (born 24 July 1946) is a former professional tennis player from Chile. Biography Arias is originally from Argentina, which she represented when she started playing on tour in the 1960s. She made the round of 16 at the 1970 French Open as a qualifier and was runner-up in the doubles at the 1971 Swedish Open, partnering Linda Tuero. In the early 1970s she married Chilean tennis player Jaime Pinto Bravo and began competing for her husband's country, including in two Federation Cup Federation Cup or Fed Cup is the former name of the premier world team competition in women's tennis. Federation Cup may also refer to: * Capital Football Federation Cup, an Australian territory-based association football tournament *Federation Cup ... ties in 1974. Her three children are competitive squash players, who all won medals for Chile at the 2018 South American Games. WTA Tour finals Doubles (0–1) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arias, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Lundquist
Eva Lundqvist (born 16 December 1944) is a Swedish former tennis player. A Federation Cup player for Sweden in 1966 and 1967, Lundqvist featured in a total of three ties, including a World Group 2nd round fixture against the United States, where she faced Billie Jean King in doubles. She was a doubles winner at the 1968 Swedish Open and reached the singles third round of the 1969 French Open. Lundqvist, who adopted the name Wennerström after marriage, had a daughter named Nina who played professionally. See also *List of Sweden Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Sweden Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. Sweden have taken part in the competition since 1964. Players References External linksSvenska Tennisförbundet {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweden ... References External links * * * * (duplicate) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lundqvist, Eva 1944 births Living people Swedish female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Taylor (tennis)
Frances MacLennan (born 20 December 1943) is a Scottish former professional tennis player. MacLennan, born in Glasgow, was one of Great Britain's top players of the 1960s. A regular competitor at Wimbledon, she made it through the round of 16 of the singles in 1965, but her best performance at the tournament was a semi-final appearance in doubles with Robin Lloyd in 1968. MacLennan is the former wife of tennis player Roger Taylor Roger Taylor may refer to: *Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (born 1949), drummer for Queen *Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) (born 1960), drummer for Duran Duran *Roger Taylor (author), author of epic fantasy Hawklan series *Roger Taylor (college pr ..., who she married in 1969. The couple had three children. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:MacLennan, Frances 1943 births Living people British female tennis players Scottish female tennis players Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade Universiade bronze medalists for Great Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Lebedeff
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
