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1954 French Championships (tennis)
The 1954 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 18 May until 30 May. It was the 58th staging of the French Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1954. Tony Trabert and Maureen Connolly won the singles titles. Finals Men's singles Tony Trabert defeated Art Larsen 6–4, 7–5, 6–1 Women's singles Maureen Connolly defeated Ginette Bucaille 6–4, 6–1 Men's doubles Vic Seixas / Tony Trabert defeated Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 Women's doubles Maureen Connolly / Nell Hall Hopman defeated Maud Galtier / Suzanne Schmitt 7–5, 4–6, 6–0 Mixed doubles Maureen Connolly / Lew Hoad defeated Jacqueline Patorni / Rex Hartwig 6–4, 6–3 References External links French Open official website {{1954 in tennis French Championships French Championships (tennis) by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Championships (tennis)
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros. The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface. It is chronologically the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments, occurring after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon and the US Open. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on grass. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the French Open is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. History Officially named in French ''les Internationaux de Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 In French Tennis
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – 1954 Blons avalanches, Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau rebellion, Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Championships (tennis) By Year
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros. The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface. It is chronologically the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments, occurring after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon and the US Open. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on grass. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the French Open is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. History Officially named in French ''les Internationaux de Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 In Tennis
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered submari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Wimbledon Championships
The 1954 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 21 June until Saturday 3 July 1954. It was the 68th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1954. Jaroslav Drobný and Maureen Connolly won the singles titles. Finals Seniors Men's singles Jaroslav Drobný defeated Ken Rosewall, 13–11, 4–6, 6–2, 9–7 Women's singles Maureen Connolly defeated Louise Brough, 6–2, 7–5 Men's doubles Rex Hartwig / Mervyn Rose defeated Vic Seixas / Tony Trabert, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 Women's doubles Louise Brough / Margaret duPont defeated Shirley Fry / Doris Hart, 4–6, 9–7, 6–3 Mixed doubles Vic Seixas / Doris Hart defeated Ken Rosewall / Margaret duPont, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 Juniors Boys' singles Ramanathan Krishnan defeated Ashley Cooper, 6–2, 7–5 Girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Australian Championships (tennis)
The 1954 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 22 January to 1 February. It was the 42nd edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 12th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Mervyn Rose and Thelma Coyne Long. Finals Men's singles Mervyn Rose defeated Rex Hartwig 6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 6–2 Women's singles Thelma Coyne Long defeated Jenny Staley 6–3, 6–4 Men's doubles Rex Hartwig / Mervyn Rose defeated Neale Fraser / Clive Wilderspin 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 Women's doubles Mary Bevis Hawton / Beryl Penrose defeated Hazel Redick-Smith / Julia Wipplinger 6–3, 8–6 Mixed doubles Thelma Coyne Long / Rex Hartwig defeated Beryl Penrose / John Bromwich 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 Boys' singles Billy Knight defeated Roy Emerson 6–3, 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Hartwig
Rex Noel Hartwig (2 September 1929 – 30 December 2022) was an Australian tennis player. Early life Rex Hartwig was born on 2 September 1929 in Culcairn, New South Wales. Both parents played tennis, and at age 10, Hartwig won a local tournament with his father. When he was 13, he began competing in afternoon competitions and took a job managing tennis courts in Albury. He formed a doubles team with Allan Kendall Jr., and the team won the NSW, Victorian and Australian Junior titles. Tennis career Hartwig was ranked World No. 5 in both 1954 and 1955 by Lance Tingay of ''The Daily Telegraph''. ;Wimbledon He won the doubles in Wimbledon twice: in 1954 with Mervyn Rose and in 1955 with Lew Hoad. ;Australian Championships In 1953, he won the doubles with Mervyn Rose and the mixed doubles with Julia Sampson Hayward. In 1954 he again won the mixed doubles title in Melbourne, this time partnering Thelma Coyne Long. ;U.S. Championships In 1953, he won the doubles title at the U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Patorni
Jacqueline Patorni (15 May 1917– 12 March 2002) was a French tennis player. She was runner up in the 1944 Tournoi de France The ''Tournoi de France'' ( French, 'Tournament of France') was a friendly international football tournament organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) that was held in France. There have been two tournaments: the first in February 1988 a ..., losing the final in straight sets to Raymonde Veber. Patorni also reached the third round of the 1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles. Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles (1 runner-up) References 1917 births 2002 deaths French female tennis players 20th-century French women {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Schmitt
Suzanne Josette Marguerite Schmitt (18 October 1928 — 27 October 2019) was a French tennis player. Schmitt, a relation of tennis player Nanette le Besnerais, was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s. She made the women's doubles final of the 1954 French Championships, where she and Maud Galtier lost in three sets to Maureen Connolly and Nell Hall Hopman. In 1955 she was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at 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 * .... She began competing under her husband's name in the mid-1950s after marrying French engineer Denys Le Besnerais. Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmitt, Suzanne 1928 births 2019 deaths French female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maud Galtier
Maud Galtier (21 April 1913 — 7 April 2014) was a French tennis player. Biography Galtier, a native of Toulon, began competing in the 1940s and was originally known by her maiden name Maud Mottez. She won France's national singles championship title in 1954 and was a two-time winner of the French Covered Court Championships. Partnering Suzanne Schmitt, she made the women's doubles final of the 1954 French Championships, which they lost in three sets to Maureen Connolly and Nell Hall Hopman. Her vision was limited during the match as she had sat on her glasses on a changeover. Galtier, who used an underarm serve, continued to play at the French Championships The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ... into the 1960s after she had become a grandmother. She lived to 100. Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player. He won a record 23 Majors in singles, including eight Grand Slam singles titles and, before the Open Era, a record 15 Pro Slam titles (including a Pro Grand Slam in 1963). Rosewall also won a record 24 major men's doubles titles, with nine Grand Slam titles (including a career Grand Slam) and 15 Pro Slam men's doubles titles. Rosewall had a renowned backhand and enjoyed a long career at the highest levels from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. Rosewall was ranked as the world No. 1 tennis player by multiple sources from 1961 to 1964, multiple sources in 1970 and Rino Tommasi in 1971 and 1972. Rosewall was first ranked in the top 20 in 1952 and last ranked in the top 20 in 1977. Rosewall is the only player to have simultaneously held Pro Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces (1962–1963). At the 1971 Australian Open, he became the first ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
