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1965 French Championships – Women's Singles
Third-seeded Lesley Turner (tennis), Lesley Turner defeated the first-seeded reigning champion, Margaret Court, Margaret Smith, 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1965 French Championships (tennis), 1965 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Lesley Turner (tennis), Lesley Turner is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Margaret Court, Margaret Smith ''(finalist)'' # Maria Bueno ''(semifinals)'' # Lesley Turner (tennis), Lesley Turner ''(champion)'' # Nancy Richey ''(semifinals)'' # Françoise Dürr ''(quarterfinals)'' # Ann Haydon-Jones, Ann Jones ''(quarterfinals)'' # Annette Van Zyl ''(quarterfinals)'' # Norma Baylon ''(quarterfinals)'' # Helga Schultze ''(fourth round)'' # Jane Albert ''(second round)'' # Julie Heldman ''(second round)'' # Madonna Schacht ''(second round)'' # Liz Starkie ''(fourth round)'' # Jacqueline Rees-Lewis ''(third round)'' # Gail Sherriff ''(fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Turner (tennis)
Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey, Order of Australia, AM (née Turner; born 16 August 1942) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Her career spanned two decades from the late 1950s until the late 1970s. Turner Bowrey won the singles title at the French Open, French Championships, one of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam events, in 1963 French Championships (tennis), 1963 and 1965 French Championships (tennis), 1965. In addition she won 11 Grand Slam events in doubles and mixed doubles. Turner Bowrey achieved her highest singles ranking of No. 2 in 1964. Career Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events. Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French Open, French Championships. In 1963, she defeated Ann Haydon-Jones in the final, and in 1965, she defeated Margaret Court, Margaret Smith in the final. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tory Fretz
Tory-Ann Fretz (born August 8, 1942) is a former American amateur and professional tennis player who played in the 1950s and 1960s. She was ranked in the U.S. top ten from 1963 to 1966, and was No. 2 in the doubles rankings in 1965 and 1966. Career Fretz grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and played collegiate tennis at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. She was coached by Alice Marble. In 1961 she won the singles and doubles titles at the NCAA Intercollegiate Championship. At the U.S. Nationals, she was doubles semifinalist in 1965, and reached the mixed finals at the U.S. Open in 1968. She was runner-up to Carole Caldwell Graebner at the 1965 Pacific Southwest Championships. At the Cincinnati Masters, Fretz reached the singles final in 1968 before falling to Linda Tuero. She also reached the doubles final in 1962 at Cincinnati with Carolyn Rogers. In 1974, she played with Billie Jean King in the World Team Tennis on the Philadelphia Freedoms. She has been inducte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Rodríguez (tennis)
Michelle Boulle-Rodríguez is a French and Chilean former professional tennis player. When she started her career she was known as Michelle Boulle and represented France, then married tennis player Patricio Rodríguez in 1966 and became a naturalised Chilean. Rodríguez played three ties for the Chile Federation Cup team, one in 1968 and another two in 1974. She won all three of her singles rubbers and lost all three doubles matches that she played. During her career, she featured in the main draws of all four grand slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ... tournaments. Most of her singles appearances came in the 1960s, and from the 1970s, she primarily played doubles. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Michelle Year of birth missing (livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trish Faulkner
Patricia Faulkner (born 28 August 1945) is an Australian-American former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Sydney, Faulkner is the daughter of St. George rugby union player Terry McClenaughan, who later served as team manager for the Wallabies. She won the girls' doubles title at the 1963 Australian Championships and was also a junior national champion in the sport of squash. Faulkner played on the international tour in the 1960s and 1970s, featuring in all four grand slam tournaments. She was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1965 French Championships, partnering Fay Toyne. Her best singles results were third round appearances, including at the 1965 Wimbledon Championships. In 1974 she beat future French Open winner Virginia Ruzici in the first round of the US Open. While competing on tour, Faulkner permanently relocated to the United States with her British husband and was initially based in Detroit, but is now in Florida. She is a recipient of the WTA Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Lloyd
Robina Blakelock (born 21 February 1944) is a British former tennis player. Starting in 1963, she competed under her married name, Robin Lloyd, and was remarried in 1970 to Australian player Graham Primrose. Active in the 1960s, Blakelock grew up in Sussex. She was a British junior champion and as a 19-year old came close to beating Angela Mortimer, holding a match point against her in the 1962 Brighton final. Her best Wimbledon performances included a singles third round appearance in 1965 and All England Plate runner-up finish in 1966. She was a women's doubles semi-finalist at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships The 1968 Wimbledon Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that 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 Mo ... with Frances MacLennan. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blakelock, Robin 1944 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Sherriff
Carol Sherriff (born 20 October 1946) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Sherriff, a right-handed player from Sydney, is a daughter of tennis coach Ross Sherriff and younger sister of Gail Sherriff, better known as Gail Chanfreau. The sisters reached the doubles semi-finals of the 1965 French Championships together. They played against each other in the second round of the 1966 Wimbledon Championships The 1966 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 20 June until Saturday 2 July 1966. It was the 80th ..., which was the only known occasion since 1884 that two sisters had faced off at Wimbledon. The match attracted attention from the local press and was won in three sets by her sister Gail. From 1970 she competed as Carol Zeeman, after marrying South African tennis player Colin Zeeman. She has since remarried and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantal Langanay
Chantal Langanay (born 11 April 1944) is a French former professional tennis player. Langanay, a native of Rouen, is the daughter of 1930s tennis player Jacques Langanay. She was the French junior champion in 1958, beating Françoise Durr in the final. During the 1960s she was a regular in the singles main draw of 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 ... and never progressed further than the second round. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Langanay, Chantal 1944 births Living people French female tennis players Sportspeople from Rouen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée Varin
Andrée or Andree may refer to: People * Andrée (given name) * Andree (surname) Places * Andree, Minnesota, unincorporated community in Stanchfield Township, Isanti County, Minnesota * 1296 Andrée, asteroid * Andrée Land (Svalbard) * Andrée Land (Greenland) * Mount Andree, Heard Island * Andrée Island, Antarctica See also * Andre (other) Andre or André is the French form of the given name Andrew. Andre or André may also refer to: People * Andre (surname) * André (artist) (born 1971), Swedish-Portuguese graffiti artist * André (singer), Armenian singer * André the Giant, a ... de:Andree fr:Andrée nl:Andrée sv:Andrée {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Cawthorn
Lorna Cornell (born 3 January 1933) is a British former tennis player. Cornell is the daughter of athlete Muriel Gunn-Cornell, who was a world record holder for long jump. Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Cornell won the Wimbledon junior singles title twice and made regular appearances at the tournaments for two decades. She won the St.George's Hill Open singles title in 1961 and 1964. Cornell married Australian tennis coach Peter Cawthorn in 1953 but towards the end of her career had remarried and was competing as Lorna Greville-Collins. Other than tennis, Cornell also excelled in long jump as a junior and was named on the list of "possibles" to represent Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria-Teresa Riedl
Maria Teresa Riedl (14 December 1937 – 12 May 1995) was a tennis player from Italy. Biography She won eight medals at the Summer Universiade from 1959 to 1965. Achievements References External links * * Vecchie Glorie del Tennis {{DEFAULTSORT:Riedl, Maria Teresa 1937 births 1995 deaths Italian female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Sportspeople from Gorizia FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy Universiade bronze medalists for Italy Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles French Championships junior (tennis) champions Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade 20th-century Italian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlasta Vopičková
Vlasta Vopičková (born 26 March 1944) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Biography She was born in 1944 as Vlasta Kodešová. Her younger brother is Jan Kodeš, who won three Grand Slam titles. After her marriage to Czech ice hockey player Milan Vopička in 1964, she became Vlasta Vopičková. Vopičková made her Federation Cup debut for Czechoslovakia in 1964 and appeared in a total of nine ties. She had a 7-2 record in singles, which included a win over Virginia Wade in 1968. At Grand Slams, she was most successful on the clay courts of Roland Garros, making the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1968 and 1970. She also competed 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 * ... on several occasions and reached the round of 16 in the 1970 tournament. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retired (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of ''spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: '' Advantage'' to the ''server''. * Ad out: '' Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the '' advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a ''deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
