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1967 Fed Cup
The 1967 Federation Cup was the fifth edition of what is now known as the Fed Cup. 17 nations participated in the tournament, which was held at the Blau-Weiss Tennis Club in West Berlin from 6–11 June. United States defended their title, defeating Great Britain in the final. Participating teams Draw All ties were played at the Blau-Weiss Tennis Club in West Berlin on clay courts. First Round Italy vs. Belgium Second Round Great Britain vs. Sweden Netherlands vs. Italy Switzerland vs. Canada Denmark vs. West Germany Norway vs. South Africa Rhodesia vs. United States Quarterfinals Australia vs. France Great Britain vs. Italy Canada vs. West Germany South Africa vs. United States Semifinals Australia vs. Great Britain West Germany vs. United States Final Great Britain vs. United States References {{1967 in tennis Billie Jean King Cups by year Federation Cup Federation Cup Federation Cup Federation Cup Federation Cup Federation Cup Federation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Federation Cup (tennis)
The 1966 Federation Cup was the fourth edition of what is now known as the Fed Cup. 21 nations participated in the tournament, which was held at the Turin Press Sporting Club in Turin, Italy from 10–15 May. United States won their second title, defeating West Germany in the final, in what was the first final not featuring Australia. Participating teams Draw All ties were played at the Turin Press Sporting Club in Turin, Italy on clay courts. First Round Sweden vs. Morocco Hungary vs. Belgium Bulgaria vs. Canada Rhodesia vs. Austria Second Round United States vs. Sweden France vs. Hungary Great Britain vs. Canada Czechoslovakia vs. Poland Italy vs. Rhodesia Argentina vs. West Germany Netherlands vs. South Africa Switzerland vs. Australia Quarterfinals United States vs. France Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia Italy vs. West Germany Netherlands vs. Australia Semifinals United States vs. Great Britain West Germany v Australia Final United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidy Venneboer
Lidy Jansen Venneboer (born 17 August 1946), better known as Lidy Venneboer, is a Dutch former amateur tennis player. Jansen Venneboer is her maiden name, which became Kirsch-Jansen Venneboer after marriage. Venneboer, a native of Doetinchem, was the Dutch junior champion at age 17 and featured in several grand slam main draws while on tour in the late 1960s. She was a doubles semi-finalist with Betty Stöve at the 1967 Australian Championships. In 1968 she featured in the final of the Federation Cup with the Netherlands. The Dutch, appearing in their first ever final, came up against Australia and lost both singles rubbers to surrender the tie. Venneboer only played in the doubles, partnering Astrid Suurbeek, with whom she had won the deciding semi-final rubber over Mary-Ann Eisel and Nancy Richey of the United States. In the final she and Suurbeek lost the dead rubber to Margaret Court and Kerry Melville, but did manage to win a set over the Australians. Retiring at the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Robsahm
Kirsten is both a given name and a surname. Given name Kirsten is a female given name. It is a Scandinavian form of the names Christina and Christine. Behind the Name, retrieved 15 December 2009. * Kirsten (given name)
Kirsten is a Swedish, Danish and Norwegian form of the name Christina (given name), Christina.
B ... Surname People with the surname Kirsten include: *Amy Beth Kirsten (born 1972), American composer *Benjamin Kirsten (born 1987), German footballer *Dorot ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edda Buding
Edda Buding (13 November 1936 – 15 July 2014) was a German tennis player of Romanian birth. She received the doubles gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics doubles demonstration event partnered with Helga Niessen Masthoff. Along with Yola Ramírez Ochoa, she was the runner-up in the 1961 U.S. Championships women's doubles event and with Robert Howe was the runner-up in mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1961. She was the sister of Ingo Buding, a two-time junior singles champion at the French Championships, and Ilse Buding. She won the 1961 U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships singles title after a three-sets victory in the final against Karen Hantze. In 1964 she received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany. Buding is the first opponent to play Chris Evert at the U.S. Open. Evert won their 1971 match 6–1, 6–0. Buding died in 2014 in Aalen Aalen () is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Hahn-Evans
Lise may refer to: People *Eliseo Nicolás Alonso (known as Lise; 1955–2012), Spanish woodcarver and sculptor * Claude Lise (born 1941), French politician from Martinique Given name Lise is a variant of the given name Lisa *Lise de Baissac, Mauritian secret agent of the Special Operations Executive in World War II * Lise Cabble, Danish singer and songwriter *Lise Lindstrom, American operatic soprano *Lise Magnier (born 1984), French politician * Lise Mayer (born 1959), American-born English television and film writer *Lise Meitner (1878–1968), Austrian-Swedish physicist *Lise Myhre (born 1975), Norwegian cartoonist *Lise Salvas-Bronsard (1940–1995), Canadian economist * Lise Thériault (born 1966), Canadian politician * Lise Thibault (born 1939), Canadian politician * Lise Tréhot (1848–1922) a French art model Other uses *Lise, Široki Brijeg, a village in Široki Brijeg municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina *'' Lise with a Parasol'', an 1867 painting by Pierre-Auguste Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helga Niessen Masthoff
Helga Niessen Masthoff (née Niessen; born 11 November 1941) is a retired tennis player from West Germany. Her best Grand Slam singles tournament was when she reached the 1970 French Open final, losing to Margaret Court in straight sets. She won the German Open three consecutive years from 1972 through 1974, beating Martina Navratilova in the 1974 final in three sets. Masthoff was the runner-up at that tournament in 1971, losing to Billie Jean King. She won the German national singles title on ten occasions (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978). At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City when tennis was a demonstration sport, Masthoff won the singles and doubles (with Edda Buding) gold medals and the silver medal in mixed doubles (with Jürgen Faßbender). Masthoff teamed with Kathleen Harter to reach the women's doubles final at the 1976 French Open, losing to the team of Fiorella Bonicelli and Gail Sherriff Lovera 6–4, 1–6, 6–3. Mastho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Balling
Kirsten Pia Balling (born 20 June 1940) is a Danish former professional tennis player. A native of Vedbæk, Balling started playing tennis at the age of 14 and received tutoring from Kurt Nielsen. Balling was an 11-time Danish national singles champion in the 1960s, winning five indoor and six outdoor titles. She featured in doubles main draws at Wimbledon during her career and in 1962 reached the singles third round of the U.S. National Championships. Between 1963 and 1967 she represented Denmark in the Federation Cup. Personal life Balling studied at Russell Sage College in New York. As of 2003 she was running a cafe in Carefree, Arizona. She is the mother of professional tennis player Merete Balling-Stockmann Merete Balling-Stockmann (born 10 December 1970) is a Danish former professional tennis player. Balling-Stockmann is the daughter of tennis player Pia Balling, who was a five-time Danish national singles champion in the 1960s. A Danish national .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helga Schultze
Helga Schultze (2 February 1940 – 12 September 2015), also known by her married name Helga Hösl, was a German female tennis player who reached a singles ranking of No. 5 in 1964. Schultze was born in Berlin on 2 February 1940, and after World War II, she moved with her family to Hanau, where she played for the local club THC Hanau. Between 1961 and 1968 she competed in seven Wimbledon Championships. She achieved her best singles result at Wimbledon in 1962 when she reached the fourth round, losing to second-seeded Darlene Hard. She reached the semifinals at the 1964 French Championships where she lost in three sets to top-seeded and eventual champion Margaret Smith. At the U.S. Championships, she reached the third round in 1962 and 1964. In 1964 Schultz and her teammate Norma Baylon reached the doubles final at the 1964 French Championships, losing to Margaret Smith and Lesley Turner. Between 1964 and 1974, she participated in the German Fed Cup team and compiled a 14–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milly Vagn-Nielsen
Milly is a feminine given name, sometimes used as a short form ( hypocorism) of Mildred, Amelia, Emily, etc. It may refer to: People * Milly Alcock (born 2000), Australian actress * Milly Babalanda (born 1970), Ugandan politician * Milly Bernard (1920–2005), American politician * Milly Childers (1866–1922), English painter * Milly Clark (born 1989), Australian long distance runner * Milly Dowler (1988–2002), murdered English schoolgirl * Milly Durrant (born 1985), Welsh former footballer * Milly Johnson (born 1964), British romance novelist * Milly Mathis (1901–1965), French actress, mainly in films, born Emilienne Pauline Tomasini * Milly Quezada (born 1955), Latin American singer * Milly Ristvedt (born 1942), Canadian abstract painter * Milly Scott (born 1933), Dutch actress and singer born Marion Henriette Louise Molly in 1933 * Milly Shapiro (born 2002), American stage actress and singer * Milly Vitale (1933–2006), Italian actress * Milly Witkop (1877–195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicki Berner
Vicki Berner (26 July 1945 – 21 June 2017) was a Canadian professional tennis player. During her career, Berner won the doubles event at the Canadian Open five times. Between 1964 and 1973, Berner competed in Grand Slam events. Her highest finishes were the quarterfinals of the 1967 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles and the semifinals at the 1964 U.S. National Championships in mixed doubles. At the Fed Cup in the 1960s, Berner reached the quarterfinals at the 1964 Federation Cup in singles and the 1967 Federation Cup in doubles. In 1995, Berner was named into the Tennis Canada Hall of Fame. Biography A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Berner, who was Jewish, represented Canada in seven Federation Cup ties from 1964 to 1968 and was later, in 1971, the top ranked Canadian player. She was a five-time women's doubles champion at the Canadian Open, and a bronze medalist in doubles at the 1967 Pan American Games (with Faye Urban). At the 1961 Maccabiah Games in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Urban
Faye Urban (28 October 1945 – 11 November 2020) was a Canadian tennis player, the top-ranked player in Canada from 1967 to 1969. Career Raised in Windsor, Ontario, she competed in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in singles (the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open) and two in doubles (Wimbledon and the US Open), her best results being reaching the quarterfinals of Wimbledon (1967 in doubles) and the second round of the US Open (1969 in singles). In 1969, she won the Canadian Open (then called the Canadian Championships), the last Canadian to do so for 50 years, until Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ... in 2019. Urban was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996. She died on 11 November 2020, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Gubler
Silvia () is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, ''Silva'', and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the mythological god of the forest was associated with the figure of Silvanus. Silvia is also a surname. In Roman mythology, Silvia is the goddess of the forest while Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus. Silvia is also the name of one of the female innamorati of the commedia dell'arte and is a character of the '' Aminta'' written by Torquato Tasso. People with the given name * Queen Silvia of Sweden (born 1943), spouse of King Carl XVI Gustaf *Saint Silvia, Italian saint of the 6th century *Silvia Airik-Priuhka, Estonian writer and poetry translator *Silvia Bächli (born 1956), Swiss visual artist *Silvia Barbescu, Romanian painter *Silvia Bellot, Spanish motor racing official * Silvia Braslavsky, Argentinian chemist *Silvia Cambir, Romanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |