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1967 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles ...
Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King defeated the defending champions Maria Bueno and Nancy Richey in the final, 9–11, 6–4, 6–2 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1967 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey ''(final)'' Ann Jones / Virginia Wade ''(semifinals)'' Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King (champions) Judy Tegart / Lesley Turner ''(semifinals)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1967 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's doubles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Casals
Rosemary "Rosie" Casals (born September 16, 1948) is an American former professional tennis player. Casals earned her reputation as a rebel in the tennis world when she began competing in the early 1960s. During a tennis career that spanned more than two decades, she won more than 90 titles and was crucial to many of the changes in women's tennis during the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Casals was born in 1948 in San Francisco, to poor parents who had immigrated to the United States from El Salvador. Less than a year after Casals was born, her parents decided they could not care for her and her older sister, Victoria. Casals's great-uncle and great-aunt, Manuel and Maria Casals, took the young girls in and raised them as their own. When the children grew older, Manuel Casals took them to the public tennis courts of San Francisco and taught them how to play the game. He became the only coach Casals would ever have. But Nick Carter, former touring pro, father to Denise Carter-Trio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Gordigiani
Francesca Gordigiani (born 20 December 1940) is an Italian former tennis player. Known by her nickname "Cecca", Gordigiani is a native of Florence and the great-granddaughter of famous Italian portrait painter Michele Gordigiani. Her grandfather, Edoardo Gordigiani, was also an impressionist of note. Gordigiani, the girls' singles champion at Roland Garros in 1958, was one of Italy's top players during the 1960s. She won the Italian Tennis Championships in 1964 and reached the third round at Wimbledon on three occasions. Between 1964 and 1968 she represented Italy in the Federation Cup, competing in three singles and four doubles rubbers. Most notably she was the first Italian to win a completed Federation Cup rubber, when she overcame West Germany's Heide Schildknecht in 1965 to earn Italy a place in the quarter-finals. The opening singles rubber had been awarded to teammate Lea Pericoli, through a second set retirement by Helga Niessen. See also *List of Italy Fed Cup team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Hanks Aucamp
Carol Hanks Aucamp (born April 2, 1943) is a retired tennis player who played in the 1960s. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Accomplishments She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the United States (1964), and was ranked 10th in 1960, 11th in 1961, 12th in 1962 and 7th in 1963. She won the U.S. Indoor Singles title in 1963, the U.S. Hardcourt Singles title in 1962, and the Cincinnati singles title in 1960. She also was a singles finalist in Cincinnati in 1959. In doubles, she won the U.S. Indoor Doubles title (with Mary-Ann Eisel) in 1963, 1964 and 1965, and in 1958 with Nancy O'Connell, and won the title in Cincinnati in 1960 with Justina Bricka. Biography She attended Stanford University, where she won the Intercollegiate Doubles title with Linda Yeomans in 1962. She is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. Aucamp graduated from Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Rossouw
Laura Rossouw (born 15 July 1946) is a South African former tennis player who was active in the late 1960s and first half of the 1970s. Tennis career During her career Rossouw won three singles and two doubles titles. She toured the European circuit for the first time in 1966. Her best singles results at a 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 ... tournament were reaching the third round at the 1966 and 1972 Wimbledon Championships. In the doubles and mixed doubles events she reached he quarterfinal on four occasions. In the doubles and mixed doubles events she reached he quarterfinal on four occasions. In December 1970 Rossouw competed for the South African Fed Cup team in the World Group, winning three of the four matches she played. Career finals Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Delport
Margarethe "Greta" Delport (born 29 April 1945) is a South African former tennis player. Born in Port Elizabeth, Delport was most active in the 1960s and her career included a singles third round appearance at the 1967 Wimbledon Championships. She participated in South Africa's winning 1972 Federation Cup campaign. See also *List of South Africa Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the South Africa Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. South Africa have taken part in the competition since 1963. Players References External linksTennis South Africa {{DEFAULTSOR ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Delport, Greta 1945 births Living people South African female tennis players Sportspeople from Port Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Els Veentjer-Spruyt
Elsie Veentjer-Spruyt (born Elsie Spruyt; 7 December 1943) is a Dutch former tennis player. A three-time national doubles champion, Veentjer-Spruyt featured in the main draw of four Wimbledon Championships during the 1960s. Her best result was a third round appearance in women's doubles with Trudy Groenman in 1965. She never won a Wimbledon singles match, although in 1967 she received a bye and then default to be drawn against Billie Jean King in the third round, but was deemed unfit and couldn't take to the court. Veentjer-Spruyt was a member of the Dutch 1966 Federation Cup team, defeated in the quarter-finals by Australia. 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 * * * {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances MacLennan
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 Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Stöve
Betty Flippina Stöve (born 24 June 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles final during the same year at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles. Career Stöve began playing tennis internationally in the mid-1960s. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 1964 Wimbledon. A virus, complicated by a malfunctioning thyroid gland, forced Stöve out of tennis for an 18-month period in the late 1960s. Despite being advised that she should never play tennis again, Stöve recovered to have her best years on the circuit. Stöve was an accomplished singles player reaching several finals on tour and attaining a singles ranking of number 5. Stöve's best grand slam singles performance was at the 1977 Wimbledon where she reached the final beating fellow doubles partner Martina Navratilova en route in the quarterfinals, a ... [...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] |
Heather Brewer-Segal
Heather Mary Hope Brewer-Segal (1931–2006), born Heather Nicholls, was a Bermudian tennis player. Career Born in Lancashire, Brewer-Segal grew up on the island of Bermuda. She attended Rollins College in Florida, where she played varsity tennis, before competing on the international circuit through the 1950s and 1960s. Brewer-Segal, a left-handed player, made the singles semi-finals at the French Championships in both 1955 and 1958, while her best Wimbledon performance was a doubles semi-final appearance in 1954. She twice won the singles title at the South African Championships and was runner-up once. In 1957 she also won the Swiss International Championships at Gstaad. In 1958 she won the Italian Riviera Championships in Sanremo on clay against Mexico's Rosie Reyes. In 1960 she won the Trofeo Conde de Godó (known today as the Barcelona Open) on clay against Pilar Barril. Personal life Brewer-Segal had marriages to William Jefferson Brewer (1952) and South African tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Drysdale
Jean Drysdale (née Forbes; 23 September 1939 — 31 March 1984) was a South African tennis player. Drysdale grew up on a sheep farm in Burgersdorp and the family had a tennis court as part of the property, where she practised with elder brothers Gordon and Jack Forbes, both tour players. As a 15-year old in 1955 she made a surprise run to the singles final of the Queen's Club Championships, a precursor tournament to Wimbledon. She defeated two players who gained high seedings at Wimbledon, Darlene Hard and Dorothy Knode, but was unable to compete at the championships herself due to an age restriction. Drysdale's best performance at the Wimbledon Championships came in 1962 when she reached the fourth round of the singles and while partnering brother Gordon made the mixed doubles quarter-finals. In 1967 she married tennis player Cliff Drysdale in London. She had another tennis playing relation at this time in Valerie Koortzen, a Wimbledon quarter-finalist, who was her sister-in- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Blakelock
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 with Frances MacLennan 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 o .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blakelock, Robin 1944 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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