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1968 French Open – Women's Singles
Nancy Richey defeated Ann Jones (tennis), Ann Jones in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1968 French Open. It was her first French Open title and second (and last) Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title overall, after the 1967 Australian Championships – Women's singles, 1967 Australian Championships. Françoise Dürr was the defending champion, but was defeated in the fourth round by Gail Chanfreau, Gail Sherriff. This was the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era, in which professionals were allowed to compete against amateurs. Seeds Billie Jean King ''(semifinals)'' Ann Jones (tennis), Ann Jones ''(final)'' Françoise Dürr ''(fourth round)'' Rosemary Casals, Rosie Casals ''(fourth round)'' Nancy Richey (champion) Kerry Melville ''(fourth round)'' Vlasta Vopičková ''(quarterfinals)'' Maria Bueno ''(quarterfinals)'' Pat Walkden, Patricia Walkden ''(fourth round)'' Lea Pericoli ''(withdrew)'' Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Richey
Nancy Richey (born August 23, 1942) is an American former tennis player. Richey won two major singles titles (the 1967 Australian Championships and 1968 French Open) and four major women's doubles titles (the 1965 US Championships, 1966 Australian Championships, 1966 Wimbledon Championships, and 1966 US Championships). She was ranked world No. 2 in singles at year-end in 1969. Richey won 69 singles titles during her career and helped the US win the Federation Cup in 1969. She won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships a record six consecutive years, from 1963 through 1968. Richey married Kenneth S. Gunter on December 15, 1970. They were divorced on December 28, 1976, and Richey reverted to her maiden name. She is the sister of American tennis player Cliff Richey. They were the first brother-sister combination to both be concurrently ranked in the USA Top Ten. They were ranked in the Top Three concurrently in 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1970. Nancy Richey was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Baksheeva
Galina Baksheeva ( rus, Галина Бакшеева; 12 July 1945 – 18 December 2019) was a Soviet tennis player from Ukraine. Born in Kyiv, Baksheeva won back to back Wimbledon junior singles titles in 1961 and 1962. Baksheeva was a 13-time champion of the USSR during the 1960s, twice in singles and the rest in women's doubles or mixed doubles. At the Grand Slams, she made the fourth round of the 1967 Wimbledon Championships and 1968 French Open as well as reached the women's doubles quarterfinals at both events. In 1968, she played in three 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 for the Soviet Union, including a quarterfinal against Great Britain. See also * List of Soviet Federation Cup team representatives References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Palacios
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Carol-Ann Kalogeropoulos
Carol-Ann Kalogeropoulos (born 11 March 1943) is a Greek-American former professional tennis player. Kalogeropoulos originally competed under her maiden name Carol-Ann Prosen and is a native of Florida. An Orange Bowl The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935, making it, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, the second-oldest bowl game in th ... (18s) champion in 1960, she toured under the American flag until her marriage to Greek tennis player Nicholas Kalogeropoulos in 1966. She was a member of the Greece Federation Cup team between 1968 and 1973. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalogeropoulos, Carol-Ann 1943 births Living people American female tennis players Greek female tennis players Greek people of American descent Tennis people from Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiorella Bonicelli
Fiorella Bonicelli (born 21 December 1951) is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. She was born in Lima, Peru but grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay where she started playing tennis when at age 11. During her career, she won the 1975 French Open mixed doubles title with Thomaz Koch. She also won the 1976 French Open women's doubles title with Gail Lovera, defeating Kathleen Harter and Helga Niessen Masthoff 6–4, 1–6, 6–3. At the Fed Cup, her singles record is 11–4, and doubles record 6–8. During her career, she reached one Grand Slam singles quarterfinal, at the 1978 French Open, where she lost to Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Open singles championship. Career Ruzici became a professional tennis player in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her po ... in three sets. Grand Slam finals Doubles: (1 title) Mixed doubles: (1 title) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudine Rouire
Claudine may refer to: Name * Claudine (given name), a feminine given name of French origin Culture * ''Claudine'' (film), a 1974 American film by John Berry ** ''Claudine'' (soundtrack), its soundtrack album. Music by Curtis Mayfield and Gladis Knight & the Pips * ''Claudine'' (Claudine Longet album) * ''Claudine'' (book series), the protagonist of a series of novels by Colette * ''Claudine'' (TV series), a 2010 Philippine television series Others * ''Claudine'' (1811 ship) * Prince Claudin The Knights of the Round Table ( cy, Marchogion y Ford Gron, kw, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, br, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the knights of the fellowship of King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain. First appearing in lit ... or Claudine, son of the Frankish King Claudas in the Arthurian legend * ''Claudine'' (manga), a 1978 Japanese manga series {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fay Toyne
Fay Toyne (born 18 December 1943), also known by her married name Fay Toyne Moore, is a retired tennis player from Australia whose career spanned the 1960s. Toyne was a doubles finalist at the 1966 French Championships. Partnering Jill Blackman they were defeated in three sets in the final by compatriots Margaret Smith and Judy Tegart. In the singles event her best result at a Grand Slam event was twice reaching the fourth round. At the 1965 French Championships, she lost in the fourth round to Annette Van Zyl, and in the fourth round of the 1968 Wimbledon Championships, she was defeated in straight sets by first-seeded and eventual champion Billie Jean King. In 1964, Toyne won the grass court South of England Championships The South of England Championships, also known as the South of England Open Championships, was an outdoor tennis event held on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom from 1881 until 1972. History The ... in ... [...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] |
Esmé Emmanuel
Esmé Emmanuel Berg (born 14 June 1947) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Emmanuel was the girls' singles champion at the 1965 French Championships. She won a doubles gold medal at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Her best performance at Wimbledon came in 1972 when she was a doubles quarterfinalist, partnering Ceci Martinez. Biography Born in 1947, Emmanuel is a Sephardi Jew, with a mother who was Turkish born but raised in France. Her father was an emigrant to New York from Salonika, Greece. She studied Economics at San Francisco State University. Emmanuel was the girls' singles champion at the 1965 French Championships. She won a doubles gold medal at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Ramat Gan, Israel, in women's tennis in doubles with partner Rene Wolpert, defeating Americans Nadine Netter and Carole Wright. She won a silver medal in women's singles, defeating American Marilyn Aschner along the way but losing to Canadian Vicki Berner in the finals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Škulj
Irena Škulj (born 17 January 1946) is a former Yugoslavian tennis player. Playing for Yugoslavia in the Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ..., Škulj has accumulated a win/loss record of 0–4. In 1968 French Open singles Didn't play in the first round. She withdrew from the tournament in the second round. Career finals Singles (0–4) Doubles (7–4) References External links * {{ITF, irena-skulj/800174767/yug, Irena Škulj 1946 births Living people Yugoslav female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryna Godwin
Maryna Godwin (later Maryna Proctor, born 9 September 1944) is a retired South African tennis player. Her best achievement was reaching quarterfinals of the 1968 US Open. In 1968 and 1969 she played in four ties for the South African Fed Cup team. In 1969 she met South African cricketer Mike Procter. They married three months later, after which Godwin changed her last name and retired from competitions. For many years, due to Procter's cricket contracts, their family was living half-year in England and half-year in Zimbabwe, but since 1980s they settled in Durban North Durban North is an area to the north of Durban in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Durban North lies between the N2 freeway and the eastern seashore, with the Umgeni River forming its southern boundary. It ha ..., South Africa. Career finals Doubles (1 runner-up) References External links * * * Maryna Proctor tennisabstract.com wimbledon.com {{DEFAULTSORT:God ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Fraisse
Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace". Irene, and related names, may refer to: * Irene (given name) Places * Irene, Gauteng, South Africa * Irene, South Dakota, United States * Irene, Texas, United States * Irene, West Virginia, United States * Irene Lake, Quebec, Canada * Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States * Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota, United States * Irene River (Opawica River tributary), a tributary of the Opawica River in Quebec, Canada * Irene River (New Zealand), a river of New Zealand * Eirini metro station, an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece Storms and hurricanes * Tropical Storm Irene (1947) * Tropical Storm Irene (1959) * Hurricane Irene–Olivia (1971) * Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season * Hurricane Irene (1999) * Hurricane Irene (2005) * Hurricane Irene (2011) Arts and entertainment Films and anime * ''Irene'' (1926 film), an Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |