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1976 French Open – Women's Singles
Sue Barker defeated Renáta Tomanová in the final, 6–2, 0–6, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1976 French Open. Chris Evert was the two-time reigning champion, but chose not to defend her title. She elected to compete in World TeamTennis and did not return to the French Open until 1979. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Sue Barker is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Sue Barker ''(champion)'' # Helga Masthoff ''(quarterfinals)'' # Marita Redondo ''(third round)'' # Mima Jaušovec ''(second round)'' # Lesley Hunt ''(first round)'' # Linky Boshoff ''(second round)'' # Gail Chanfreau Lovera ''(second round)'' # Fiorella Bonicelli ''(second round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 References External links1976 French Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Barker
Sue or SUE may refer to: Music * Sue Records, an American record label * ''Sue'' (album), an album by Frazier Chorus * "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", a song by David Bowie Places * Sue Islet (Queensland), one of the Torres Straits islands, Australia * Sue, Fukuoka, a town in Japan ** Sue Station (Fukuoka), a railway station * Sue Lake, a lake in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States Other uses * Suing (to sue), a type of lawsuit * Sue (name), a feminine given name (and list of people with the name) * Sué, a god of the Andean Muisca civilization * Sue (dinosaur), a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' specimen * '' Sue Lost in Manhattan'' or ''Sue'', a 1998 film * Subsurface Utility Engineering * Sue ware, ancient Japanese pottery * ARC (file format) or .sue * Door County Cherryland Airport's IATA code * Mary Sue or Sue, an idealized fictional character * Yoshiko Tanaka or Sue (1956–2011), Japanese actress People with the surname * Carolyn Sue, Australian physician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 powerful forehand. In a career spanning 12 years, Ruzici won 12 career singles titles, including one Grand Slam title, the 1978 French Open. In the final, she beat 1977 French Open champion Mima Jaušovec 6–2, 6–2. Ruzici also won the French Open doubles event with Jaušovec in 1978 and reached the mixed doubles final in 1978. She appeared in the French Open singles final in 1980 French Open, 1980, but lost in straight sets to Chris Evert. Ruzici remained in the world's top 20 from 1977 to 1983. She regularly featured in the Romania Fed Cup team throughout her career, and began playing for them in 1973, two years before turning professional. At Wimbledon 1978, Ruzici lost a notable match in the quarterfinal to the Australian Evonne Gool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Anliot
Helena Anliot (born 26 September 1956) is a Swedish former 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 strike a hollow rubber ball ... player.Ett sekel av svensk tennis, Festskrift utgiven av KLTK vid dess 100-årsjubileum (). She was seeded 6 in the 1977 Australian Open. WTA career finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) ITF finals Singles (8–5) Doubles (5–8) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anliot, Helena Swedish female tennis players 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Falun 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Van Haver
Monique Van Haver (born 31 August 1948) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Biography Van Haver was a regular member of the Belgium Fed Cup team, Belgium Federation Cup team throughout the 1970s. She featured in a total of 30 ties during her career, with a 22/28 overall win–loss record from 50 matches. Her doubles partnership with Michèle Gurdal resulted in 11 Federation Cup wins and is Belgium's most successful. The pair made the women's doubles quarter-finals together at the 1976 French Open. Following her retirement, Van Haver worked as a tennis coach around Brussels. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Haver, Monique 1948 births Living people Belgian female tennis players 20th-century Belgian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile De Roubin
Odile de Roubin (born 28 September 1948) is a former professional tennis player from France. Biography As a junior, de Roubin won the girls' singles title at the 1966 French Championships. During the 1970s she competed on the professional tour, making regular appearances at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships. Her best performance came at the 1973 French Open, where she won her way through to the quarter-finals, beating third seed Virginia Wade en route. She also toppled the third seed at the 1975 French Open, American player Julie Heldman. She represented France in three editions of the Federation Cup, in 1970, 1973 and 1974, for a total of 11 ties. See also *List of France Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the France Fed Cup team in an official 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 ... References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susana Maria Villaverde
Susana Maria Villaverde (born 9 February 1955) was a former Swiss tennis player born in Argentina. She played in singles at the French Open in 1976. Lost to the Italian Daniela Marzano in the first round. Her partner in women's doubles, Argentina Elvira Weisenberger lost in the Second round to Uruguayan Fiorella Bonicelli and French Gail Chanfreau Gail Chanfreau (née Sherriff; born 3 April 1945), also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a French former amateur and professional tennis player. Tennis career Chanfreau was born in Australia, but moved to France in 1968. Chanfreau .... Career finals Singles (2–0) Doubles (2–5) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villaverde, Susana Maria 1955 births Swiss people of Argentine descent Sportspeople of Argentine descent Argentine female tennis players Swiss female tennis players Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrix Klein
Beatrix Klein-Szalay (born 19 January 1953) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. A native of Budapest, Klein was Hungary's national singles champion in 1976 and represented her country in 10 Federation Cup rubbers. During her career she made three singles main draw appearance at the French Open and qualified for the US Open in 1981. She now lives in New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ..., where she coaches tennis. See also * List of Hungary Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Beatrix 1953 births Living people Hungarian female tennis players Tennis players from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Kloss
Ilana Sheryl Kloss (born 22 March 1956) is a former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and commissioner of World TeamTennis from 2001-21. She was the World's No. 1 ranked doubles player in 1976, and World No. 19 in singles in 1979. She won the Wimbledon juniors singles title in 1972, the US Open juniors singles title in 1974, and the US Open Doubles and French Open Mixed Doubles titles in 1976. She won three gold medals at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Personal life Kloss was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is Jewish. Kloss is married to Billie Jean King, the US tennis player. The two were married in a secret ceremony in 2018 and have been together for over 40 years. The two of them became minority owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in September 2018 and Angel City FC, a Los Angeles-based team set to start play in the National Women's Soccer League in 2022, in October 2020. Tennis career Before turning professional, she won the juniors sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura DuPont
Laura duPont (May 4, 1949 – February 20, 2002) was a female American tennis player. She was the first woman to win a national title in any sport for the University of North Carolina,ITA - 2002 Inductee Laura duPont as well as being the first female All-American at the school. She was not related to the multiple grand slam winner . Born in , Laura became acquainted with tennis by practici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Porzio
Daniela Porzio (6 June 1950–2 October 2017), also known by her married name Daniela Marzano, was a professional tennis player from Italy who was active in the 1970s. During her career she reached the second round in singles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. Her best Grand Slam result in doubles was reaching the semifinals at the 1978 French Open with her American partner Paula Smith, which they lost to eventual champions Mima Jaušovec and Virginia Ruzici. Porzio was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1971 to 1980 and had a 15–14 win–loss record. After her playing career, she started coaching and became the first coach of Francesca Schiavone Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1998 and won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She wa .... She was married to Italian tennis player Pietro Marzano. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy May
Kathy May Fritz (born June 18, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. She reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals, once at the US Open in 1978 and twice at the French Open in 1977 and 1978. She won seven WTA singles titles during her career, and achieved a career-high ranking of world no. 10 in 1977. She also competed under the names Kathy May Teacher after her marriage in 1979 to tennis player Brian Teacher, and Kathy May-Paben. Her son Taylor Fritz is also a professional tennis player, and he was the 2015 ITF Junior World Champion. Early and personal life May was born and grew up in Beverly Hills, California. She is the great-granddaughter of David May, founder of The May Department Stores Company (now Macy's). In 1979, she married fellow Californian player Brian Teacher, also a top 10 tennis player and the 1980 Australian Open champion; they subsequently divorced. She married fireman Donn Paben in 1981 with whom she had two sons, and subsequently divorced. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Doerner
Cynthia Doerner (née Sieler) (born 11 February 1951) is an Australian former international tennis player. She competed in the Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ... four times, from 1973 to 1979. at australianopen.com References External links * * 1951 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |