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1978 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Chris O'Neil defeated Betsy Nagelsen in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1978 Australian Open. Evonne Goolagong was the reigning champion, but did not compete this year. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Chris O'Neil is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Sue Barker ''(quarterfinals)'' # Renáta Tomanová ''(quarterfinals)'' # Beth Norton ''(second round)'' # Amanda Tobin ''(first round)'' # Renee Blount ''(second round)'' # Cynthia Doerner ''(first round)'' #''Withdrawn'' # Betsy Nagelsen ''(finalist)'' Qualifying Draw Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 References External links 1978 Australian Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris O'Neil (tennis)
Christine O'Neil (born 19 March 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player. O'Neil is best known for her singles victory at the 1978 Australian Open, and was the last Australian to win the title until Ashleigh Barty in 2022. She also became the first unseeded woman to win the title in the Open era. O'Neil is also one of the few players who have won both the Australian Open junior (1973) and senior (1978) titles. In 2007, along with her brothers Keith and William, O'Neil took over the Morisset Sports & Tennis Centre located in Newcastle, New South Wales. The centre was subsequently renamed the O'Neil School of Tennis. She then moved on to operate O'Neil's School of Tennis in Cessnock, New South Wales. She has since moved to Port Macquarie Port Macquarie is a coastal town in the local government area of Port Macquarie-Hastings. It is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. The town is located o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kym Ruddell
Kym Ruddell (born 19 July 1955) is an Australian former professional tennis player. While competing on tour, Ruddell appeared in every Australian Open from 1974 to 1980. She was most successful in women's doubles, reaching the semifinals twice and the quarterfinals two times. Ruddell was runner-up to Judy Tegart-Dalton at the 1975 Australian Hard Court Championships. She was also a doubles finalist in two WTA Tour level tournaments during her career. In 1977, Ruddell partnered with Karen Krantzcke Karen Krantzcke (1 February 1946 – 11 April 1977) was an Australian tennis player. She achieved a world top ten singles ranking in 1970. In her short career, she made the quarterfinals or better at each of the four Grand Slam championships in ... to win a doubles tournament in Tallahassee. After they won the final and were due to pick up their winner's cheques, Krantzcke decided to go for a jog and suffered a fatal heart attack around 200 metres from the courts. WTA Tour final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Connor
Judith Connor (born 18 November 1953) is a retired female tennis player from New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... also known by her married name, Judy Connor-Chaloner. She won the 1979 doubles title at the Australian Open, alongside Dianne Evers. It was Connor's first and only career Grand Slam title. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Connor, Judy 1953 births Living people New Zealand female tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles 20th-century New Zealand women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabina Simmonds
Sabina Simmonds (born 17 April 1960) is a retired tennis player from Italy. She competed 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 ... from 1978 to 1984. at fedcup.com WTA career finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (7–9) Doubles (4–5) References 1960 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Saliba
Sue Saliba (born 14 October 1957) is a retired tennis player from Australia who won Australian Open girls' singles championship in 1976 Saliba reached the 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 * ... singles third round in 1980. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saliba, Sue 1957 births Living people Australian female tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaye Hallam
Kaye Hallam (born 24 March 1957) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Hallam grew up in the New South Wales town of Wagga Wagga and competed on the professional tour in the 1970s. She was a doubles quarter-finalist at the 1976 Australian Open The 1976 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1975 to 4 January 1976. It was the 64th edition of the Australian Open and t ..., partnering Renee Blount. Her best singles performance was a second round appearance in the December edition of the 1977 Australian Open. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallam, Kaye 1957 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis people from New South Wales Sportspeople from Wagga Wagga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitte Hermansen
Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name ''Brighid''. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became common names in Scandinavia because of St. Bridget of Sweden.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. (1990). A dictionary of first names. Oxford University Press. People named Birgitta *Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373), Swedish Roman Catholic saint *Princess Birgitta of Sweden (born 1937), elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf *Birgitta Durell (1619-1683), Swedish industrialist *Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 1967), Icelandic politician *Birgithe Kühle (1762-1832), Dano-Norwegian editor *Birgitta Moran Farmer (1881-1939), American miniature painter *Birgitta Haukdal (born 1979), Icelandic singer *Birgitte Winther (1751-1809), Danish opera singer *Birgitta Hillingsø (born 1940), Danish antiques dealer and godmother of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerida Gregory
Nerida Gregory (born 13 May 1956) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Gregory, who comes from Bundaberg in Queensland, won back-to-back Australian Open girls' doubles junior titles in 1974 and 1975. She featured in the main draw of all grand slam tournaments during her career. At the 1975 Australian Open, in addition to winning the girls' doubles, she also competed in the women's singles and made the third round, with wins over Dianne Evers and Pam Whytcross. At both the January and December editions of the Australian Open in 1977 she partnered with Jan Wilton to make the quarter-finals of the women's doubles . In 1980 she won the Australian Hard Court Championships, a non tour event, and also made the final of three WTA Tour tournaments. During her tour of Japan in October, she lost the doubles final in Nagoya, then was runner-up in both the singles and doubles events at the Japan Open in Tokyo. She continued competing on tour until 1984 and whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Bohm
Nina Bohm (born 30 April 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Bohm, a right-handed player from Stockholm, made her Fed Cup debut for Sweden in 1978, against France. She appeared in a total of four ties, the other three coming in 1980, where she and partner Helena Anliot won deciding doubles rubbers against France and Japan, before Sweden fell to Australia in the quarter-finals. During her professional career she competed in the main draw of all four grand slam events. She made the fourth round of the 1981 French Open, with wins over Renáta Tomanová and 14th seed Ivanna Madruga. At the 1981 Wimbledon Championships she was a quarter-finalist in the women's doubles, partnering American Sherry Acker. She also reached the third round of the singles draw that year, where she lost 6–8 in third set against eighth seed Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Sands
Kim Sands (born October 11, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. She reached 44th in the WTA rankings in April 1984 and became the first African-American woman to receive a scholarship to the University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ... where she earned a Bachelor of Education degree. References External links * * 1956 births African-American female tennis players Living people University of Miami School of Education alumni 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American women American female tennis players {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trish Bostrom
Patricia Lynn Bostrom (born November 25, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player. She is better known as Trish Bostrom and after tennis became a lawyer in Washington. Bostrom grew up in West Seattle and attended the University of Washington, winning the Pac-8 singles title in 1972. While at the university she was an advocate for gender equality in collegiate sports and successfully sued to be able to try out for a spot on the men's tennis team. Graduating from the University of Washington in 1972, Bostrom competed on the professional tour for the remainder of the 1970s and played five seasons of World TeamTennis. Ranked as high as five in the world for doubles, she was a women's doubles semi-finalist at the Australian Open and a mixed doubles semi-finalist at the French Open 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoko Sato
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. Career Naoko Sato best results came in the doubles. She reached final of 1978 Australian Open with Pam Whytcross which they lost to Betsy Nagelsen and Renáta Tomanová Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Career Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the 1972 French Open. In 1975, she and Martina Navratilova represented Czechoslovakia in th ... in straight sets. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) References External links * * * Japanese female tennis players Living people 1955 births Sportspeople from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |