1981 Australian Open
The 1981 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 70th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 30 November through 6 December 1981 for the women and from 24 December 1981 through 3 January 1982 for the men. Seniors Men's singles Johan Kriek defeated Steve Denton, 6–2, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(1–7), 6–4 :• It was Kriek's 1st career Grand Slam singles title. Women's singles Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–5 :• It was Navratilova's 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and her 1st title at the Australian Open. Men's doubles Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick defeated Hank Pfister / John Sadri 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 :• It was Edmondson's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 2nd title at the Australian Open. :• It was Warwick's 3rd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 3rd and last title at the Australian Open. Women's ...
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Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam playing together or a player may achieve it with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The Grand Slam tournaments, also referred to as majors, are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate ...
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