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Bunny Bruning
Anna-Marie "Bunny" Bruning (born September 5, 1957) is an American former professional tennis player. Bruning grew up in California and was active on the WTA Tour during the 1970s and 1980s. She competed in the main draws of all four grand slam tournaments and was runner-up in the All England Plate, Wimbledon Plate in 1976. Now a resident of Adel, Iowa, Bruning has worked in the region as a tennis coach since leaving professional tennis and is currently Tennis Director of the Wakonda Club in Des Moines. WTA Tour finals Doubles (0–2) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruning, Bunny 1957 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis people from California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Australian Open (January) – Women's Singles
Kerry Melville, Kerry Reid defeated Dianne Fromholtz in the final, 7–5 6–2 to win the January Edition women's singles tennis title at the 1977 Australian Open. The first of the two Australian Opens held in 1977 started on 3 January and ended on 9 January. For the second Australian Open held in December 1977, see: 1977 Australian Open (December) – Women's singles, 1977 Australian Open (December). Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Evonne Goolagong was the three-time reigning champion, but did not compete in January 1977. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Kerry Melville, Kerry Reid is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Dianne Fromholtz ''(final)'' # Kerry Melville, Kerry Reid (champion) # Helen Gourlay ''(semifinals)'' # Betsy Nagelsen ''(first round)'' Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Bottom half See also *1977 Australian Open (January) External links 1977 Australian Open (January) – Women's draws and results at the Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Italian Open (tennis)
The 1977 Italian Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that was played by men on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The men's tournament was part of the Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit while the women's tournament was part of the Colgate Series. The tournament was held from 16 May through 22 May 1977. The singles titles were won by eight-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis and fifth-seeded Janet Newberry who earned $21,000 and $6,000 first-prize money respectively. Gerulaitis competed despite being contracted to play for the Indiana Loves World Team Tennis (WTT) franchise and was fined $19,000 for failing to play Björn Borg in the weekend of the final. Finals Men's singles Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Antonio Zugarelli 6–2, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 Women's singles Janet Newberry defeated Renáta Tomanová 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Men's doubles Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez defeated Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart 6–7, 7–6, 7–5 Women's d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1957 Births
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Reynolds
Candy Reynolds (born March 24, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983 (partnering Rosalyn Fairbank). She was also a runner-up at the Australian Open in 1980 (partnering Ann Kiyomura), and at the French Open in 1981 (partnering Paula Smith). Reynolds' career-high rankings were world No. 50 in singles (in May 1983) and No. 24 in doubles (in December 1986). Her best singles performance 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 ... event came at the Australian Open in 1980, when she reached the quarterfinals. She won 26 doubles titles during her career between 1980 and 1988. WTA career finals Doubles: 49 (26–23) External links * * * ... [...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] |
Jane Stratton
Jane Stratton (born August 10, 1953) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Stratton grew up in Utah and was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship to the University of Utah. She played collegiate tennis for four years, earning All-American honors on three occasions. During this time, she competed at the 1973 Summer Universiade and won a bronze medal in the women's doubles. On the professional circuit, she was most successful as a doubles player. She was runner-up in the doubles at two tour events: the 1975 Rothmans Canadian Open, 1975 Canadian Open and Pittsburgh Open in 1979. At both the 1975 US Open (tennis), 1975 US Open and 1977 Wimbledon Championships, she was a women's doubles quarterfinalist, partnering JoAnne Russell and Mimi Wikstedt respectively. She also made the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships with David Sherbeck. In singles, she reached the third round at Wimbledon in 1977 and 1980. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Open
The Pittsburgh Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1979 to 1984. It was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation describes the surface as a "textile or polymeric material supplied in rolls or sheets of finished product." It is one of the fastest court types, second only to grass co .... Results Singles Doubles References WTA Results Archive Carpet court tennis tournaments Indoor tennis tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 1979 Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States 1979 establishments in Pennsylvania 1984 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1984 {{Pittsburgh-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marise Kruger
Marise Kruger (born 17 July 1958) is a former South African tennis player who was active in the second half of the 1970s. Tennis career Kruger started playing tennis when she was five. She reached the girl's final at the 1976 Wimbledon Championships, won the junior singles title at the 1976 US Open, and won the singles title at the junior Orange Bowl tournament in December 1976. In June 1976, Kruger was runner-up at the Kent Championships in Beckenham, losing in three sets to Olga Morozova. In the preceding weeks, she had won tournament titles in Guildford and Chichester. In August that year, she won the South Orange Open singles title beating Lea Antonoplis. In May 1977, she won the doubles title at the Italian Open, partnering compatriot Brigitte Cuypers, and in August, she was a finalist at Canadian Open in Toronto, losing the final in three sets to Regina Maršíková. She partnered with Dianne Fromholtz to win the 1979 Austrian Open doubles, and they reached the semifina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Cuypers
Brigitte Cuypers (born 3 December 1955) is a retired tennis player from South Africa. Cuypers reached the final of the South African Open (tennis), South African Championships singles event on five consecutive occasions from 1975 to 1979 and won the title in 1976, 1978 and 1979. In 1977, she won the doubles title at the Italian Open (tennis), Italian Open with compatriot Marise Kruger. In August 1979, she was runner–up at the Canadian Open (tennis), Canadian Open, losing the final in three sets to Laura duPont. Cuypers won the singles title at the Rhodesian Open in 1974 and 1975. She won the Akron Virginia Slims doubles title in 1976 with Mona Guerrant, Mona Anne Guerrant. Career finals Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 3 (3 titles) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuypers, Brigitte South African female tennis players 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Cape Town White South African people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Walsh
Sharon Walsh-Arnold (née Walsh; born February 24, 1952) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Walsh enjoyed a long career, playing her first Grand Slam singles event in 1969 and her last Grand Slam doubles match in 1990. She was a finalist at the 1979 Australian Open where she lost to Barbara Jordan. She reached the fourth round of the 1981 US Open and the final of the doubles there the following year with Barbara Potter. She did not claim a WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tou ... singles title, but she had some success against top players, beating Hana Mandlíková in both their encounters (Christchurch 1978 and Australian Open 1983).See the 'Activity' tab on her ITF profile. She achieved her highest singles ranking of 22 in 1982, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Open (tennis)
The Italian Open ( it, Internazionali d'Italia; literally: ''Italy's Internationals''), originally called the Italian International Championships, is a tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is one of the most important clay tennis tournaments in the world with the men's competition being an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, and the women's competition being a WTA 1000 event on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. The two events were combined in 2011. The tournament is played on clay courts, currently during the second week of May. The event is also known as the "Rome Masters" for male edition, as well as sponsored name "Internazionali BNL d'Italia". Rafael Nadal has won the men's singles title a record ten times. History The Italian tennis championship was first held in 1930 in Milan at the Tennis Club and was initiated by Count Alberto Bonacossa. The singles events at the tournament were won by Bill Tilden and Lilí Á ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
