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Frédérique Thibault
Frédérique Thibault (born 2 June 1954) is a former professional tennis player from France. Between 1977 and 1982, Thibault featured in 16 Federation Cup ties for France, winning nine matches. Thibault competed in all four grand slam tournaments during her career, with her best performance a round of 16 appearance at the 1978 French Open, where she was beaten by eventual champion Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She won the 1978 French Open – Women's singles, 1978 French Open singles championship. Career Ruzici became a professional tennis player in 1975. One of h .... See also * List of France Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thibault, Frederique 1954 births Living people French female tennis players 20th-century French sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Defending champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Evonne Goolagong defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1975 Australian Open. It was her fourth Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles title. Goolagong List of Grand Slam and related tennis records#Won a title without losing a set, did not lose a set during the tournament. Seeds Draw Key * Q = Qualifier (tennis), Qualifier * WC = wild card (tennis), Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired (tennis), Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 External links 1975 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1975 Australian Open - Women's Singles 1975 Australian Open, Women's singles Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles 1974 in Australian women's sport 1975 in Australian women's sport 1975 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Births
Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – 1954 Blons avalanches, Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau rebellion, Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the , is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ... match. France have taken part in the competition since 1963. Players References External linksFédération Française de Tennis {{DEFAULTSORT:France Fed Cup Tennis in France Lists of Billie Jean King Cup tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina)
''The Times-News'' is an American, English language daily newspaper based in Burlington, North Carolina formed in 1931 by the merger of the ''Burlington Daily Times'' and'' The Burlington News''. History ''The Times-News'' was founded in 1887. It joined Freedom Communications Inc. in 1978, and was sold to Halifax Media Group in 2012. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group, which became Gannett in a 2019 merger. The lineage of ''The Times-News'' is as follows: * ''The Times-News'' (1989present), publisher: Times-News Pub. Co. * ''The Daily Times-News'' (19321989), publisher: Times-News Pub. Co. * ''Burlington Daily Times-News'' (19311932), publisher: Burlington News Co. * ''Burlington Daily Times'' (1923–1931), publisher: Burlington News Co. (January 18, 1923) * ''The Burlington News'' (1887–1931), publisher: J.R. Ireland & Co. In November of 2022 Paxton Media Group acquired The Burlington News-Times and five other North Carolina newspapers from Gannett C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Ruzici
Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She won the 1978 French Open – Women's singles, 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 quarterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 French Open
The 1978 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 29 May until 11 June. It was the 77th staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1978. Finals Men's singles Björn Borg defeated Guillermo Vilas, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 *It was Borg's 5th career Grand Slam title, and his 3rd French Open title. Women's singles Virginia Ruzici defeated Mima Jaušovec, 6–2, 6–2 *It was Ruzici's 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title. Men's doubles Gene Mayer / Hank Pfister defeated José Higueras / Manuel Orantes, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 Women's doubles Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey / Gail Sherriff Lovera, 5–7, 6–4, 8–6 Mixed doubles Renáta Tomanová / Pavel Složil defeated Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She won the 1978 Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 changed to the Fed Cup in 1995, and changed again in September 2020 in honor of former World No. 1 Billie Jean King. The Billie Jean King Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition in terms of the number of nations that compete. The current chair is Katrina Adams. The men's equivalent of the Billie Jean King Cup is the Davis Cup, and the Czech Republic, Australia, Russia, Italy and the United States are the only countries to have won both Cups in the same year. History In 1919, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman had an idea for a women's team tennis competition. This was not adopted but she persisted, presenting a trophy at the 1923 annual contest between the United States and Great Britain, named the Wigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 US Open – Women's Doubles
Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but lost in the final 5–7, 3–6 against Betty Stöve and Wendy Turnbull. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Three seeded teams and 13 unseeded teams received byes into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Sources 1979 US 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 national tennis associations. there are 211 nat ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1979 US Open - Women's Doubles Women's Doubles US Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles 1979 in women's tennis 1979 in American women's sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 French Open – Men's Singles
Björn Borg defeated defending champion Guillermo Vilas in the final, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1978 French Open. It was his third French Open title and fifth major title overall. Borg did not lose a set during the tournament, and dropped only 32 games in total, an Open Era record in men's singles. This tournament marked the first major appearance of future world No. 1 and eight-time major champion Ivan Lendl. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Björn Borg is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Björn Borg (champion) # Guillermo Vilas ''(final)'' # Brian Gottfried ''(third round)'' # Eddie Dibbs ''(quarterfinals)'' # Manuel Orantes ''(quarterfinals)'' # Raúl Ramírez ''(quarterfinals)'' # Corrado Barazzutti ''(semifinals)'' # Harold Solomon ''(third round)'' # Roscoe Tanner ''(fourth round)'' # Dick Stockton ''(semifinals)'' # Wojtek Fibak ''(fourth round)'' # Phil Dent ''(first ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Kerry Reid and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Reid teamed up with Anne Smith and lost in third round to Françoise Dürr and Virginia Wade, while Turnbull teamed up with Betty Stöve. Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova defeated Stöve and Turnbull in the final, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships. It was the 10th Wimbledon title, 15th Grand Slam title for King, and the 2nd Wimbledon title, 5th Grand Slam title for Navratilova, in their respective doubles careers. Seeds Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (champions) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull ''(final)'' Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade ''(semifinals)'' Rosie Casals / Chris Evert Lloyd ''(quarterfinals)'' Dianne Fromholtz / Marise Kruger ''(quarterfinals)'' Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici ''(semifinals)'' Ilana Kloss / Betty Ann Stuart ''(quarterfinals)'' Sue Barker / Ann Kiyomura ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
