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Laurie Tenney
Laurie Tenney (born November 4, 1955) is an American former professional tennis player. Tenney spent her early life in New York, then was based in Los Angeles during her career. She was the first ever winner of the Easter Bowl junior tournament and in 1970 finished runner-up to Chris Evert in the USTA 16s and under national championships. Subsequently she competed in the main draw of the 1970 US Open, at only 14 years of age. During the 1970s she featured on the WTA Tour and in 1973 had a win over Martina Navratilova at a tournament in Miami. She was a semi-finalist at the 1973 Atlantic City Open and a quarter-finalist at the 1974 Canadian Open. Tenney's best grand slam performance came at the 1974 French Open, where she was a doubles quarter-finalist with Dianne Fromholtz Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (née Fromholtz; born 10 August 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1979. Career Fromholtz beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 French Open – Women's Singles
Chris Evert defeated Olga Morozova in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1974 French Open. It was her first major singles title, the first of an eventual record seven French Open singles titles, and the first of an eventual 18 major singles titles. Margaret Court was the reigning champion, but chose not to defend her title. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Chris Evert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Chris Evert ''(champion)'' # Virginia Wade ''(second round)'' # Olga Morozova ''(finalist)'' # Helga Masthoff ''(semifinals)'' # Pat Pretorius Walkden ''Withdrew'' # Martina Navrátilová ''(quarterfinals)'' # Kazuko Sawamatsu ''(first round)'' # Julie Heldman ''(quarterfinals)'' Qualifying 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 links1974 French Open – Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 tournaments Structure (2021–present) The WTA Tour underwent slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were organized on par with the nomenclature used on ATP Tour: *Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *WTA 1000 tournaments (9): ** Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players with prize money ranging from US$6.5 million to US$8.3 million. These tournaments are held in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and China Open (tennis), Beijing. However, Beijing tournament could not be held in 2021–22 due to the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic. ** Non-mandatory: Five events in Qatar Ladies Open, Doha/Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, Italian Open (tennis), Rome, Canadian Open (tennis), Montreal/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Female Tennis Players
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Walkden
Patricia Molly "Pat" Walkden-Pretorius (born 12 February 1946) is a former female tennis player from Rhodesia and South Africa. Walkden was a runner-up in the 1967 French Championships doubles, partnering compatriot Annette du Plooy. They lost the final in straight sets to Françoise Dürr and Gail Sherriff. Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the fourth round at the 1967 French Championships, the 1968 French Open and the 1969 Wimbledon Championships. She played for the Rhodesian and South African 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 chan ... teams in 15 ties between 1966 and 1974 comprising a record of 17 wins and 11 losses. She was part of the South African team, together with Brenda Kirk and Greta Delport, that won the Federa ... [...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] |
Janice Metcalf
Janice Metcalf (born July 10, 1952) is a retired American professional tennis player. She played on the men's tennis team at the University of Redlands. She reached the top 15 in the United States and the top 40 in the world. In 1975 she won the singles title at the Torneo Godó in Barcelona defeating Iris Riedel in the final. Because of a knee injury, she retired in 1977. She was inducted into the ITF Women's Hall of Fame ITF may refer to: * Indian Territorial Force, part of the Indian Army during British India * Industry Technology Facilitator, oil industry organization * Integrated test facility, for testing a production system with dummy data * Interleaved 2 of ... in 2008. Career finals Doubles (1 loss) References External links * Inductee page at ITA Women's Hall of Fame site American female tennis players 1952 births Living people University of Redlands alumni Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade bronze medalists for the United States 21st-century A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. maritime border with Canada, northeast of Cincinnati, northeast of Columbus, and approximately west of Pennsylvania. The largest city on Lake Erie and one of the major cities of the Great Lakes region, Cleveland ranks as the 54th-largest city in the U.S. with a 2020 population of 372,624. The city anchors both the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area (CSA). The CSA is the most populous in Ohio and the 17th largest in the country, with a population of 3.63 million in 2020, while the MSA ranks as 34th largest at 2.09 million. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Tenney
Robin Tenney Archibald (born May 13, 1958) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Born in New York, Tenney is the youngster of three sisters. Her middle sister, Laurie, also competed on the professional tour. The eldest of the three sisters, Susan, was the first to take up the sport but didn't play beyond amateur tournaments. Their father, who was a real estate financier, relocated the family to California when she was 11 years of age and she attended Rexford School in Beverly Hills. Tenney turned professional at the age of 15 in 1973 and made the quarter-finals of her first event, the Virginia Slims of Houston. She was eliminated from the tournament by Billie Jean King, who a day earlier had played the famous Bobby Riggs match. A left-handed player, Tenney reached the second round of the 1973 US Open and also won through to the second round twice at Wimbledon. She made the round of 16 in the mixed doubles at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships, partnering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dianne Fromholtz
Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (née Fromholtz; born 10 August 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1979. Career Fromholtz began playing tennis at the age of seven. She left school at the age of 16 to play in international tournaments. She turned pro in 1973 and joined the WTA Tour. At the age of 17, she actively participated in the professional tennis circuit, winning the singles title at a dozen tournaments in 1973, but the rules at the time did not permit prize money to be paid to participants under 18 years of age. She reached the finals of the Australian Open in January 1977, losing to fellow Australian Kerry Melville Reid in two sets. She was a semifinalist at the French Open in 1979 and 1980. She also reached the semifinals of the US Open in 1976. Fromholtz won 8 WTA Tour singles titles and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 in 1979. Partnering with Helen Gourlay Cawley, she won the Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 French Open
The 1974 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 3 June until 16 June. It was the 78th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1974. Connors and Goolagong World no. 2 Jimmy Connors and Evonne Goolagong were banned from playing in the 1974 French Open by Philippe Chatrier, president of the French Tennis Federation (FTF), because both had signed contracts to play in the World Team Tennis league in the United States. The schedule of the inaugural edition of the World Team Tennis conflicted with the dates of several European spring tournaments including the Italian and French Open. Both players had won the singles title at the 1974 Australian Open and were thus denied the opportunity to play for the Grand Slam that year. Connors and Goolagong filed a suit at a French court seeking the right to participate but this was rejected on the grounds th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
