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Robin Blakelock
Robina Blakelock (born 21 February 1944) is a British former tennis player. Starting in 1963, she competed under her married name, Robin Lloyd, and was remarried in 1970 to Australian player Graham Primrose. Active in the 1960s, Blakelock grew up in Sussex. She was a British junior champion and as a 19-year old came close to beating Angela Mortimer, holding a match point against her in the 1962 Brighton final. Her best Wimbledon performances included a singles third round appearance in 1965 and All England Plate runner-up finish in 1966. She was a women's doubles semi-finalist at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships with Frances MacLennan Frances MacLennan (born 20 December 1943) is a Scottish former professional tennis player. MacLennan, born in Glasgow, was one of Great Britain's top players of the 1960s. A regular competitor at Wimbledon, she made it through the round of 16 o .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blakelock, Robin 1944 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 French Championships – Women's Singles
Second-seeded Lesley Turner defeated fifth-seeded Ann Jones 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1963 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Lesley Turner is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Margaret Smith ''(quarterfinals)'' # Lesley Turner ''(champion)'' # Darlene Hard ''(second round)'' # Jan Lehane ''(quarterfinals)'' # Ann Jones ''(finalist)'' # Heather Segal ''(fourth round)'' # Renée Schuurman ''(third round)'' # Vera Suková ''(semifinals)'' # Françoise Dürr ''(fourth round)'' # Jill Blackman ''(quarterfinals)'' # Christine Truman ''(semifinals)'' # Mary Habicht ''(fourth round)'' # Liz Starkie ''(third round)'' # Robyn Ebbern ''(quarterfinals)'' # Rita Bentley ''(third round)'' # Silvana Lazzarino ''(second round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Primrose
Graham Primrose (born 22 February 1939) is an Australian former tennis player. Primrose, raised in Sydney, was born with a foot disability which left him unable to walk for eight years. A left-handed player, Primrose was active on the international tour in the 1960s. Much of his tennis was played in Britain and he married local tennis player Robin Lloyd. He won the Scottish Championships in 1967, Essex Championships in 1969 and twice featured in the singles main draw at Wimbledon. Primrose played collegiate tennis for Mississippi State University, winning the SEC title at No. 1 singles in 1964. He was head coach for a season in 1969 and then in 1971 became coach of Jacksonville State University Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's degree, bachelor's, master's degree, master's, educati ... in Alabama. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances MacLennan
Frances MacLennan (born 20 December 1943) is a Scottish former professional tennis player. MacLennan, born in Glasgow, was one of Great Britain's top players of the 1960s. A regular competitor at Wimbledon, she made it through the round of 16 of the singles in 1965, but her best performance at the tournament was a semi-final appearance in doubles with Robin Lloyd in 1968. MacLennan is the former wife of tennis player Roger Taylor Roger Taylor may refer to: *Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (born 1949), drummer for Queen *Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) (born 1960), drummer for Duran Duran *Roger Taylor (author), author of epic fantasy Hawklan series *Roger Taylor (college pr ..., who she married in 1969. The couple had three children. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:MacLennan, Frances 1943 births Living people British female tennis players Scottish female tennis players Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Wimbledon Championships
The 1968 Wimbledon Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1968. It was the 82nd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1968. This tournament started the Open Era for Wimbledon, as it became the second Grand Slam tournament to offer prize money and allow professionals to compete after the 1968 French Open. Singles champions Rod Laver and Billie Jean King had already won Wimbledon twice before in the amateur era. Prize money The 1968 championships was the first edition of the tournament to offer prize money. The total prize money for the event was £26,150. The winner of the men's title earned £2,000 while the women's singles champion earned £750. It was the last tournament at which the Men's Singles final was played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All England Plate
The All England Plate, also referred to as the Wimbledon Plate, was a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is pla ... which consisted of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition. The first edition, for male players only, was held in 1896 and the winner was awarded £5 prize money and the runner-up £3. In 1933 the first women's edition was held. In 1975 the competition also became open to players who had lost in the third round of the singles competition as well as players who only participated in the doubles competition. The last edition of the men's tournament was held in 1981 and for the women in 1989. Finals Men Women References {{reflist External links Official Wimbledon Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Daily Post
The ''Birmingham Post'' is a weekly printed newspaper based in Birmingham, England, with a circulation of 2,545 and distribution throughout the West Midlands. First published under the name the ''Birmingham Daily Post'' in 1857, it has had a succession of distinguished editors and has played an influential role in the life and politics of the city. It is currently owned by Reach plc. In June 2013, it launched a daily tablet edition called ''Birmingham Post Business Daily.'' History The '' Birmingham Journal'' was a weekly newspaper published between 1825 and 1869. A nationally influential voice in the Chartist movement in the 1830s, it was sold to John Frederick Feeney in 1844 and was a direct ancestor of today's ''Birmingham Post''. The 1855 Stamp Act removed the tax on newspapers and transformed the news trade. The price of the ''Journal'' was reduced from seven pence to four pence and circulation boomed. Untaxed, it became possible to sell a newspaper for a penny, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Mortimer
Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett, MBE (née Mortimer; born 21 April 1932) is a British former world No. 1 tennis player. Mortimer won three Grand Slam singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships, and 1961 Wimbledon Championships when she was 29 years old and partially deaf. Mortimer also teamed with Anne Shilcock to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1955, her only women's doubles title at a major. She teamed with Coghlan to reach the women's doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships. Mortimer and Peter Newman reached the mixed doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships, her only mixed doubles final at a major. She is married to the former player and broadcaster John Barrett. Following the death of Shirley Fry in 2021, Mortimer became the longest still surviving Wimbledon ladies singles champion. Career Mortimer reached the quarterfinals of the US National Championships, then lost to second seed Dori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and divided for many purposes into the ceremonial counties of West Sussex and East Sussex. Brighton and Hove, though part of East Sussex, was made a unitary authority in 1997, and as such, is administered independently of the rest of East Sussex. Brighton and Hove was granted city status in 2000. Until then, Chichester was Sussex's only city. The Brighton and Hove built-up area is the 15th largest conurbation in the UK and Brighton and Hove is the most populous city or town in Sussex. Crawley, Worthing and Eastbourne are major towns, each with a population over 100,000. Sussex has three main geographic sub-regions, each oriented approximately east to west. In the southwest is the fertile and densely populated coastal plain. Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Anniston Star
''The Anniston Star'' is the daily newspaper serving Anniston, Alabama, and the surrounding six-county region. Average Sunday circulation in September 2004 was 26,747. However, by 2020 it was approximately half of this. The newspaper is locally owned by Consolidated Publishing Company, which is controlled by the Ayers family of Anniston. As of 2020, the paper operated as a "digital-first" publication, and was putting out only three print editions each week. History The paper was first published in 1883 as the ''Anniston Evening Star.'' It traces its modern history to 1911, when managing editor Col. Harry M. Ayers left to start his own paper, the ''Anniston Hot Blast''—a nod to Anniston's roots as a steel town. By 1912, the ''Hot Blast'' had become Anniston's largest newspaper, and was more than large enough to absorb the ''Evening Star''. Although the merged paper was initially called the ''Anniston Hot Blast and Evening Star'', the ''Hot Blast'' name was eventually dropped. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
