Judy Tegart Dalton (née Tegart; born 12 December 1937) is an Australian former professional
tennis
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player. She won nine
major doubles titles, and completed the
career Grand Slam in women's doubles. Five of her doubles titles were with
Margaret Court
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. Tegart was also a runner-up in 10 major doubles tournaments.
Career
Tegart reached the final at
Wimbledon in 1968, where she lost to
Billie Jean King in two tight sets after defeating second-seeded Court in the quarterfinal and third-seeded
Nancy Richey
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in the semifinal. She also reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon in 1971 at the age of 33, losing to Court in three sets, and at the
Australian Championships in 1968, losing to King in three sets. Her last appearance at a Grand Slam tournament was the
1977 Australian Open 1977 Australian Open may refer to:
* 1977 Australian Open (January)
* 1977 Australian Open (December)
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, where at the age of 40 she lost in the quarterfinals in straight sets to top-seeded and eventual champion
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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At the age of 19, she won the French Open singl ...
.
Tegart won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the
1969 German Open Championships in
Hamburg
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. In the singles final, she defeated
Helga Niessen
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in straight sets.
Tegart was unusual in that she did not reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament outside of Australia until she was 29 years of age. From Wimbledon in 1967 until the end of her career, she reached at least the quarterfinals in half of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played (10 out of 20).
Tegart was a member of the Australian
Federation Cup team in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1970. Her career won-loss record was 18–4, including 6–1 in singles and 12–3 in doubles. Australia won the Federation Cup in 1965 and 1970.
Tegart was one of the original "Virginia Slims 9", the nine players who in 1971 joined the break-away
Virginia Slims tour organised by
Gladys Heldman
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. She married Dr. David Dalton on 18 November 1969.
She was made a
Member of the Order of Australia
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(AM) in the
2019 Australia Day Honours
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The Aus ...
for "significant service to tennis as a player, to equality for women in sport, and to sporting foundations".
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 final (1 runner-up)
Women's doubles: 11 finals (8 titles, 3 runners-up)
Mixed doubles: 8 finals (1 title, 7 runners-up)
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Dalton participated in both editions.
See also
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Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References
External links
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1937 births
Living people
Australian Championships (tennis) champions
Australian female tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) champions
French Championships (tennis) champions
Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia)
US Open (tennis) champions
Wimbledon champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
Tennis players from Melbourne
Members of the Order of Australia
20th-century Australian women