Second-seeded
Margaret Smith Margaret Smith or Maggie Smith may refer to:
People
*Margaret Smith Court, known as Margaret Court (born 1942), Australian tennis player
*Margaret A. Smith, superintendent of Volusia County Schools
*Margaret Bayard Smith (1778–1844), American aut ...
defeated
Lesley Turner 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the
1962 French Championships.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Margaret Smith Margaret Smith or Maggie Smith may refer to:
People
*Margaret Smith Court, known as Margaret Court (born 1942), Australian tennis player
*Margaret A. Smith, superintendent of Volusia County Schools
*Margaret Bayard Smith (1778–1844), American aut ...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Ann Haydon ''(semifinals)''
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Margaret Smith Margaret Smith or Maggie Smith may refer to:
People
*Margaret Smith Court, known as Margaret Court (born 1942), Australian tennis player
*Margaret A. Smith, superintendent of Volusia County Schools
*Margaret Bayard Smith (1778–1844), American aut ...
''(champion)''
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Christine Truman
Christine Clara Truman Janes (born 16 January 1941) is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom who was active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. She won a singles Grand Slam title at the French Championships in 1959 and was a finalist a ...
''(fourth round)''
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Zsuzsi Körmöczy ''(fourth round)''
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Sandra Price ''(quarterfinals)''
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Renée Schuurman ''(semifinals)''
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Edda Buding
Edda Buding (13 November 1936 – 15 July 2014) was a German tennis player of Romanian birth. She received the doubles gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics doubles demonstration event partnered with Helga Niessen Masthoff. Along with Yola Ramà ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Jan Lehane
Janice Patricia "Jan" Lehane O'Neill OAM (née Lehane; born 9 July 1941) is a former Australian female tennis player. She was the first leading female player with a double-handed backhand.
She won the singles title at the Sydney International, ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Liz Starkie
Elizabeth Starkie (born 31 August 1938) is a British former 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 tenn ...
''(fourth round)''
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Deidre Catt ''(third round)''
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Justina Bricka
Justina Bricka (born February 14, 1943) is an American former tennis player from St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1961 she was called up for the United States Wightman Cup team and had a win over Angela Mortimer.
Bricka's best year of doubles came while ...
''(fourth round)''
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Maria-Teresa Riedl ''(third round)''
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Lesley Turner ''(finalist)''
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Lea Pericoli
Lea Pericoli (born 22 March 1935) is an Italian former tennis player and later television presenter and journalist from Milan. She reached the last sixteen of the French Open two times and the Wimbledon Championships three times, and is also fam ...
''(third round)''
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Pilar Barril
Pilar Barril (10 October 1931 – 30 September 2011) was a Spanish 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 u ...
''(second round)''
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Jill Blackman
Jill Alison Emmerson (born 24 July 1942) is an Australian former tennis player from Sydney. She competed under her maiden name Jill Blackman until the late 1960s.
Emmerson was a singles quarter-finalist at the 1963 French Championships and 196 ...
''(fourth round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
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* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury ...
* r =
Retired
Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload.
Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...
Finals
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
* on the French Open website
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1962
1962 in French women's sport
1962 in French tennis