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1968 French Open – Women's Doubles
The women's doubles tournament at the 1968 French Open was held from 27 May to 9 June 1968 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The second-seeded team of Françoise Dürr and Ann Jones won the title, defeating the first-seeded pair of Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King in the final in three sets. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Main draw at the International Tennis Federation
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Françoise Dürr
Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French tennis player. She won 50 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles. Durr played with an unorthodox backhand, which she played with an Eastern forehand grip and her index finger extended up the handle. She is also noted for having an unorthodox serve that "might not have registered on a radar gun" according to her official Tennis Hall of Fame biography. According to Lance Tingay, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Dürr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a career high of world No. 3 in those rankings in 1967. She finished second to Billie Jean King in prize money earnings in 1971. Dürr reached a total of 27 Grand Slam finals – one in singles, 18 in women's doubles, and eight in mixed doubles. She won twelve of them. Personal life Françoise Dürr married Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 RamÃrez, she was the runner-up in the 1961 U.S. Championships women's doubles event and with Robert Howe was the runner-up in mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1961. She was the sister of Ingo Buding, a two-time junior singles champion at the French Championships, and Ilse Buding. She won the 1961 U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships singles title after a three-sets victory in the final against Karen Hantze. In 1964, she received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ... (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Lundqvist
Eva Lundqvist (born 16 December 1944) is a Swedish former tennis and squash player. A Federation Cup player for Sweden in 1966 and 1967, Lundqvist featured in a total of three ties, including a World Group 2nd round fixture against the United States, where she faced Billie Jean King in doubles. She was a doubles winner at the 1968 Swedish Open and reached the singles third round of the 1969 French Open. She was part of the Swedish team at the 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships The 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships were held in England and took place from March 15 until March 20, 1979. Results Round Robin Final See also *World Team Squash Championships *World Squash Federation *World Open (squ .... Lundqvist, who adopted the name Wennerström after marriage, had a daughter named Nina who played professionally. See also * List of Sweden Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lundqvist, Eva 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Palmieri
Ingrid Palmieri (born 12 January 1948) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She originally competed as Ingrid Loeys, before her marriage to Italian tennis player Sergio Palmieri. Palmieri, a left-handed player, was Belgian youth champion (18s) in 1966 and represented the Belgium Federation Cup team from 1967 to 1970. She competed in the main draws of the French Open and Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ... during her career. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmieri, Ingrid 1948 births Living people Belgian female tennis players 20th-century Belgian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Chanfreau
Gail Chanfreau (née Sherriff; born 3 April 1945), also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a French former amateur and professional tennis player. Tennis career Chanfreau was born in Australia, but moved to France in 1968. Chanfreau made her first appearance in the Federation Cup for Australia in 1966. She played for France Fed Cup team from 1969 to 1980. When Gail beat her sister Carol Sherriff, who reached the third round of the Australian Open on five occasions, 8–10, 6–3, 6–3 in the 1966 Wimbledon Championships second round, that was the second match between sisters at Wimbledon, the first being in the 1884 Wimbledon Championships when Maud Watson beat Lillian. The next Wimbledon match between sisters was in 2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Sherriff
Carol Sherriff (born 20 October 1946) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Sherriff, a right-handed player from Sydney, is a daughter of tennis coach Ross Sherriff and younger sister of Gail Sherriff, better known as Gail Chanfreau. The sisters reached the doubles semi-finals of the 1965 French Championships together. They played against each other in the second round of the 1966 Wimbledon Championships The 1966 Wimbledon Championships 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 20 June until Saturday 2 July 1966. It was the 80th ..., which was the only known occasion since 1884 that two sisters had faced off at Wimbledon. The match attracted attention from the local press and was won in three sets by her sister Gail. From 1970 she competed as Carol Zeeman, after marrying South African tennis player Colin Zeeman. She has since remarried and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzana Gesteira
Suzana Petersen (born 14 October 1947), later Suzana Gesteira, is a Brazilian former tennis player. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where tennis was a demonstration and exhibition sport, in the exhibition events. Together with Ecuadorian MarÃa Eugenia Guzmán she finished third in the women's doubles exhibition event. Petersen also finished third in the women's singles and mixed doubles (with Teimuraz Kakulia of the Soviet Union) exhibition events, making her one of the "top Brazilian female players". Prior to Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani's bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Petersen was the only Brazilian player to finish in the top three of an Olympic tennis event. She participated at Grand Slam tournaments at the 1968 French Open, 1970 French Open, 1969 Wimbledon Championships, 1970 Wimbledon Championships and 1969 US Open. Petersen, from Rio Grande do Sul, was trained by her father at the Clube Sogipa in Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria-Cristina Borba-Dias
Maria-Cristina Borba-Dias (born 26 June 1951) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Borba-Dias competed at the 1968 French Open and on the same trip represented the Brazil Federation Cup team in a tie against Australia at Roland Garros. Brazil were outmatched by the Australians, who would go on to win the title, with Borba-Dias losing to Kerry Melville in the singles, then to Melville and Margaret Court Margaret Court (''née'' Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian former world number 1 tennis player and a Christian minister. Her 24 women's singles major titles and total of 64 major titles (includi ... in the doubles. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Borba-Dias, Maria-Cristina 1951 births Living people Brazilian female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Évelyne Terras
Évelyne Terras (25 September 1944 – 24 September 2012) was a French tennis player who was active in the 1960s and 1970s. Career In 1967, she teamed with Lorraine Coghlan in the doubles' event of the Australian Open, Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to Lesley Turner Bowrey and Judy Tegart. This made her the first female French player to reach the final of an Australian Open event. Her best results in a singles' event at a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round of the 1967 French Championships (tennis), 1967 French Championships, losing to Helga Schultze. She reached the second round of the singles event at the Wimbledon Championships between 1967 and 1970. In February 1968, she was runner-up to Nell Truman in the singles event of the 1968 Paris Open, French Covered Championships in Paris. Terras was Fed Cup captain of the Italy Fed Cup team, Italian national team in 1974 and 1975. Personal life She married Dino P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Spinoza
Christiane Spinoza (born 1 April 1945) is a French former professional tennis player. Active on tour in the 1960s and 1970s, Spinoza reached the singles third round of the French Championships on three occasions and made the second round at Wimbledon twice. Spinoza was a member of the France Federation Cup team in 1970 and won the deciding doubles rubber of World Group ties against Japan and Italy, both partnering Gail Chanfreau. In the World Group quarter-final, which they lost to West Germany, she played her only singles rubber and was beaten by Helga Hösl. See also *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 ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spinoza, Christiane 1945 births Living people French female tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Zuleta
A margarita is a cocktail consisting of tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Some margarita recipes include simple syrup as well and are often served with salt on the rim of the glass. Margaritas can be served either shaken with ice (on the rocks), without ice (straight up), or blended with ice (frozen margarita). Most bars serve margaritas in a stepped-diameter variant of a cocktail glass or champagne coupe called a margarita glass. The margarita is one of the world's most popular cocktails and the most popular tequila-based cocktail. Origin The history of the margarita is shrouded in mystery and folklore due to its numerous origin stories. According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, the margarita is related to the brandy daisy (''margarita'' is Spanish for "daisy"), remade with tequila instead of brandy. (Daisies are a family of cocktails that include a base spirit, liqueur, and citrus. A sidecar and gin daisy are other related drinks.) There is an account from 1936 of Iow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle RodrÃguez (tennis)
Michelle Boulle-RodrÃguez is a French and Chilean former professional tennis player. When she started her career she was known as Michelle Boulle and represented France, then married tennis player Patricio RodrÃguez Patricio (Pato) RodrÃguez (20 December 1938 — 23 June 2020) was a professional tennis player from Chile. He was active from 1956 until 1979 and won 25 career singles titles. In addition he won 2 doubles titles. Career RodrÃguez was born in S ... in 1966 and became a naturalised Chilean. RodrÃguez played three ties for the Chile Federation Cup team, one in 1968 and another two in 1974. She won all three of her singles rubbers and lost all three doubles matches that she played. During her career, she featured in the main draws of all four grand slam tournaments. Most of her singles appearances came in the 1960s, and from the 1970s, she primarily played doubles. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Michelle Year of birth missing (liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
