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1969 French Open – Women's Singles
Margaret Court defeated Ann Jones in the final, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1969 French Open. It was her third French singles title and 15th major singles title overall. Nancy Richey was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Court. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Margaret Court is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Margaret Court ''(champion)'' # Billie Jean King ''(quarterfinals)'' # Ann Jones ''(finalist)'' # Nancy Richey ''(semifinals)'' # Julie Heldman ''(quarterfinals)'' # Virginia Wade ''(second round)'' # Françoise Dürr ''(third round)'' # Kerry Melville ''(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 links1969 French Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (including 19 major women's doubles and 21 major mixed doubles titles) are the most in tennis history. Court was born in Albury, New South Wales. In 1960, aged 17, she won the first of seven consecutive Australian Open singles titles. She completed the career Grand Slam in singles aged 21 with her victory at Wimbledon in 1963. Taking a brief hiatus in 1966 and 1967, Court played as an amateur until the advent of the Open Era in 1968. She completed the Grand Slam by winning all four major singles titles in 1970, part of a record six consecutive major singles victories. Court gave birth to her first child in 1972, but returned to tennis later in the year and won three major singles titles in 1973. She took similar breaks after her second and t ... [...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 cha ... 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 Federat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzana Petersen
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 María 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Kirk
Brenda Kirk (11 January 1951 – 6 September 2015) was a South African tennis player. Career Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships. In January 1971, she won the singles title of the Natal Sugar Championships. She won two doubles titles during her career; in July 1971 she won the Swiss Open partnering Laura Rossouw and in July 1972 she won the Irish Open with Pat Walkden. She played for the 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 cha ... team in 15 ties between 1969 and 1973 comprising a record of 17 wins and 10 losses. She was part of the South African team that won the Federation Cup in 1972 after a victory in the final over Great Britain at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lita Liem Sugiarto
Lita Liem Sugiarto (born 27 February 1946), sometimes known by her maiden name Lita Liem, a former Indonesian professional tennis player. She played at Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam events between 1968 and 1975, in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In women's doubles, she and partner Lany Kaligis reached two Grand Slam quarterfinals: the Australian Open in 1970 and The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon in 1971. As such, she and Kaligis were among the first Indonesians to reach the later rounds of a Grand Slam competition. Kaligis was the only partner that Sugiarto ever played with in Grand Slam doubles competition. In singles, her best results were her third round exits from the Australian Championships in 1968, the Australian Open in 1970, Wimbledon in 1972 and the French Open in 1974. At the 1966 Asian Games at Bangkok, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles, the gold medal in the women's doubles with Lany Kaligis, and the bronze medal in the mixed doubles wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Sandberg
Christina Sandberg (born 11 January 1948) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. She reached the quarterfinals of the 1970 Australian Open in both the singles and doubles. She played for Sweden in the Federation Cup in 25 matches, and she notably defeated Virginia Wade in the first round of the 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles. Federation Cup Sandberg first played for Sweden in the Federation Cup on 10 May 1966 in Turin against Italy, beating Jacqueline Morales 7–9, 6–3, 6–2. She played her last Federation Cup match in May 1974 against Poland in Naples, losing to Barbara Kral 6–1, 6–1. Retrieved 2008-05-01 All together, she played 16 singles, winning 9, and 9 doubles, winning 5. Swedish Open Sandberg became the first Swedish player to win the Swedish Open The Swedish Open is a professional tennis tournament held in Båstad, Sweden. It is played on outdoor clay courts in July. The men's event (sponsored by Skistar) is an ATP Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Sawamatsu
is a retired Japanese tennis player. Career She competed in singles in the French Open twice and in the U.S. Open once. Competing with her sister Kazuko Sawamatsu in ladies doubles, she reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1970, losing to eventual champions Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King. She competed for the Japanese Federation Cup team in 1970 and 1971. Private life Sawamatsu is the mother of former professional tennis player Naoko Sawamatsu is a former professional tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Sawamatsu reached a career-high ranking of world No. 14, on 6 February 1995. At the time of the 1995 Australian Open, her family survived the Gr ..., who peaked at world No.14. External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sawamatsu, Junko 1948 births Japanese female tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Living people FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Pinterová
Marie Pinterová (née Neumannová, born 16 August 1946) is a former professional tennis player who played from 1969 to 1989. Life Marie Neumannová was born in 1946 in Stará Boleslav. She began her professional career in 1969. In 1974, she married Hungarian engineer András Pintér. They had one son, Karim, in 1976. Pinterová returned to professional tennis at the age of 34 and won the Tokyo title. Career In 1974, she played the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, her best performance in a single round of the Grand Slam. She won two WTA singles during her career, first in Florida in 1972 (opposite Billie Jean King in the final), the second in Japan in 1981. During her career, Pinterová won: * Two Czech Internationals * Virginia Slims of Jacksonville * The Cairo Open * The Japan Open * The World University Games She had wins against Martina Navratilova, Sue Barker and Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan (born December 3, 1959) is a former American tennis player. During her ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Cazaux
Nicole Hesse-Cazaux (born 18 September 1948) is a French former tennis player. Hesse-Cazaux was a regular participant at the French Open and made three appearances in the singles main draw. During her time in tennis she also competed under her maiden name Cazaux as well as Bîmes, from her marriage to tennis executive Christian Bîmes, with whom she had two daughters. She has since married former tennis player Yannick Hesse and they are the parents of Amandine Hesse Amandine Hesse (; born 16 January 1993) is a French professional tennis player. Hesse has won six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 154. On 2 May ..., who competes on tour. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hesse-Cazaux, Nicole 1948 births Living people French female tennis players 20th-century French sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana María Arias
Ana María Arias Pinto Bravo (born 24 July 1946) is a former professional tennis player from Chile. Biography Arias is originally from Argentina, which she represented when she started playing on tour in the 1960s. She made the round of 16 at the 1970 French Open as a qualifier and was runner-up in the doubles at the 1971 Swedish Open, partnering Linda Tuero. In the early 1970s she married Chilean tennis player Jaime Pinto Bravo and began competing for her husband's country, including in two Federation Cup ties in 1974. Her three children are competitive squash players, who all won medals for Chile at the 2018 South American Games The 2018 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It was the 11th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. A total of 373 sporting events are scheduled to be contested across a variety of sports. .... WTA Tour finals Doubles (0–1) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arias, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lany Kaligis
Lany Kaligis (born 22 April 1949), sometimes known as Lany Lumanauw, is a former Indonesian professional tennis player. She played at Grand Slam events between 1968 and 1975, in women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. In women's doubles, she and partner Lita Liem Sugiarto reached two Grand Slam quarterfinals: the Australian Open in 1970 and Wimbledon in 1971. As such, she and Liem were among the first Indonesians to reach the later rounds of a Grand Slam competition. In singles, her best results were her third round exits from the Australian Championships in 1968 and the Australian Open in 1970. She enjoyed some success at the Asian Games. At the 1966 Asian Games at Bangkok, she won the gold medal in the women's singles, the gold medal in the women's doubles with Lita Liem, the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Soen Houw Goto. She also won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran. Kaligis was also a regular representative of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Bartkowicz
Jane Bartkowicz (born April 16, 1949), known during her career as Peaches Bartkowicz, is a former top tennis player from the United States in the 1960s. Career She played her first tournament in July 1963 at the Tri-State Championships in Cincinnati, where she progressed to the final, losing to Stephanie DeFina. Bartkowicz was a protégé of Jean and Jerry Hoxie. Bartkowicz first title came at the Tri-State Championships in which she won both the singles and the doubles titles and repeated this feat in 1967. In 1968, she won the singles title at Canadian International Championships in Toronto against Faye Urban. In major tournaments, she was a quarterfinalist in singles at the US Open in 1968 and 1969 as well as a quarterfinalist in the women's doubles at the French Open in 1969, Wimbledon in 1969 and the US Open in 1969. She also reached the quarterfinals of women's doubles at the US Open in 1970. She played her final tournament and won her 20th career singles title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
