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1973 French Open – Women's Doubles
Margaret Court and Virginia Wade defeated defending champion Betty Stöve and her partner Françoise Dürr in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1973 French Open. Billie Jean King and Stöve were the reigning champions, but King did not competed this year. This marked the first women's doubles major appearance of future record 31-time women's doubles major champion and world No. 1 Martina Navratilova. Partnering Renáta Tomanová, they lost in the quarterfinals to Rosie Darmon and Mariana Simionescu. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links1973 French Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 nat ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1973 F ... [...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] |
Wendy Gilchrist
Wendy Gilchrist (born 17 May 1950) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. From 1972 she competed as Wendy Paish following her marriage to British Davis Cup player John Paish. Biography Born in 1950, she is the daughter of tennis player Jim Gilchrist. Gilchrist, a left-handed player, played on the professional tour in the 1970s and made it to the Virginia Slims Championships in 1972. Her best performance in a Grand Slam tournament came at the 1970 Australian Open, where she was a semifinalist in the women's doubles with Lesley Hunt. She was a quarterfinalist in mixed doubles at the 1971 French Open The 1971 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 70th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Sla ... and a quarterfinalist in the women's doubles at the 1972 Wimbledon Championships. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Pryde
Marilyn Lawrence (née Pryde; born 15 May 1952) is a former New Zealand professional tennis player. Tennis career Pryde won her first national championship in 1968 as a 15-year old and made her debut for the New Zealand Federation Cup team in 1970, going on to feature in eight ties. She was runner-up to Evonne Goolagong at the 1973 New Zealand Open and also came up against Goolagong in one of her appearances at Wimbledon. Personal life Pryde's daughter, jewellery and handbag designer Kelly Lawrence, is married to New Zealand triathlete Terenzo Bozzone Terenzo Bozzone (born 1 March 1985) is a professional triathlete from New Zealand who races primarily in long distance, non-drafting events. He is the winner of the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. Athletic career Bozzone was born in So .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pryde, Marilyn 1952 births Living people New Zealand female tennis players 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Fuchs
Nathalie Fuchs (born 3 September 1952) is a French former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from Paris, Fuchs competed on the professional tour in the 1970s. She was the winner of the 1974 Spanish Championships and played 11 ties for the France Federation Cup team. Fuchs made the third round of the French Open on three occasions, including in 1974 when she had an upset win over second seed Virginia Wade. She also partnered with Wanaro N'Godrella in the mixed doubles event in 1974 and reached the semi-finals, which was her best grand slam performance. In the 1975 Federation Cup she remained unbeaten in her singles rubbers up until France's semi-final loss to Czechoslovakia. She had played an important role in the quarter-final win over Great Britain, with her victory against Sue Barker levelling the tie, which was won by France in the doubles. Her three set loss to Renáta Tomanová in the semi-finals however would secure the tie for Czechoslovakia. See also *L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoko Sato
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. Career Naoko Sato best results came in the doubles. She reached final of 1978 Australian Open with Pam Whytcross which they lost to Betsy Nagelsen and Renáta Tomanová Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Career Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the 1972 French Open. In 1975, she and Martina Navratilova represented Czechoslovakia in the ... in straight sets. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) WTA Tour finals Doubles (1–3) References External links * * * Japanese female tennis players Living people 1955 births Tennis players from Tokyo Asian Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Rho
Monica Rho (born 25 October 1955) is a Costa Rican former professional tennis player. She is the first Costa Rican female tennis player to compete in the Grand Slam. She played in singles at the French Open in 1974. She lost to the Romanian player Judith Dibar-Gohn in the First Round. In 1973 French Open, her partner in Women's Doubles, Japanese Naoko Sato lost in the Second Round to the American Chris Evert and Soviet Olga Morozova Olga Vasilyevna Morozova ( rus, Ольга Васильевна Морозова, , ˈolʲɡə mɐˈrozəvə, a=Ru-Olga_Morozova.ogg, links=no; born 22 February 1949) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Competing for the Soviet Uni .... Career finals Singles (0–1) Doubles: 3 (2–1) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rho, Monica 1955 births Living people Costa Rican female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzsébet Széll
Erzsébet Széll (born 7 December 1945) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. A five-time national doubles champion, Széll was active on tour in the 1960s and 1970s. Széll won a bronze medal in singles at the 1965 Summer Universiade and reached the third round of the 1967 French Championships. She played two singles and two doubles rubbers for Hungary in the Federation Cup. See also *List of Hungary Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Hungary Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. Hungary have taken part in the competition since 1963. Players References External linksMagyar Tenisz Szövetség {{DEFAULTSORT:Hung ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Szell, Erzsebet 1945 births Living people Hungarian female tennis players Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Hungary Summer World University Games medalists in tennis 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzsébet Polgár
Erzsébet Polgár is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. Polgár, who won national singles championships in 1964 and 1968, featured in three editions of the French Open. She competed in a Federation Cup tie for Hungary in 1969, losing her singles rubber to Canada's Faye Urban Faye Urban (28 October 1945 – 11 November 2020) was a Canadian tennis player, the top-ranked player in Canada from 1967 to 1969. Life and career Raised in Windsor, Ontario, she competed in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in singles (t ... in three sets. See also * List of Hungary Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Polgar, Erzsebet Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Hungarian female tennis players 20th-century Hungarian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvira Weisenberger
Elvira Weisenberger (born 24 December 1949) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Biography Weisenberger competed in 12 Federation Cup ties for Argentina from 1973 to 1977. Her best grand slam performance was a third round appearance at the 1974 French Open. She is a former president of the Women's International Tennis Association (WITA), an organisation that ran parallel to the WTA in the 1970s. See also *List of Argentina Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Argentina Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. Argentina have taken part in the competition since 1964. Players References External linksAsociación Argentina de Tenis {{DEFAUL ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weisenberger, Elvira 1949 births Living people Argentine female tennis players 20th-century Argentine women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Giscafré
Raquel Giscafré (born 15 May 1949) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. She was Argentina's No. 1 female player from 1972 to 1975. She competed in the 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 ... from 1966 to 1978. She was a tennis promoter and ran the WTA's Acura Classic each year from 1984 until 2007.Keith Kattan ''Raising Big Smiling Tennis Kids: A Complete Roadmap for Every Parent and Coach'' 2006 Page 208 "Ranging from corporations like Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment, which promotes a variety of sporting events, including tennis, to players-turned-entrepreneurs like Jane Stratton and Raquel Giscafré, who run a prestigious WTA tournament in San Diego, now in its 20th year." References External links * * * 1949 births Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Turnbull
Wendy Turnbull, (born 26 November 1952) is an Australian retired tennis player. During her career, she won nine Grand Slam titles, four of them in women's doubles and five of them in mixed doubles. She also was a three-time Grand Slam runner-up in singles and won 11 singles titles and 55 doubles titles. Career Turnbull turned professional in 1975. Her career high rankings were third in singles and fifth in doubles. She was ranked in the year-end world top 20 for 10 consecutive years (1977 through 1986) and in the year-end world top 10 for eight consecutive years from 1977 to 1984. She was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her foot speed around the court. Turnbull was a singles runner-up at the 1977 US Open, the 1979 French Open, and the 1980 Australian Open. She won four women's doubles titles and five mixed doubles titles at Grand Slam events. She was a 12-time runner-up in Grand Slam doubles events: 11 times in women's doubles and one time in mixed doubles. Nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Coleman
Patricia Coleman (born 13 May 1953) is an Australian former tennis player.She played in the Australian Open singles from 1971 to 1974. In 1972 she reached the final of the doubles event at the Australian Open with Karen Krantzcke Karen Krantzcke (1 February 1946 – 11 April 1977) was an Australian tennis player. She achieved a world top ten singles ranking in 1970. In her short career, she made the quarterfinals or better at each of the four Grand Slam championships i .... Grand Slam finals Doubles (1 runner-up) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coleman, Patricia Australian female tennis players Living people 1953 births Tennis players from New South Wales Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Sportswomen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
