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1974 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Evonne Goolagong defeated Chris Evert in the final, 7–6, 4–6, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1974 Australian Open. It was her first Australian Open title and third Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title overall, following three consecutive runner-up finishes at the tournament. Evert was making her tournament debut. Margaret Court was the reigning champion, but did not compete this year due to pregnancy. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Evonne Goolagong is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Chris Evert ''(finalist)'' # Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Evonne Goolagong (champion) # Kerry Melville ''(semifinals)'' # Julie Heldman ''(semifinals)'' # Lesley Hunt ''(quarterfinals)'' # Kerry Harris ''(first round)'' # Pam Teeguarden ''(second round)'' # Kazuko Sawamatsu ''(third round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier (tennis), Qualifier * WC = wild card (tennis), Wild card ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. Goolagong won 86 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors, and 46 doubles titles, including seven doubles majors. At the age of 19, Goolagong won the French Open singles and the Australian Open doubles championships (the latter with Margaret Court). She won the women's singles tournament at Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon in 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 1971. In 1980 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 1980 she won Wimbledon again, this time as a mother and becoming the first mother to win the title in 66 years. She represented Australia in three Fed Cup competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Tegart-Dalton
Judy Tegart-Dalton (née Tegart; born 12 December 1937) is an Australian former professional tennis 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. 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 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, where at the age of 40 she lost in the quarterfinals in straight sets to top-seeded and eventual champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Tegart won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 1969 Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Gourlay
Helen Gourlay Cawley (née Gourlay; born 23 December 1946) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Personal Helen Gourlay was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. She married Richard Leon Cawley in January 1977, and married William Timothy Cape in October 1986. Career Gourlay reached the singles final of two Grand Slam tournaments, losing the 1971 French Open and the December 1977 Australian Open to countrywoman Evonne Goolagong. An operation on her elbow sidelined her for 10 months in 1973. In women's doubles, Gourlay was a four-time winner of the Australian Open (1972, 1976, 1977 (January), 1977 (December)). She won Wimbledon in 1977 partnering JoAnne Russell and was the runner-up there in 1974 with Karen Krantzcke. Gourlay was twice the runner-up at the French Open in 1971 with Kerry Harris and 1977 with Rayni Fox. In 1977, Gourlay played in four of the five Grand Slam Women's Doubles finals (the Australian Open was contested twice), only failing to reach the US ... [...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] |
Sue Barker
Susan Barker (born 19 April 1956) is a British former television presenter and professional tennis player. During her playing career, Barker won 15 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 1976 French Open. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3. Barker started working for the BBC as a tennis presenter in 1993, and the following year began to present coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships; she held this role until 2022. In addition, Barker fronted coverage of other major sporting occasions and sports for the BBC, including Olympic and Commonwealth Games, athletics and horse racing. Barker is also a former presenter of '' A Question of Sport, Grandstand'' and BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Early life Barker was born on 19 April 1956 and raised in Paignton, Devon, and educated at a convent school. In 1966, aged 10, she was picked out as the second of two girls who were to receive tennis coaching from Arthur Roberts, who had coached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Anliot
Helena Anliot (born 26 September 1956) is a Swedish former tennis player.Ett sekel av svensk tennis, Festskrift utgiven av KLTK vid dess 100-årsjubileum (). She was seeded 6 in the 1977 Australian Open 1977 Australian Open may refer to: * 1977 Australian Open (January) The 1977 Australian Open (January) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament was held from .... WTA career finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) ITF finals Singles (8–5) Doubles (5–8) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anliot, Helena Swedish female tennis players 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Falun 21st-century Swedish women 20th-century Swedish sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Hogarth
Kerry Ballard (born Kerry Hogarth; 16 December 1949) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Ballard, a NSW junior state champion, grew up in the north of Sydney. She was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1970 Australian Open The 1970 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on Grass courts at the White City Stadium in Sydney, Australia from 19 to 27 January. It was the 58th edition of the Australian Open, the 16th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam of th ... and twice played in the second round of the singles. Active on the ITF senior circuit, Ballard is regarded as the world's top player over the age of 70 and was named Australian Senior Tennis Player of the Year in 2020. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ballard, Kerry 1949 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoko Nomura
Kiyoko Nomura (17 November 1954 – 17 February 2016) was a Japanese former professional tennis player. Nomura, a multiple medalist at the 1978 Asian Games, represented the Japan Federation Cup team from 1978 to 1981. She was the singles winner at the All Japan Championships in 1979 and 1981, as well as a five-time national champion in doubles. While competing on the international tour she featured in the main draw of the Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl .... See also * List of Japan Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nomura, Kiyoko 1954 births 2016 deaths Japanese female tennis players Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Matison
Christine Matison (born 29 October 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached the semi-finals of the 1978 Australian Open as a qualifier. Matison was the first woman qualifier to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament. The next woman qualifier to do so was Alexandra Stevenson in the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. In 1975, Matison won the doubles of the Western Australian Championships in Perth partnering Lesley Turner Bowrey, beating Sue Barker Susan Barker (born 19 April 1956) is a British former television presenter and professional tennis player. During her playing career, Barker won 15 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 1976 French Open. She reached a career- ... and Michelle Tyler-Wilson in the final. In 1983, she won the singles titles at the final edition of the Western Australian Hard Court Open Championships in Wongan Hills. References External links * * 1951 births Living people Australian female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Tesch
Marilyn Tesch is an Australian former professional tennis player. A native of Bundaberg, Queensland, Tesch was a two-time Australian Open doubles quarter-finalist. She also made the mixed doubles fourth round at Wimbledon in 1973 with Anand Amritraj, where they lost in three sets to Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert. Her best singles result at grand slam level was a third round appearance at the 1973 Australian Open. Tesch, who is now known by her married name Rasmussen, was runner-up to Evonne Goolagong Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was one of the world's leadi ... at the 1970 Australian Hard Court Championships. In 1978 she had the distinction of winning both of New Zealand's national titles. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tesch, Marilyn Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Walker
Jennifer Walker (born 9 April 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was the 1974 Australian Open junior champion. Walker's best results in grand slam tennis came in doubles, with a quarter-final appearance at the 1976 Wimbledon Championships with Chris O'Neil and a semi-final appearance at the 1979 Australian Open partnering Chris Newton Christopher Malcolm Newton (born 29 September 1973) is an English former road and track racing cyclist. During his career, Newton won three Olympic medals (one silver, two bronze), seven UCI Track Cycling World Championships medals – includi .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Jenny 1956 births Living people Australian female tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiko Sade
Toshiko Sade (born 8 March 1947) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Active in the 1970s, Sade appeared at Wimbledon as a doubles player and made the singles main draw of the 1974 Australian Open, where she lost in the second round to Janet Fallis. She was the All Japan singles champion in 1974 and represented Japan at the Asian Games in Tehran that year, winning a gold medal in the women's doubles with Kayoko Fukuoka is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Fukuoka, a two-time French Open quarter-finalist in doubles, featured in 16 Federation Cup ties for Japan as a doubles specialist and won a total of 12 matches. At the 1974 Asian Games The 7th .... In 1975 she featured in six Federation Cup rubbers for Japan and registered two wins. See also * List of Japan Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sade, Toshiko 1947 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
