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1976 French Open – Women's Singles
Sue Barker defeated Renáta Tomanová in the final, 6–2, 0–6, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1976 French Open. It was her first and only Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title. Chris Evert was the two-time reigning champion, but chose not to defend her title. She elected to compete in World TeamTennis and did not return to the French Open until 1979. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Sue Barker is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Sue Barker ''(champion)'' # Helga Niessen Masthoff, Helga Masthoff ''(quarterfinals)'' # Marita Redondo ''(third round)'' # Mima Jaušovec ''(second round)'' # Lesley Hunt ''(first round)'' # Linky Boshoff ''(second round)'' # Gail Chanfreau, Gail Chanfreau Lovera ''(second round)'' # Fiorella Bonicelli ''(second round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier (tennis), Qualifier * WC = wild card (tennis), Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired (tennis), Retired Finals Earlier round ... [...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] |
Retired (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of '' spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: '' Advantage'' to the '' server''. * Ad out: '' Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the '' advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a '' deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile De Roubin
Odile de Roubin (born 28 September 1948) is a former professional tennis player from France. Biography As a junior, de Roubin won the girls' singles title at the 1966 French Championships. During the 1970s she competed on the professional tour, making regular appearances at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships. Her best performance came at the 1973 French Open, where she won her way through to the quarter-finals, beating third seed Virginia Wade en route. She also toppled the third seed at the 1975 French Open, American player Julie Heldman. She represented France in three editions of the Federation Cup, in 1970, 1973 and 1974, for a total of 11 ties. 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 E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susana Maria Villaverde
Susana Maria Villaverde (born 9 February 1955) was a former Swiss tennis player born in Argentina. She played in singles at the French Open in 1976. Lost to the Italian Daniela Marzano in the first round. Her partner in women's doubles, Argentina Elvira Weisenberger lost in the Second round to Uruguayan Fiorella Bonicelli and French 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 ma .... Career finals Singles (2–0) Doubles (2–5) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villaverde, Susana Maria 1955 births Swiss people of Argentine descent Sportspeople of Argentine descent Argentine female tennis players Swiss female tennis players Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrix Klein
Beatrix Klein-Szalay (born 19 January 1953) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. A native of Budapest, Klein was Hungary's national singles champion in 1976 and represented her country in 10 Federation Cup rubbers. During her career she made three singles main draw appearance at the French Open and qualified for the US Open in 1981. She now lives in New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ..., where she coaches tennis. See also * List of Hungary Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Beatrix 1953 births Living people Hungarian female tennis players Tennis players from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to the United States 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Kloss
Ilana Sheryl Kloss (born 22 March 1956) is a South African former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and administrator. She was the World's No. 1 ranked doubles player in 1976, and World No. 19 in singles in 1979. She won the Wimbledon juniors singles title in 1972, the US Open juniors singles title in 1974, and the US Open Doubles and French Open Mixed Doubles titles in 1976. She won three gold medals at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel. After her playing career, Kloss was the commissioner of World TeamTennis from 2001–2021. Tennis career Before turning professional, Kloss won the juniors singles title at Wimbledon in 1972. She won the SA doubles title with Linky Boshoff in 1973, 1975, and 1977. She also played in the Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning gold medals in the singles, women's doubles (with Helen Weiner defeating silver medalists Vicki Berner and Pam Gullish of Canada in the finals), and the mixed doubles in the 1973 Maccabiah Games. She also won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura DuPont
Laura duPont (May 4, 1949 – February 20, 2002) was a female American tennis player. She was the first woman to win a national title in any sport for the University of North Carolina,ITA - 2002 Inductee Laura duPont as well as being the first female at the school. She was not related to the multiple grand slam winner . Born in , Laura b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Porzio
Daniela Porzio (6 June 1950 – 2 October 2017), also known by her married name Daniela Marzano, was a professional tennis player from Italy who was active in the 1970s. During her career she reached the second round in singles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. Her best Grand Slam result in doubles was reaching the semifinals at the 1978 French Open with her American partner Paula Smith, which they lost to eventual champions Mima Jaušovec and Virginia Ruzici. Porzio was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1971 to 1980 and had a 15–14 win–loss record. After her playing career, she started coaching and became the first coach of Francesca Schiavone Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Schiavone won eight W .... She was married to Italian tennis player Pietro Marzano. Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy May
Kathy May Fritz (born June 18, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. She reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals, once at the US Open in 1978 and twice at the French Open in 1977 and 1978. She won seven WTA singles titles during her career, and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 10 in 1977. She also competed under the names Kathy May Teacher after her marriage in 1979 to tennis player Brian Teacher, and Kathy May-Paben. Her son Taylor Fritz is also a professional tennis player, and he was the 2015 ITF Junior World Champion. Early and personal life May was born and grew up in Beverly Hills, California. She is the great-granddaughter of David May, founder of The May Department Stores Company (now Macy's). In 1979, she married fellow Californian player Brian Teacher, also a top 10 tennis player and the 1980 Australian Open champion; they subsequently divorced. She married fireman Donn Paben in 1981 with whom she had two sons, and subsequently divorced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Doerner
Cynthia Doerner (née Sieler) (born 11 February 1951) is an Australian former international tennis player. She competed in the Australian Open seven times, thrice as Cynthia Sieler (1968, 1970 and 1971) and four times as Cynthia Doerner, from 1973 to 1979. at australianopen.com Her career singles highlights include winning the Connaught Hard Court Championships
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Regina Maršíková
Regina Maršíková (born 11 December 1958) is a retired tennis player from Czechoslovakia, present-day Czech Republic. Career Maršíková won the French Junior Championships in 1975. She had career wins over Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, Hana Mandlíková, Tracy Austin, and Virginia Wade. Her best performances in Grand Slam singles events included three consecutive semifinals at the French Open from 1977 to 1979. She won the 1977 French Open women's doubles title with Pam Teeguarden. Maršíková was involved in an automobile accident in September 1981 near Prague, Czechoslovakia that caused a fatality. She lost her drivers license and visa and served several months in detention. She was not allowed to leave the Eastern Bloc until early 1985. Maršíková rejoined the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloslava Holubová
Miloslava "Míla" Holubová (born 2 October 1949) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Holubová made a surprise run to the final eight of the 1976 French Open, with wins over Maria Bueno, Gail Lovera and Wendy Turnbull. She was beaten in the quarter-finals by Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She won the 1978 French Open – Women's singles, 1978 French Open singles championship. Career Ruzici became a professional tennis player in 1975. One of h .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holubova, Miloslava 1949 births Living people Czechoslovak female tennis players Czech female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
