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1976 US Open – Women's Singles
Defending champion Chris Evert defeated Evonne Goolagong in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1976 US Open. It was her second US Open title and her sixth major singles title overall. Evert did not lose a set during the tournament. It was Goolagong's fourth consecutive runner-up finish at the event, her best career result at the tournament; she was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Chris Evert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Chris Evert ''(champion)'' # Evonne Goolagong ''(finalist)'' # Martina Navratilova ''(first round)'' # Virginia Wade ''(second round)'' # Nancy Richey ''(second round)'' # Rosie Casals ''(quarterfinalist)'' # Kerry Reid ''(second round)'' # Olga Morozova ''(third round)'' # Sue Barker ''(fourth round)'' # Dianne Fromholtz ''(semifinalist)'' # Mona Guerrant ''(first round)'' # Françoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Evert
Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful players of all time, she was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 260 weeks ( fourth-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 seven times: 1974-1978, 1980 and 1981. Evert won 157 singles titles, including 18 majors (among which a record seven French Open titles and a joint-record six US Open titles). Alongside Martina Navratilova, her greatest rival, Evert dominated women's tennis from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. In singles, Evert reached the semifinals or better in 52 of the 56 majors she played, including at 34 consecutive majors entered from the 1971 US Open through the 1983 French Open. She never lost in the first or second round of a major, and lost in the third round only twice. Evert holds the record of most consecutive years (13) of winning at least one major title, and cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Meyer
Carolyn Meyer Richardson (born August 22, 1955) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography From Indianapolis, Meyer was the Indiana state singles champion in 1971 at the age of 16. Before turning professional, she played tennis at Marymount College (now Lynn University) and in 1974 was the AIAW national singles champion. Meyer, who reached a best world ranking of 14, began competing on the professional tour in 1974. In her first year on tour, she made the mixed doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon (partnering Rayno Seegers), reached the third round of the US Open, and was a semifinalist at the U.S. Clay Court Championships. She made the biggest final of her professional career in 1975 at the Virginia Slims of Denver, where she was beaten in three sets by Martina Navratilova. During this tournament, she upset Janet Newberry, Laura Dupont, #7 seed Linky Boshoff, #2 Francoise Durr & No. 5 Nancy Richey. From 1975 to 1976, she played World TeamTennis World TeamTe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Struthers
Mary Struthers (born July 21, 1950) is an American former professional tennis player. A San Diego native, Struthers was active on tour in the 1970s, making main draw appearances at the French Open and Wimbledon. She featured in the second round of the 1976 US Open, where she was beaten by Glynis Coles. In 1977 she was a singles finalist at 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 250 tournament on the ATP Tour. The women's event (sponsored by ... in Båstad. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Struthers, Mary 1950 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from San Diego 20th-century American sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greer Stevens
Greer Stevens (born 15 February 1957) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. Career Stevens in 1980 reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 7 and the Wimbledon quarterfinals in both singles and doubles. With Bob Hewitt, she won the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon in 1977 and 1979 and at the US Open in 1979. She also played for the Boston Lobsters of World TeamTennis. She retired in December 1980 after competing in the New South Wales Open, having had her career best year. Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles: 3 (3 titles) WTA Tour finals Singles: 6 (4–2) Doubles: 17 (5–12) Grand Slam singles tournament timeline Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Greer South African female tennis players 1957 births Living people Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Sportspeople from Pietermaritzburg Tennis players from ... [...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] |
Glynis Coles
Glynis Coles (born 20 February 1954), also known by her married name Glynis Coles-Bond, is a retired English professional tennis player and former British number 2. Career Coles played professionally from 1970 to1988, playing both singles and doubles. Her best singles results in a Grand Slam tournament were at Wimbledon, where she advanced to the round of 16 in 1973 and 1975, losing both times to Margaret Court. As a doubles player, she reached the quarterfinals of many Grand Slam contests, most notably in 1975, when she and Sue Barker made the quarterfinals of all of the Grand Slam events in the same year. Coles won the women's singles title at the Swedish Open in 1973, and she and Barker won the women's doubles title there in 1974. She made nine appearances for the British 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 Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenda Liess
Zenda Liess (born December 12, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Tennis career Liess competed as a junior in Florida, where she attended Spruce Creek High School. She won back to back Orange Bowl titles for the 16s and Under in 1973 and 1974. As a 16-year old she was a quarter-finalist at the 1976 US Open, one of few occasions the tournament had been played on clay, a surface Liess was strong on. In 1977 she won the state championships while at Spruce Creek, then upon graduating played on the professional circuit for three years. She made the US Open third round in both 1977 and 1978, but could not repeat her earlier success. On the WTA Tour her best performance was a semi-final appearance at the 1978 Rothmans Canadian Open. Later life Liess ran a hotdog stand with first husband Byron on Daytona Beach for 10 years. With a master's degree in accounting from the University of Florida, Liess eventually settled in Greensboro, North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 her main assets on court was her powerful forehand. In a career spanning 12 years, Ruzici won 12 career singles titles, including one Grand Slam title, the 1978 French Open. In the final, she beat 1977 French Open champion Mima Jaušovec 6–2, 6–2. Ruzici also won the French Open doubles event with Jaušovec in 1978 and reached the mixed doubles final in 1978. She appeared in the French Open singles final in 1980 French Open, 1980, but lost in straight sets to Chris Evert. Ruzici remained in the world's top 20 from 1977 to 1983. She regularly featured in the Romania Fed Cup team throughout her career, and began playing for them in 1973, two years before turning professional. At Wimbledon 1978, Ruzici lost a notable match in the quarterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mima Jaušovec
Mima Jaušovec (; born 20 July 1956) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. Competing for Yugoslavia, she won the 1977 French Open singles championship. Early life Jaušovec was born in Maribor, in present-day Slovenia, when it was part of Yugoslavia. Career As a girl, she was coached by Jelena Genčić. In singles, Jaušovec reached a career high of No. 6 in 1982. Her only Grand Slam triumph came in the 1977 French Open singles championship. In 1978, she again reached the final but was defeated by Virginia Ruzici. In 1983, she reached her third French Open singles final, losing to Chris Evert. Jaušovec's other tournament wins include the 1976 Italian Open and the 1978 German Open. Jaušovec teamed with Ruzici to win the women's doubles title at the 1978 French Open. They defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey and Gail Sherriff Lovera in the final. In the same year, Jaušovec and Ruzici were the runners-up at Wimbledon, losing to Kerry Melville Reid and Wendy Turnbull. ... [...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] |
Lucky Loser
A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw. This can occur when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury, or other reasons, in which case the lucky loser re-enters the competition in place of the withdrawn competitor, or due to the structure of the tournament. In the event of a lucky loser's re-entry to a competition, it usually occurs before all competitors in the main draw have started their first match in the tournament. Tennis Lucky losers as winners and finalists It is rare for a lucky loser to win an ATP or WTA Tour tournament; Heinz Gunthardt did it in 1978 (at Springfield), Bill Scanlon in 1978 (at Maui), Francisco Clavet in 1990 in Hilversum, Christian Miniussi in 1991 in São Paulo, Sergiy Stakhovsky in 2008 in Zagreb, Rajeev Ram in 2009 in Newport, Andrey Rublev in 2017 in Umag, Leonardo Mayer in the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace (tennis), Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the ''#service box, 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, 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, Advantage'' to the ''#server, server''. * Ad out: ''#advantage, Advantage'' to the ''#receiver, receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the ''#advantage, advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a ''#deuce, deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
