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1978 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Chris O'Neil (tennis), Chris O'Neil defeated Betsy Nagelsen in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1978 Australian Open. It was her first and only Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles title. O'Neil List of Grand Slam and related tennis records#Won a title without losing a set, did not lose a set during the tournament. Evonne Goolagong was the reigning champion, but she did not compete this year due to injury. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Chris O'Neil (tennis), Chris O'Neil is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Sue Barker ''(quarterfinals)'' # Renáta Tomanová ''(quarterfinals)'' # Beth Norton ''(second round)'' # Amanda Tobin ''(first round)'' # Renee Blount ''(second round)'' # Cynthia Doerner ''(first round)'' #''Withdrawn'' # Betsy Nagelsen ''(finalist)'' Qualifying Draw Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 References External links 1978 Australian Open – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris O'Neil (tennis)
Christine O'Neil (born 19 March 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player. O'Neil is best known for her singles victory at the 1978 Australian Open, and was the last Australian to win the title until Ashleigh Barty in 2022. She also became the first unseeded woman to win the title in the Open era. O'Neil is also one of the few players who have won both the Australian Open junior (1973) and senior (1978) titles. In 2007, along with her brothers Keith and William, O'Neil took over the Morisset Sports & Tennis Centre located in Newcastle, New South Wales. The centre was subsequently renamed the O'Neil School of Tennis. She then moved on to operate O'Neil's School of Tennis in Cessnock, New South Wales. She has since moved to Port Macquarie Port Macquarie, sometimes shortened to Port Mac and commonly locally nicknamed Port, is a coastal city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane, on the Tasman Sea coast a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Eisterlehner
Heidi Eisterlehner (25 October 1949 – 15 May 2025) wtb-tennis.de, 22 May 2025 (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2025. was a tennis player from Germany who was active from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Early life Eisterlehner was born in , East Germany but moved in her youth to , where she started playing at the local club 1. FC Nürnberg. She studied .[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaye Hallam
Kaye Hallam (born 24 March 1957) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Hallam grew up in the New South Wales town of Wagga Wagga and competed on the professional tour in the 1970s. She was a doubles quarter-finalist at the 1976 Australian Open, partnering Renee Blount. Her best singles performance was a second round appearance in the December edition of 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 .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallam, Kaye 1957 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from New South Wales Sportspeople from Wagga Wagga Sportswomen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitte Hermansen
Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name ''Brighid''. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became common names in Scandinavia because of St. Bridget of Sweden.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. (1990). A dictionary of first names. Oxford University Press. People named Birgitta * Birgitta Dahl (1937–2024), Swedish politician *Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373), Swedish Roman Catholic saint * Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937–2024), elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf *Birgitta Durell (1619–1683), Swedish industrialist *Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 1967), Icelandic politician *Birgithe Kühle (1762–1832), Dano-Norwegian editor *Birgitta Moran Farmer (1881–1939), American miniature painter *Birgitta Haukdal (born 1979), Icelandic singer *Birgitte Winther (1751–1809), Danish opera singer *Birgitta Hillingsø (born 1940), Danish antiques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerida Gregory
Nerida Gregory (born 13 May 1956) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Gregory, who comes from Bundaberg in Queensland, won back-to-back Australian Open girls' doubles junior titles in 1974 and 1975. She featured in the main draw of all grand slam tournaments during her career. At the 1975 Australian Open, in addition to winning the girls' doubles, she also competed in the women's singles and made the third round, with wins over Dianne Evers and Pam Whytcross. At both the January and December editions of the Australian Open in 1977 she partnered with Jan Wilton to make the quarter-finals of the women's doubles . In 1980 she won the Australian Hard Court Championships, a non tour event, and also made the final of three WTA Tour tournaments. During her tour of Japan in October, she lost the doubles final in Nagoya, then was runner-up in both the singles and doubles events at the Japan Open in Tokyo. She continued competing on tour until 1984 and wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Bohm
Nina Bohm (born 30 April 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Bohm, a right-handed player from Stockholm, made her Fed Cup debut for Sweden in 1978, against France. She appeared in a total of four ties, the other three coming in 1980, where she and partner Helena Anliot won deciding doubles rubbers against France and Japan, before Sweden fell to Australia in the quarter-finals. During her professional career she competed in the main draw of all four grand slam events. She made the fourth round of the 1981 French Open, with wins over Renáta Tomanová and 14th seed Ivanna Madruga. At the 1981 Wimbledon Championships she was a quarter-finalist in the women's doubles, partnering American Sherry Acker. She also reached the third round of the singles draw that year, where she lost 6–8 in third set against eighth seed Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She won the 1978 French Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Sands
Kim Sands (born 11 October 1956) is an American former professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player. She reached 44th in the WTA rankings in April 1984 and became the first African-American woman to receive a scholarship to the University of Miami where she earned a Bachelor of Education degree. References External links * * 1956 births African-American tennis players Living people University of Miami School of Education alumni 21st-century African-American sportswomen 21st-century American sportswomen 20th-century African-American sportswomen 20th-century American sportswomen American female tennis players {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trish Bostrom
Patricia Lynn Bostrom (born November 25, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player. She is better known as Trish Bostrom, and after tennis, she became a lawyer in Washington. Bostrom grew up in West Seattle, and she attended the University of Washington, winning the Pac-8 singles title in 1972. While at the university she was an advocate for gender equality in collegiate sports and successfully sued to be able to try out for a spot on the men's tennis team. Graduating from the University of Washington in 1972, Bostrom competed on the professional tour for the remainder of the 1970s and played five seasons of World TeamTennis. She was a women's doubles semifinalist at the Australian Open and a mixed doubles semifinalist at the French Open The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (ten ... [...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] |
Leanne Harrison
Leanne Harrison (born 10 April 1958) is a retired tennis player from Australia who was a runner-up in doubles at the 1979 Australian Open The 1979 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia and was held from 24 December 1979 through 2 January 1980. It was the 68th edition of the Austra .... Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * 1958 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Melbourne People from Mount Evelyn, Victoria Sportswomen from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Elisabeth Ekblom
Elisabeth Ekblom (born 10 February 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Ekblom was a semifinalist at the 1976 Australian Open as a 17-year-old. She started her run with a straight sets win over second seed Kerry Reid, then defeated unseeded players Kathleen Harter and Christine Matison. In the semifinal, she was beaten by Czechoslovakia's Renáta Tomanová. In 1978, she made her Fed Cup debut for Sweden in a first round tie against France. She played other Fed Cup ties in 1981 against Denmark and Czechoslovakia. Her only title on the WTA Tour came in the doubles at Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ... in 1982 with Lena Sandin. WTA Tour finals Doubles (1-0) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekblom, Elisabet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |