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Jitka Volavková
Jitka Volavková (born 1939) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Playing for Czech Republic Billie Jean King Cup team, Czechoslovakia in the Fed Cup, Volavková has accumulated a win–loss record of 5–6. She lost to the British player Ann Jones (tennis), Ann Jones in the fourth round at the 1965 French Open. She lost to the British player Virginia Wade in the fourth round at the 1967 Wimbledon. Career finals Singles (5–6) Doubles (4–7) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Volavkova, Jitka 1939 births Living people Czechoslovak female tennis players Tennis players from Prague Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Czechoslovakia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Truman
Christine Clara Truman Janes (born 16 January 1941) is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom who was active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. She won a singles Grand Slam title at the French Championships in 1959 and was a finalist at Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships. She helped Great Britain win the Wightman Cup in 1958, 1960 and 1968. Career Christine Truman was a member of a tight-knit, supportive tennis-playing family. She often entered the Wimbledon mixed doubles with her brother Humphrey.Tennis Today Truman, Christine Published by Arthur Barker (1961) She formed a successful doubles partnership with her younger sister Nell Truman. She was the British junior champion in 1956 and 1957. Truman made her debut at Wimbledon in 1957 at age 16, beating the then French Open champion Shirley Bloomer and Betty Rosenquest, and eventually losing to eventual champion Althea Gibson in the semifinals. In 1958, she caused a sensation by defeating Gibson, the reign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Pachta
Sonja Pachta (25 April 1941 – 21 August 2024) was an Austrian tennis player. Pachta, a 19-time national singles champion, was active on tour from the 1950s through to the 1970s. From 1963 to 1975, she competed for the Austria Federation Cup team, featuring in 16 rubbers. Her best grand slam performance was a fourth round appearance at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships, where she lost to Billie Jean Moffitt (King). Pachta died in Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ... on 21 August 2024, at the age of 83. See also * List of Austria Federation Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pachta, Sonja 1941 births 2024 deaths Austrian female tennis players Tennis players from Vienna 20th-century Austrian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Smith Court
Margaret Court (''née'' Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian former World number 1 ranked female tennis players, world number 1 tennis player and a Christian minister. Her 24 women's singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, 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 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, career Grand Slam in singles aged 21 with her victory at 1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 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 (tennis), Grand Slam by winning all four major singles titles in 1970, part of a record six consecutive major singles victories. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Sherriff
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 made her first appearance in the Federation Cup for Australia in 1966. She played for France Fed Cup team from 1969 to 1980. When Gail beat her sister Carol Sherriff, who reached the third round of the Australian Open on five occasions, 8–10, 6–3, 6–3 in the 1966 Wimbledon Championships second round, that was the second match between sisters at Wimbledon, the first being in the 1884 Wimbledon Championships when Maud Watson beat Lillian. The next Wimbledon match between sisters was in 2000 between Serena and Venus Williams. Chanfreau reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1967 and 1972, and the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1968 and 1971. She won the French Open doubles in 1967, 1970 and 1971 with Françoise Dü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Van Zyl
Annette Van Zyl (born 25 September), also known by her married name as Annette du Plooy, is a South African former tennis player. She was ranked in the top ten female players during the mid-1960s, and in 1966 she won the French Open Mixed Doubles title with Frew McMillan, defeating Ann Haydon-Jones and Clark Graebner in three sets. Tennis career In January 1965 she won the singles title at the Natal Championships in Durban. In April 1965 Van Zyl reached the final of the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth but was beaten in straight sets by Ann Haydon-Jones. In June of the same year, she won the singles title at the grass court tournament in Cheltenham, and later that month, she won the London Grass Court Championship played at the Queen's Club, defeating Christine Truman in the final. In July, she won the Welsh title also against Truman in the final. She reached the semifinal of the French Open singles in 1967, beating Billie Jean King in the quarterfinals and then l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Starkie
Elizabeth Starkie (born 31 August 1938) is a British former tennis player. She became Elizabeth Wagstaff after marriage. Active during the 1960s, Starkie represented Great Britain in both Federation Cup and Wightman Cup tennis. Starkie, a native of Yorkshire, competed in the Wightman Cup from 1962 to 1966 and was the doubles partner of Ann Jones in Britain's run to the semi-finals of the 1966 Federation Cup. She was a singles quarter-finalist at the 1963 Australian Championships The 1963 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia from 10 January to 19 January. It was the 51st edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the A ..., where she also reached the semi-finals in doubles. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Starkie, Liz 1938 births Living people English female tennis players British female tennis players Tennis players from West Yorkshire 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Lieffrig
Janine Lieffrig (born 12 April 1938) is a French former tennis player. Lieffrig reached the doubles final at the 1965 Wimbledon Championships and the 1965 French Championships with compatriot Françoise Dürr. At the French, they were defeated in the final in straight sets by Margaret Court and Lesley Turner Bowrey, and at Wimbledon, they lost the final to Maria Bueno and Billie Jean King in straight sets. From 1963 to 1968, she competed in five editions of the Wimbledon Championships. In the singles, her best result was reaching the third round in 1968 and in the mixed doubles she reached the quarterfinals in 1963 with Boro Jovanović Boro Jovanović (21 October 1939 – 19 December 2023) was a Yugoslav and Croatian tennis player. Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon Championships, 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić, and quarter-finalist in the 196 .... In 1965, she made it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships partnering Dà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alena Palmeová-West
Alena Palmeová-West (born 7 January 1945) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Biography Palmeová born in 1945 in Jihlava. She married American William Sidney West on July 17, 1970, divorced 1984. After the wedding she played under the name Alena Palmeová-West. Career Palmeová won 11 international tournaments in singles and played in the finals in 19 tournaments. In doubles, she won one tournament and played in the finals in two tournaments. At Grand Slam level she was most successful at Wimbledon, making the third round of the Wimbledon in both 1969 and 1971. Playing for Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ... at the Federation Cup, Palmeová has a win–loss record of 2–4. Career finals Singles (11 titles – 19 runner–ups) Double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
Zsuzsa Körmöczy (25 August 1924 – 16 September 2006) was a Hungarian tennis player. She reached a career high of World No. 2 in women's tennis, and won the 1958 French Open at the age of 33. Early life She was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish. Tennis career In Hungary, as a 16-year-old in 1940 she won the national doubles and mixed doubles titles, and she later won the national singles title six times, and the doubles or mixed doubles trophies 10 times. According to Lance Tingay of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Körmöczy was ranked in the world top 10 in 1953, 1955, 1956, and 1958 and again from 1959 through 1961 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of World No. 2 in those rankings in 1958 at the age of 34. She won the singles title at the 1958 French Championships at the age of 33 and reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1958. She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year in 1958 after having won the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Dmitrieva
Anna Vladimirovna Dmitrieva (; 10 December 1940 — 24 June 2024) was a tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union, as well as a sports commentator. Biography Anna Dmitrieva started playing tennis at the age of 12. In less than a year she had won the Moscow junior championships as a member of the Dynamo team, and the next year she also became Moscow junior singles champion. At the age of 16 she was allowed to play at senior tournaments, and in a year she became champion of Moscow in singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. In 1958, when the USSR joined the International Tennis Federation, Dmitrieva became a member of the first Soviet delegation at the Wimbledon Championships. She reached the final of the junior girls' tournament. In 1958–1967, Dmitrieva won 18 titles in the Soviet Championships: five times in singles, nine in women's doubles and four times in mixed doubles. In 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1964 she won the championships in all three categories. Dmitrieva also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Lehane
Janice Patricia "Jan" Lehane O'Neill OAM (née Lehane; born 9 July 1941) is a former Australian female tennis player. She was the first leading female player with a double-handed backhand. She won the singles title at the New South Wales Championships in 1959 after a three-sets victory in the final against Mary Carter Reitano. In 1960, she successfully defended her title by winning the semifinal against world No. 1 ranked Maria Bueno and the final in straight sets against Margaret Smith. At the Australian Championships, Lehane reached the singles final four consecutive years (1960–1963) but lost to Margaret Smith each time. She had a similar experience in women's doubles, reaching the final twice (in 1961 with Mary Bevis Hawton and 1963 with Lesley Turner Bowrey) but losing each time to a team that included Smith (with Mary Carter Reitano in 1961 and Robyn Ebbern in 1963). Lehane had more success in the mixed doubles, twice winning the title (in 1960 with Trevor Fancut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
