Judy Tegart Dalton (née Tegart; born 12 December 1937) is an Australian former professional

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player. She won nine

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doubles titles, and completed the career Grand Slam in women's doubles. Five of her doubles titles were with

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. Tegart was also a runner-up in 10 major doubles tournaments.

Career

Tegart reached the final at Wimbledon in 1968, where she lost to

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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

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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 German Open Championships in

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. In the singles final, she defeated

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in straight sets. Tegart was unusual in that she did not reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament outside of Australia until she was 29 years of age. From Wimbledon in 1967 until the end of her career, she reached at least the quarterfinals in half of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played (10 out of 20). Tegart was a member of the Australian Federation Cup team in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1970. Her career won-loss record was 18–4, including 6–1 in singles and 12–3 in doubles. Australia won the Federation Cup in 1965 and 1970. Tegart was one of the original "Virginia Slims 9", the nine players who in 1971 joined the break-away Virginia Slims tour organised by

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. She married Dr. David Dalton on 18 November 1969. She was made a

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(AM) in the

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for "significant service to tennis as a player, to equality for women in sport, and to sporting foundations".

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 final (1 runner-up)

Women's doubles: 11 finals (8 titles, 3 runners-up)

Mixed doubles: 8 finals (1 title, 7 runners-up)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Dalton participated in both editions.

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