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1979 French Open – Women's Singles
Chris Evert defeated Wendy Turnbull in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1979 French Open. It was her third French Open singles title and her ninth major singles title overall. Evert extended her win streak at the event to 18 matches, having won the title on her last two appearances in 1974 and 1975. Virginia Ruzici was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Dianne Fromholtz. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Chris Evert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Chris Evert ''(champion)'' # Virginia Wade ''(second round)'' # Dianne Fromholtz ''(semifinals)'' # Wendy Turnbull ''(finalist)'' # Virginia Ruzici ''(quarterfinals)'' # Sue Barker ''(second round)'' # Regina Maršíková ''(semifinals)'' # Betty Stöve ''(third round)'' # Mima Jaušovec ''(second round)'' # Kathy May-Teacher ''(second round)'' # Rosie Casals ''(first round)'' # Marise Kruger ''(second round)'' ... [...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] |
Anne Smith (tennis)
Anne Smith (born July 1, 1959) is an educational psychologist and a former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was world No. 1 in 1980 and 1981. Her highest singles ranking was world No. 11 in 1980. Major finals Grand Slam finals Doubles: 9 (5–4) Mixed doubles: 5 (5–0) Year-End Championships finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) WTA Tour finals Singles 4 (0–4) Doubles 69 (32–37) Grand Slam performance timeline Singles Doubles Mixed doubles Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Education She received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Trinity University and a PhD. in educational psychology from The University of Texas. Career Smith is a licensed psychologist in Texas and Massachusetts. She was director of the Learning Center at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. She was the coach of the WTT Boston Lobsters team in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Latham
Kate Latham (born October 25, 1952) 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 competed in Grand Slam tournaments from 1973 to 1984. References External links * * 1952 births Living people American female tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) Tennis players from San Francisco 21st-century American women 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Simon-Glinel
Brigitte Simon-Glinel (born 1 November 1956) is a French former professional tennis player. She competed under her maiden name Brigitte Simon. Simon, a semi-finalist at the 1978 French Open, represented France in 14 Federation Cup ties. She played in two Federation Cup quarter-final ties with France and both times came up against Chris Evert, for two losses. A three-time winner of the national championships, Simon was the French number one between 1978 and 1981. 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 External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simon-Glinel, Brigitte 1956 births Living people French female tennis players Sportspeople from Caen 20th-century French sportswomen ... [...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] |
Ivanna Madruga
Ivanna Madruga (born 27 January 1961) is a retired tennis player from Argentina who played professionally in the 1980s. She also is known under the married name Ivanna Madruga-Osses. Career In 1980, with compatriot Adriana Villagrán, she reached the women's doubles final at the Roland Garros, losing to Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan (born December 3, 1959) is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won seven Grand Slam titles, five of them in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. She also was the 1983 Australian Open women's singles runn ... and Anne Smith. She reached three quarterfinals in Grand Slam tournaments, once at the French Open and twice at the US Open. Her one tournament win, out of seven WTA finals, was against Patricia Medrado in Rio de Janeiro, on March 22, 1982. Out of Madruga's 142 career wins, 107 were on clay courts.https://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/wplayer-classic.cgi?p=IvannaMadruga&f=ACareerqqE0 Madruga represented her count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Federation Cup, the international women's team competition. They won the cup after beating the Australian team 3–0 in the final of the World Group. Between 1975 and 1981, she played in 18 ties for the Czechoslovakian team and compiled a 20–7 win–loss record. In May 1975, she won the singles title at the West German Championships in Hamburg after a three-set final against Kazuko Sawamatsu. In 1976, Tomanová reached the singles final at both the French Open and the Australian Open. She lost at the French Open to Sue Barker in three sets and at the Australian Open to Evonne Goolagong in straight sets. Tomanová also reached the women's doubles final at the Australian Open with Lesley Turner Bowrey, losing to Goolagong and Helen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a Czech–Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in the mid-1980s. Mandíková won 27 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including four majors: the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Open, 1985 US Open and 1987 Australian Open. She was the runner-up at a further four singles majors – twice at Wimbledon and twice at the US Open. She also won 19 career doubles titles, including a major in women's doubles at the 1989 US Open partnering Martina Navratilova. Competing for Czechoslovakia and later Australia, Mandlíková was one of the brightest stars of her generation and is considered one of the greatest female players of the Open Era. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994. Mandlíková was ranked in the top 50 for twelve consecutive seasons (1978–89), including seven seasons ranked in the top 10. She led Czec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruta Gerulaitis
Ruta Gerulaitis (; born November 18, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She is the sister of Vitas Gerulaitis. Biography Early life Gerulaitis, the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants, grew up in New York City. She and Vitas, an elder brother, were the only children of Vitas Gerulaitis Sr. and Aldona Gerulaitienė (née Čenkutė). It wasn’t until the age of 15 that she began playing tennis competitively. Tennis career Gerulaitis and her brother teamed up at the 1975 US Open to make the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles. At the 1978 Wimbledon Championships, Gerulaitis made it to the fourth round of the singles and en route won a match against 16th seed Marita Redondo, in which she dropped just two games. Her best performance in a grand slam tournament came at the 1979 French Open, where she was a singles quarterfinalist. Beating Chris O'Neil in the first round, she started her second round match with a 6–0 first set against 14th see ... [...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] |
