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Lexie Crooke
Alexis Ann Crooke is an Australian former professional tennis player. Crooke, a native of Queensland, won the girls' singles title at the 1967 Australian Championships, under her maiden name Lexie Kenny. She was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1969 Australian Open. In 1970 she competed in the women's singles main draws of both the French Open and Wimbledon. Her husband, Ken Crooke, is a former director of the Queensland National Party.Marquis Who's Who Marquis Who's Who, also known as A.N. Marquis Company ( or ), is an American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies. The books usually are entitled ''Who's Who in...'' followed by some subject, such as ''Who's Who in A ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crooke, Lexie Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian female tennis players Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Tennis players fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Australian Championships – Women's Singles
Top-seeded Margaret Smith won the women's singles tennis title at the 1966 Australian Championships after Nancy Richey withdrew from the final. This is the only walkover in a Ladies Singles Final of a Grand Slam tournament and was Smith's 7th straight Australian Open title. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Margaret Smith is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Margaret Smith ''(champion)'' # Nancy Richey ''(finalist)'' # Lesley Turner ''(third round)'' # Carole Caldwell Graebner ''(semifinals)'' # Judy Tegart ''(quarterfinals)'' # Gail Sherriff ''(third round)'' # Jan Lehane ''(second round)'' # Madonna Schacht ''(quarterfinals)'' # Robyn Ebbern ''(third round)'' # Joan Gibson ''(quarterfinals)'' # Karen Krantzcke ''(third round)'' # Kerry Melville ''(semifinals)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Australian Open
The 1969 Australian Open was the first Australian Open and the final Grand Slam tournament to allow both amateur and professionals. The tournament was played in Brisbane on Milton's grass courts between a men's field of 48 and a women's field of 32. It was the 57th edition of the tournament, the 7th and last one held in Brisbane, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Tournament The semi-final between Rod Laver and Tony Roche was played in 105-degree heat. That contest dragged on for more than four hours, both players putting wet cabbage leaves in their hats to help them keep cool. The Men's singles title was eventually won by Rod Laver defeating Andrés Gimeno. Margaret Court took her 8th singles title and the $1,500 prize from Billie Jean King and swept the tournament with Women's doubles and Mixed. The 1969 Australian Open was the only year in the Open era that a mixed doubles championship was staged, until resumption in 1987. Marty Riessen and Margaret Court shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis Players From Queensland
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 strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
