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Terry Phelps
Terry Phelps (born December 18, 1966) is a former professional women's tennis player who is best known for reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1985. She reached No. 20 in the world rankings on May 26, 1986, her career high. Career finals Singles (2 runner-ups) Grand Slam singles performance timeline References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Phelps, Terry 1966 births American female tennis players Living people People from Larchmont, New York Sportspeople from Westchester County, New York Tennis people from New York (state) 21st-century American women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tennis. The WTA's corporate headquarters is in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing. The Women's Tennis Association was founded in June 1973 by Billie Jean King, and traces its origins to the inaugural Virginia Slims tournament, arranged by Gladys Heldman, sponsored by Joe Cullman, CEO of Philip Morris, and held on 23 September 1970 at the Houston Racquet Club in Houston, Texas. Rosie Casals won this first event. When the Women's Tennis Association was founded, Billie Jean King was one of nine players that comprised the WTA, also referred to as the Original 9, that included Julie Heldman, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Judy Dalton, Kristy Pigeon, Peaches Bartkowicz, Kerry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Two-time defending champion Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Mary Joe Fernández in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1990 Australian Open. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Steffi Graf is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Steffi Graf (champion) # Gabriela Sabatini ''(third round)'' # Zina Garrison ''(quarterfinals)'' # Helena Suková ''(semifinals)'' # Jana Novotná ''(third round)'' # Mary Joe Fernández ''(finalist)'' # Hana Mandlíková ''(third round)'' # Helen Kelesi ''(third round)'' # Katerina Maleeva ''(quarterfinals)'' # Natalia Zvereva ''(second round)'' # Pam Shriver ''(third round)'' # Larisa Savchenko-Neiland ''(first round)'' # Raffaella Reggi ''(fourth round)'' # Rosalyn Fairbank ''(third round)'' # Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. Fernández won 17 ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Four-time defending champion Martina Navratilova defeated Hana Mandlíková in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships. It was her seventh Wimbledon singles title and 14th major singles title overall. Mandlíková was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam. This marked the first Wimbledon appearance of future champion Jana Novotná. She was defeated by Susan Mascarin in the first round. Seeds Martina Navratilova (champion) Chris Evert Lloyd ''(semifinals)'' Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia who later obtained Australian citizenship. During her career she won four Grand Slam singles titles - the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French O ... ''(final)'' Claudia Kohde-Kilsch ''(third round)'' Pam Shriver ''(first round)'' Kathy Rinaldi ''(first round)'' Helena Suková ''(quarterfinals)'' Manuela Maleeva ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Three-time defending champion Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert Lloyd in a rematch of the previous year's final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships. It was her sixth Wimbledon singles title and twelfth major singles title overall. It marked Evert's seventh runner-up finish at Wimbledon, the joint-most at a major (shared with Blanche Bingley, also at Wimbledon). Seeds Chris Evert Lloyd ''(final)'' Martina Navratilova (champion) n/a Hana Mandlíková ''(third round)'' Manuela Maleeva ''(fourth round)'' Pam Shriver ''(quarterfinals)'' Claudia Kohde-Kilsch ''(second round)'' Helena Suková ''(quarterfinals)'' Zina Garrison ''(semifinals)'' Bonnie Gadusek ''(second round)'' Kathy Jordan ''(second round)'' Steffi Graf ''(fourth round)'' Catarina Lindqvist ''(first round)'' Carling Bassett ''(second round)'' Wendy Turnbull ''(third round)'' Gabriela Sabatini ''(third round)'' Kath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Two-time defending champion Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert Lloyd in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1984 Wimbledon Championships. It was her fifth Wimbledon singles title and tenth major singles title overall. Seeds Martina Navratilova (champion) Chris Evert Lloyd ''(final)'' Hana Mandlíková ''(semifinals)'' Pam Shriver ''(quarterfinals)'' Zina Garrison ''(second round)'' Kathy Jordan ''(semifinals)'' Manuela Maleeva ''(quarterfinals)'' Kathy Horvath ''(second round)'' Wendy Turnbull ''(fourth round)'' Jo Durie ''(quarterfinals)'' Lisa Bonder ''(third round)'' Claudia Kohde-Kilsch ''(fourth round)'' Barbara Potter ''(fourth round)'' Helena Suková ''(fourth round)'' Andrea Temesvári ''(fourth round)'' Carling Bassett ''(third round)'' Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts, with retractable roofs over the two main courts since 2019. Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open (tennis), US Open. Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass, the traditional tennis playing surface. Also, it is the only Grand Slam that retains a night-time curfew, though matches can now continue until 11.00 pm under the lights. The tournament traditionally takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, starting on the last Monday in June and culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Finals, scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 French Open – Women's Singles
Monica Seles defeated Steffi Graf in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1990 French Open. Aged 16 years and 6 months, she became the youngest major singles champion in the Open Era at the time, and remains the youngest French Open champion in history. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion, but she lost in the second round to Mercedes Paz Mercedes María Paz (; born 27 June 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. She won three singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 28 in April 1991. Her best Grand Slam result was the fou .... This tournament also saw a semifinal appearance for future world No. 1 Jennifer Capriati. Aged only 14 years and 70 days, she became the youngest tennis player ever to reach a French Open semifinal and, following this tournament, the youngest player ever to enter the top ten in rankings. Seeds Qualifying Draw Finals Top half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 French Open – Women's Singles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated the two-time defending champion Steffi Graf in the final, 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1989 French Open. This ended Graf's winning streak of major singles titles at five. Graf served for the championship at 5–3 in the third set, but lost the game to love and won only three more points in the match from that point. Sánchez Vicario was just 17 years old at the time, and it was the first of her three French Open titles (followed by 1994 and 1998). This tournament marked the major debut for future world No. 1 Monica Seles, who reached the semifinals before losing to Graf. It was also the first French Open since 1978 not to feature Martina Navratilova or Chris Evert. Seeds Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links1989 French Open – Women's draws and resultsat the Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 French Open – Women's Singles
Defending champion Steffi Graf defeated Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–0, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1988 French Open. It was her second French Open title and third major title overall. The final was the shortest major final of the Open Era; the official duration of the match was 34 minutes, but only 32 minutes of play took place due to a rain break. It remains the only " double bagel" major final of the Open Era. The win marked Graf's second step towards completing the first, and so far only Golden Slam in the history of pedestrian tennis. Graf won the title without dropping a set and losing only 20 games during the tournament. Graf recorded a total of six "bagel" (6–0) sets during her seven matches. The final was the first major final since the 1981 French Open not to feature either Martina Navratilova or Chris Evert. Seeds Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 French Open – Women's Singles
Steffi Graf defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1987 French Open. It was her first major title, and the first of an eventual 22 such titles. Chris Evert was the two-time defending champion, but was defeated by Navratilova in the semifinals in a rematch of the previous three years' finals. This tournament marked the major debut for future world No. 1 and French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ... champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Seeds Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links1987 French Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 French Open – Women's Singles
Defending champion Chris Evert defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1986 French Open. It was her seventh French Open singles title and her 18th and final Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles title overall, an Open Era record. It also marked the 13th consecutive year in which Evert won a major, another Open Era record. The final between Evert and Navratilova was their third successive final at the French Open. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Chris Evert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. Qualifying Draw Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 See also * Evert–Navratilova rivalry References External links1986 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1986 French Open - Women's Singles 1986 French Open, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
