Re: 1969
Week of December 29-January 5
For 1968 results please see:
1968 results
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ends January 1
Border Championships, East London, South Africa (Hard)
Singles (Draw= at least 11)
FI: Virginia Wade (GB) d. Winnie Shaw (GB) 6-1 3-6 6-1
DF: Virginia Wade (GB)/Pat Walkden d. Sandra Reynolds Price/Winnie Shaw (GB) 8-6 6-4
MX: Virginia Wade (GB)/Robert Maud d. ????
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Indian Hard Courts, Visakhapatnam
, India (Clay)
FI: Alice Tym (US) d. Karin Peshwaria 6-0 6-1
MX: Alice Tym (US)/Bill Tym (US) d. Misra Rekha-Misra Shiv 7-5 6-1
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ends January 1
Royal South Yarra, Australia (Grass)
FI: Val Bermingham d. Kerry Wilkinson 3-6 6-1 6-4
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December 30-January 4
Eastern Province Championships Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Hard)
Singles (Draw=at least 21)
1R: Virginia Wade (GB) d. A Benade 6-0 6-1
1R: Christine Bell d. Corinne Molesworth (GB) 6-2 6-3
1R: Nell Truman d. A Calitz 6-2 6-1
1R: Winnie Shaw d. K Geraghty w/o
1R: Wendy Tomlinson d. V Souter 6-0 6-1
2R: Wade d. Daphne Botha 6-2 6-1
2R: Vicky Rogers (US) d. Laura Rossouw 6-4 3-6 8-6
2R: Shaw d. Tomlinson 3-6 6-1 6-1
2R: Truman d. Gillian Dove 6-3 6-3
QF: Wade d. Rogers 6-1 6-3
QF: Shaw d. Brenda Kirk 6-3 6-0
QF: Kathy Harter (US) d. Truman 3-6 6-1 10-8
QF: Pat Walkden d. Maryna Godwin 6-4 6-3
SF: Wade d. Shaw 6-4 6-3
SF: Walkden d. Harter 6-3 6-4
FI: Pat Walkden d. Virginia Wade (GB) 6-4 6-3
DF: Winnie Shaw (GB)/Virginia Wade (GB) d. Carol Sherriff (Aus)/Pat Walkden 7-5 6-4
Extremely windy. A stroy has a player got so mad he threw his raquet in disgust only to have the wind take it and carry it out to the street!
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December 31-January 5
Tasmanian Open, Hobart, Australia (Grass)
Venue: Domain Tennis Centre
Note Casals and King were foreign seeds. All other seeds domestic.
Singles (Draw=20)
PR: Evonne Goolagong d Kimiyo Hatanaka (Jap) 9-7 6-3
PR: Helen Rush d Trisha Edwards 6-0 6-0
PR: Helen Gourlay [4] d Seirei Cho (Tai) 6-3 6-4
PR: Barbara Hawcroft d Helen Sheedy 6-0 6-0
1R: Billie Jean King [1F] d. Cynthia Sieler 6-1 6-1
1R: Kerry Melville [3] d Vicky Lancaster 6-1 6-4
1R: Lesley Turner Bowrey [2] d Reiko Miyagi (Jap) 6-1 6-0
1R: Goolagong d Rush 6-3 6-2
1R: Rosie Casals [2F] d Gwen Bishop 6-1 6-2
1R: Kerry Harris d Mariln Tesch 4-6 6-3 6-3
1R: Gourlay [4] d Hawcroft 6-3 6-4
1R: Karen Krantzcke [2] d Janet Young 9-7 6-3
QF: Melville [3] d. King [1F] 9-7 6-4
QF: Bowrey [2] d. Goolagong 6-3 6-2
QF: Casals [2F] d. Harris 7-5 7-5
QF: Krantzcke [1] d. Gourlay [4] 6-3 6-3
SF: Melville [3] d. Bowrey [2] 6-3 4-6 6-2
SF: Casals [2F] d. Krantzcke [1] 6-2 4-6 6-2
FI: Kerry Melville [3] d. Rosie Casals [2F] (US) 6-3 6-3
Doubles
QF: Rosie Casals (US)/Billie Jean King (US) d Lyn Butterfield/Helen Sheedy 6-1 6-2
SF: Rosie Casals (US)/Billie Jean King (US) d Lesley Bowrey/Helen Gourlay 6-4 6-4
SF: Karen Krantzcke/Kery Melville d. Trisha Edwards/Evonne Goolagong 6-1 6-2
FI: Rosie Casals (US)/Billie Jean King (US) d. Karen Krantzcke/Kerry Melville 2-6 6-2 6-3
Mixed
QF Billie Jean King / Fred Stolle d Mrs. W. Field / W. Field default
SF King / Stolle d. Kerry Harris / Frank Sedgman 9-7 4-6 6-2
FI Rosemary Casals / Tony Roche d. King / Stolle 6-1 6-4
Darw note: Dolan lists Seirei Cho as From Japan. I have Taiwan. Which is correct? The start date I have comes from the New York Times.
Billie Jean credits Kerry's "improved play" for her upset in the QF. She then notes she "needs more match practice." The NYT wrote King fought hard "but was badly off form". This is King's first event back after knee surgery. Melville streaks on to take the title in a 50 minute final, indicating she has recovered from the breakup of an engagement that negatively affected her in 1968.
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January 1-5
Western Australian Open, Perth, Australia (Grass)
Venue: Royal King's Park
Prize Money (Combined)= $4,773
Singles (Draw=18)
PR: Francoise Durr (Fra) [4] d Helen Muir 6-2 6-2
PR: Laura Collins d L Schlafrig 6-1 6-3
1R: Margaret Smith Court [1] d I Bojun 6-1 6-0
1R: Anne Coleman d J Edmiston default
1R: Durr [4] d Kerry Hogarth 6-3 6-0
1R: Kerryl Treasure d L Jowett default
1R: Lesley Hunt d Christine Matison 6-2 6-1
1R: Judy Tegart [3] d L Griffiths 6-3 6-0
1R: Pam Hatt d M Slocombe 6-0 6-0
1R: Ann Haydon Jones (GB) [2] d Collins 6-0 6-0
QF: Court [1] d Coleman 6-0 6-1
QF: Durr [4] d Treasure 6-1 6-0
QF: Hunt d. Tegart [3] 6-3 2-6 6-1
QF: Jones [2] d Hatt 6-0 6-1
SF: Court [1] d. Durr [4] 6-0 6-2
SF: Hunt d. Jones [2] 6-4 4-6 8-6
FI: Margaret Court [1] d. Lesley Hunt 7-5 6-1
DF: Margaret Court/Judy Tegart d. Francoise Durr (Fra)/Ann Jones (GB) 6-4 6-4
MX: Francoise Durr (Fra)/Ken Rosewall d. Judy Tegart/Philip Dent 6-3 6-4
Margaret ends Hunt's string of upsets. The 17 year old had shocked experienced #3 seed Tegart and #2 seed Jones. Her 400 prize money as RU was divided between the semifinalists.
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Manly Seaside Championships, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Grass)
SF: Gail Sherriff (Fra) d. Norma Marsh 6-3 6-4
SF: Lany Kaligis (Indo) d. Frances Luff 6-4 6-0
FI: Gail Chanfreau (Fra) d. Lany Kaligis (Indo) 6-0 6-0
DF: Mary Hawton/Norma Marsh d. Kayser/Margaret Starr 7-5 8-5
Aussie Gail Sherriff has married a French tennis player and switched nationalities.
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ends January 5
Indian Hard Courts, Madras, India (Clay)
SF: Judith Dibar (Rom) d. Nirupama Vasant 8-6 6-1
SF: Alice Tym (US) d. Sriya Gunaratne (Cey) 6-2 6-1
FI: Alice Tym (US) d. Judith Dibar (Rom) 4-6 6-1 6-3
DF: Judith Dibar (Rom)/Alice Tym led Peshwaria/Nirapuma Vasant 7-5 1-2 called due to darkness.
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ends January 4
North Island Championships, Hamilton, New Zealand
QF: Pam Rogan d. ????
QF: Sue Blackwood d. Elizabeth Odgers 7-5 5-7 6-0
QF: Beverly Vercoe d. Margaret O' Carroll 8-6 6-4
QF: Elaine Stephan d. ????
SF: Rogan d. Vercoe 7-5 7-5
SF: Blackwood d. Stephan 10-8 6-1
FI: Sue Blackwood d. Pam Rogan 6-4 2-6 6-2
DF: Sue Blackwood/Elaine Stephan d. Pam Rogan/Beverly Vercoe 8-6 7-5