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Week of June 12-17

June 11-17 Kent Championships Beckenham UK (Grass)

QF: Margaret Smith d. Karen Hantze 9-7 6-4
QF: Ann Haydon d. Christiane Mercelis 6-2 7-5.
QF: Lesley Turner d. Billie Jean Moffitt 4-6 11-9 6-0
QF: Christine Truman d. Margaret Hunt 6-3 6-1.

SF: Smith d. Haydon 6-0 6-3
SF: Truman d. Turner 6-4 3-6 8-6

FI: Margaret Smith (Aus) d. Christine Truman 6-3 4-6 8-6

DF: Haydon/Truman d. Smith/Turner 3-6 7-5 9-7.
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June 11-17 West of England, Bristol. (Grass)

QF: Yola Ramirez d. Renee Schuurman 6-3 6-0
QF: Deidre Catt d. Mimi Arnold 7-5 8-6
QF: Sandra Reynolds d. Elizabeth Starkie 6-4 14-12
QF: Jan Lehane d. Suzy Kormoczy 6-0 10-8

SF: Catt d. Ramirez 0-6 6-3 6-1
SF: Reynolds d. Lehane 7-5 7-5

FI: Sandra Reynolds (S. Af) d. Deidre Catt 7-5 10-8

DF: Reynolds/Schuurman d. Lehane/Ramirez 8-6 6-2.

Reynolds second consecutive win in a quality event will earn her top seeding at Wimbledon.

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Week of June 19-25

ends June 25 Southern Chmps, Winston-Salem, N. Carolina, US (Clay)

FI: Roberta Alison d. Raymonde Jones 3-6 6-2 6-4

DF: Carrie Heldman/Julie Heldman d. Crady/Mary Habicht 6-3 8-6.
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June 18-26 Queen's Club, London, UK (Grass)

QF: Ann Haydon d. Jan Lehane 7-5 7-5
QF: Nancy Richey d. Lesley Turner 6-3 1-6 6-2
QF: Margaret Smith d. Renee Schuurman 6-4 8-6
QF: Chrsitine Truman d. Rita Bentley 6-4 6-4

SF: Smith d. Haydon 6-3 6-2
SF: Richey d. Truman 6-3 5-7 6-0

FI: Margaret Smith (Aus) d. Nancy Richey (US) 6-0 4-6 6-2

DF: Karen Hantze/Billie Jean Moffitt d. Margaret Hunt/Lynn Hutchings 6-2 13-15 6-2

In the third round Ann Haydon complains about the stalling tactics of American Karen Hantze after winning 6-3 9-11 6-2. Karen is warned 3 times for sitting down in between games on changeovers. Ann commented, "It took 2 hours and 13 minutes, but it wasn't all tennis." Karen also talked to friends in the gallery and delayed to drink water water or suck on some oranges.

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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (WIMBLEDON)


Dates: June 26-July 8
Venue: The All-England Club
Surface: Grass

Draw=96

First Round
Margaret Smith (Aus) [2] bye
Nancy Richey (US) bye
Pat Stewart (US) bye
Sue Chatrier (Frn) bye

Carmen Coronado (Sp) bye
Belmar Gunderson (US) bye
Suzy Kormoczy (Hun) bye
Sylvana Lazzarino (Ity) bye

Christine Truman [6] bye
Margaret Hellyer (Aus) bye
Pat Hird bye
Nora de Somoza (Arg) bye

Sonia Pachta (Austria) bye
Margaret Hunt (SA) bye
Pat Hales bye
Edda Buding (Ger) bye

Ann Haydon [3] d. Janine Boorgnon (Swt) [Q] 6-0 6-0
Christianne Mercelis (Bel) d. Sally Moore (US) 7-5 7-5
Carole Webb d. Danielle Wild (Frn) 6-4 6-4
Marta Pombo (Sp) d. Janet Scoble [Q] 6-3 3-6 10-8

Pat Wheeler d. Frances MacLennan 6-3 6-3
Renee Schuurman (SA) d. Rita Bentley 7-5 6-3
Francesca Gordigiani (Ity) d. Eleanor O'Neil (Ire) [Q] 6-2 6-2
Pauline Roberts d. Frances Walton 6-0 6-4

Karen Hantze (US) [8] d. Rosie Darmon (Frn) 6-2 6-2
Vivienne Dennis d. Judy Tee [Q] 1-6 6-3 6-3
Robin Blakelock d. Marta-Peterdy-Wolf (Frn) 6-3 7-5
Eva Duldig (Aus) d. Renata Ostermann (Ger) 6-4 4-6 6-2

Shirley Brasher d. Jenny Seven (Neth) 6-0 3-6 6-2
Jan Lehane (Aus) d. Anna Dmitrieva (USSR) 6-4 6-0
Eleanor Dodge (Can) d. Michelle Bourbonnais (Frn) 4-6 7-5 7-5
Jill Mills d. Caroline Yates-Bell 6-3 6-4

Rosemary Deloford d. Nell Hopman (Aus) 6-3 8-6
Alison Stroud d. Geraldine Houlihan (Ire) [Q] 6-1 6-3
Justine Bricka (US) d. Gudrun Rosin (Swd) 6-4 6-3
Donna Floyd (US) d. Valerie Kuzmenko-Titova (USSR) 6-1 6-3

Ilse Davies d. Margaret Lee 5-7 6-4 6-1
Doris Schuster (Ost) d. Carol Hanks (US) 6-3 6-3
Honor Durose [Q] d. Jenny Wagstaff [Q] 1-6 12-10 7-5
Angela Mortimer [7] d. Joyce Barclay walkover

Merrill Mark (SA) d. Gwen Thomas (US) 6-3 1-6 8-6
Lynne Hutchings (SA) d. Hanna Sladek (Can) 5-7 6-2 6-2
Vera Sukova (CZ) d. Margot Dittmeyer (Ger) 6-0 6-0
Ruth Illingworth d. Marlene Gersen (SA) 9-7 5-7 6-1

Karin Herich (Ger) d. Pilar Barril (Sp) 3-6 6-4 7-5
Tone Schirmer (Nor) d. Joan Gibson (Aus) 6-2 6-4
Mimi Arnold (US) d. Jenny Trewby 7-5 6-0
Lesley Turner (Aus) [4] d. Diane Tuckey 6-1 6-2

Robyn Ebbern (Aus) bye
Liz Starkie bye
Viola White [Q] bye
Helga Schultze (Ger) bye

Dierdre Catt bye
Margaret O'Donnell bye
Billie Jean Moffitt (US) bye
Yola Ramirez (Mex) [5] bye

Carole Rosser bye
Florence de la Courtie (Frn) bye
Mary Reitano (Aus) bye
Anna Maria Estalella (Sp) bye

Lea Pericoli (Ity) bye
Susan Butt [Q] bye
Lorna Cawthorn bye
Sandra Reynolds (SA) [1] bye
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Second Round
Smith [2] d. Richey 3-6 6-3 6-4
P.Stewart d. Chatrier 3-6 6-0 6-3
Coronado d. Gunderson 6-0 1-6 6-4
Kormoczy d. Lazzarino 6-2 6-2

Truman [6] d. Hellyer 6-4 6-4
Somoza d. Hird 6-1 4-6 6-4
M.Hunt d. Pachta 6-1 6-3
E.Buding d. Hales 6-1 6-1

Haydon [3] d. Mercelis 6-2 6-1
Webb d. Pombo 6-4 6-1
Schuurman d. Wheeler 6-2 6-0
Gordigiani d. Roberts 6-2 3-6 6-4

Hantze [8] d. Dennis 6-1 6-1
Duldig d. Blakelock 6-1 9-7
Lehane d. S.Brasher 6-0 6-3
Mills d. Dodge [Q] 6-4 1-6 6-4

Deloford d. Stroud 6-8 6-1 6-2
Bricka d. Floyd 6-1 9-7
Schuster d. Davies 6-4 6-3
Mortimer [7] d. Durose 6-0 6-0

Hutchings d. Mark 6-2 6-3
Sukova d. Illingworth 6-3 6-1
Herich d. Schirmer 7-5 6-2
Arnold d. Turner [4] 7-5 6-4

Starkie d. Ebbern 6-2 8-6
Schultze d. V. White [Q] 8-6 6-2
Catt d. O' Donnell 6-2 6-2
Ramirez [5] d. Moffitt 11-9 1-6 6-2

de la Courtie d. Rosser 6-3 3-6 6-0
Estalella d. Reitano walkover
Butt [Q] d. Pericoli 6-4 6-3
S.Reynolds [1] d. Cawthorn 6-3 6-2
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Third Round
Smith [2] d. P.Stewart 6-3 6-0
Kormoczy d. Coronado 6-3 6-0
Truman [6] d. Somoza 6-2 6-2
M.Hunt d. E. Buding 6-2 1-6 6-4

Haydon [3] d. Webb 6-1 6-1
Schuurman d. Gordigiani 0-6 6-0 6-3
Hantze [8] d. Duldig 6-3 6-2
Lehane d. Mills 6-1 6-4

Bricka d. Deloford 6-1 6-3
Mortimer [7] d. Schuster 6-2 6-0
Sukova d. Hutchings 6-2 7-5
M.Arnold d. Herich 6-2 6-1

Starkie d. Schultze 6-0 6-1
Ramirez [5] d. Catt 3-6 6-1 6-3
de la Courtie d. Estalella 6-4 6-3
S.Reynolds [1] d. Butt [Q] 6-3 6-2
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Fourth Round
Smith [2] d. Kormoczy 6-2 6-1
Truman [6] d. M.Hunt 6-3 6-2
Schuurman d. Haydon [3] 3-6 6-4 6-2
Hantze [8] d. Lehane 6-3 6-2

Mortimer [7] d. Bricka 6-4 9-7
Sukova d. M.Arnold 7-5 6-2
Ramirez [5] d. Starkie 8-6 6-1
S.Reynolds [1] d. de la Courtie 6-1 6-3
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Quarters
Truman [6] d. Smith [2] 3-6 6-3 9-7**
Schuurman d. Hantze [8] 6-4 2-6 7-5*
Mortimer [7] d. Sukova 6-3 6-4
S.Reynolds [1] d. Ramirez [5] 4-6 6-3 6-0

Semis
Truman [6] d. Schuurman 6-4 6-4
Mortimer [7] d. S.Reynolds [1] 11-9 6-3

Final
Mortimer [7] d. Truman [6] 4-6 6-4 7-5
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Draw notes:
Darmon=married name of Reyes (from Mexico)
Mrs. Merill Mark=(probably) Hammill.
Sukova=married name of Puzejova
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The first Wimbledon for Margaret Smith (Court) and Billie Jean Moffitt (King).

In the final Mortimer won the first all-British final since 1914 over popular Christine Truman. Truman was done is by leg cramps suffered after falling on the grass, nerves, and the steady persistence of Angela, who finally won her dream after 12 years of trying. It was the first British triumph in ladies singles since Dorothy Round in 1937.

Christine's fall came when she was within a point of 5-3 in set two. Near the net she slipped and fell with a heavy thud, clutching at her left leg on getting up. Somehow she regained some mobility in the third set, fighting to 3-3. The Centre Court crowd was in an uproar when a call went against Truman at her ad in that crucial game. Again at 5-5 she had vantage point, only to see it slip away. Angela remarked later. "I was so sorry for Christine. But this was a long time in coming. She got the sympathy but I got the title." Angela had her own problems coming inot Wimbledon, being sidelined for weeks with an inflamed elbow.

1961's Wimbledon seemed fated from the start to be decided by a combination of injury and near escape.

The match of the fortnight was Truman's escape vs. Margaret Smith. Twice the Aussie lass had match point as Centre Court writhed in agony. It was 6-5 in her favor as Smith came to the net to put away a passing shot that hit the net cord and bounced up above her. She got her racquet on the ball only to see it sail an inch long. At 7-6 Smith barely missed an approach shot wide. As Truman hit spectacular backhand volleys for the last two games Centre Court "became a madhouse".

Karen Hantze also had match point in her QF vs. Schuurman, who dismissed it with a crosscourt winner. The loser left in tears.

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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (WIMBLEDON)-Doubles and Mixed

Doubles

Draw=48


Seeds

1 Reynolds/Schuurman
2 Haydon/Truman
3 Lehane/Smith
4 Moore/Turner

Firt Round
Ann Haydon/Christine Truman (GB) [2]- bye
Pilar Barril/Carmen Coronado (Sp)- bye
Margaret Hunt/Lynn Hutchings (SA) -bye
J Macintosh/ JA Watts (GB) -bye
Michele Bourbonnais/Suzanne Chartrier (Fr) -bye
GM Evans/Rosemary Woodgate (GB) -bye
Anna Dmitrieva/V Kuzjmenko-Titova -bye
Gem Hoahing/Danielle Wild (Fr) -bye

Jan Lehane/Margaret Smith (Aus) [3] d. Justina Bricka/Carol Hanks (US) 6-1 6-1
Margaret Hellyer (Aus)/Mrs Vera Sukoca (Czh) d. PLB Gardner/M Grace (GB) 6-2 6-1
Mrs Jill Chamberlain/Violet White (GB) d. Nell Hopman (Aus)/Merrill Mark (SA) 5-7 6-3 8-6
Mimi Arnold (US)/Liz Starkie (GB) d. Eileen O'Neill/Margaret O'Sullivan (Ire) 6-2 9-7
Martha Peterdy Wolf (Stateless)/T Schirmer (Nor) d. Mrs M Bederet/A Bernheim (?) 6-3 6-1
Rosie Darmon/Yola Ramirez (Mex) d. Edda Buding/Helga Schultze (W.Ger) 6-2 8-6
Florence de la Courtie (Fr)/Christine Mecelis (Belg) d. Rose Deloford/Jill Mills (GB) 7-5 5-7 6-2
Pat Hird/Caroline Yates-Bell (GB) d. Hannah Sladek (Can)/Pat Stewart (US) 6-3 7-5

Eva Duldig (Aut)/Merlene Gerson (SA) d. SM Bramley/AC Brighton (GB) 6-4 6-3
AM Estalella/Mrs MP Pombo (Sp) d. Mrs P Rushton/JM Tee (GB) 6-2 6-2
Sylvana Lazzarino/Lea Pericoli (It) d. Mrs CT Clark/Mrs PJ Huftwit (GB) 6-3 6-4
Donna Floyd/Belmar Gunderson d. Robyn Ebbern/Mary Reitano (Aust) wo
Mrs MG Davies (GB)/K Herich (Ger) d. Joyce Barclay/Frances MacLennan (Scot) wo
Rita Bentley/Mrs VA Roberts (GB) d. Suzy Kormoczy (Hung)/Nancy Richey (US) wo
Lorna Cawthorn/PJA Wheeler (GB) d. Carol Rosser/Jennifer Trewby (GB) 4-6 6-2 9-7
Sally Moore (US)/Lesley Turner (Aust) [4] d. Mrs NC Gibson (GB)/ S Rosin (Swed) 6-3 6-4

Pat Hales/Mrs AH Thomas (GB) -bye
Margot Dittmeyer/Renata Ostermann (W Ger)- bye
Caroline Lyon/Jean Wilson (GB) -bye
Karen Hantze/Billie Jean Moffitt (US) -bye
Sonja Pachta/Doris Schuster (Aut) -bye
Mabel Bove/Mrs NB de Somoza (Arg) -bye
Deirdre Catt/Angela Mortimer (GB)- bye
Sandra Reynolds/Renee Schuurman (SA) [1] -bye

Second Round

Haydon/Truman (2) d. Barril/Coronado 6-1 6-1
Hunt/Hutchings d. Macintosh/Watts 6-2 6-0
Bourbonnais/Chatrier d. Evans/Woodgate 6-4 6-3
Dmitrieva/Kuzjmenko-Titova d. Hoahing/Wild 1-6 6-3 6-2
Lehane/Smith (3) d. Hellyer/Sukova 6-4 6-1
Arnold/Starkie d. Chamberlain/White 2-6 6-2 6-3
Darmon/Ramirez d. Peterdy-Wolf/Schirmer 6-2 6-1
Hird/Yates-Bell d. de la Courtie/Mercelis 7-5 6-2

Duldig/Gerson d. Estalella/Pombo 11-9 6-4
Lazzarino/Pericoli d. Floyd/Gunderson 1-6 7-5 6-3
Bentley/Roberts d. Davies/Herich 6-4 6-2
Moore/Turner (4) d. Cawthorn/Wheeler 6-3 6-3
Dittmeyer/Ostermann d. Hales/Thomas 6-1 6-4
Hantze/Moffitt d. Lyon/Wilson 6-2 6-1
Pachta/Schuster d. Bove/de Somoza 6-3 1-6 6-3
Reynolds/Schuurman (1) d. Catt/Mortimer 6-1 6-3

Third Round

Hunt/Hutchings d. Haydon/Truman (2)7-5 3-6 6-3
Dmitrieva/Kuzjmenko-Titova d. Bourbonnais/Chatrier 8-6 6-0
Lehane/Smith (3)d. Arnold/Starkie 6-0 3-6 6-1
Darmon/Ramirez d. Hird/Yates-Bell 3-6 6-1 6-1

Duldig/Gerson d. Lazzarino/Pericoli 1-6 6-1 6-3
Moore/Turner (4) d. Bentley/Roberts 8-6 3-6 7-5
Hantze/Moffit d. Ditttmeyer/Ostermann 6-2 6-1
Reynolds/Schuurman (1) d. Pachta/Schuster 6-3 7-5

Quarters

Hunt/Hutchings d. Dmitrieva/Kuzimenko-Titova 4-6 6-1 7-5
Lehane/Smith [3] d. Darmon/Ramirez 6-0 12-10
Moore/Turner [4] d. Duldig/Gerson 9-7 6-1
Hantze/Moffitt d. Reynolds/Schuurman [1] 9-7 6-3

Semis
Lehane/Smith [3] d. Hunt/Hutchings 6-1 6-1
Hantze/Moffitt d. Moore/Turner [4] 6-3 6-0

Final
Hantze/Moffitt d. Lehane/Smith [3] 4-6 6-4 7-5.

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Moffitt announced her presence on the tennis scene by winning the doubles with Karen Hantze. The unseeded American girls defeated the #1, #3 and #4 seeds on the way.

Mixed Doubles

1961 Mixed Draw

1R: Lesley Turner (Aus)/Fred Stolle (Aus) [1]-bye
1R: Mabel Bove (Arg) /Federico MacKinlay (Arg)-bye
1R: Rita Bentley/Gardner Mulloy (US)-bye
1R: Ana-Maria Estalella (Sp)/Patricio Rodriguez (Chile)-bye
1R: Margaret Hellyer (Aus)/Carlos Fernandes (Brz)-bye
1R: Valerie Kuzmenko-Titova (USSR)/Tomas Lejus (USSR)-bye
1R: Susan Patridge Chatrier (Frn)/Geoffrey Paish-bye
1R: Eva Duldig (Aus)/Roger Dowdeswell-bye

1R: Nora de Somoza (Arg)/Reino Nyyssonen (Fin)-bye
1R: Mimi Arnold (US)/Kingman Lambert (US)-bye
1R: Karin Herich (Ger)/Narendra Nath (Ind)-bye
1R: Marta Pombo (Sp) /Emilio Martinez (Sp)-bye
1R: Christiane Mercelis (Bel)/Jorgen Ulrich (Den)-bye
1R: Marta Peterdy-Wolf (Frn)/Warren Jacques (Aus)-bye
1R: Frances MacLennan/J. R. MacGuire-bye
1R: Janine Bourgnon (Swt)/Heinz Grimm (Swt)-bye

1R: Vera Puzejova Sukova (Cz)/Jiri Javorsky (Cz) [3]-bye
1R: Jelena Gencic (Yug)/Sima Nikolic (Yug)-bye
1R: Joyce Barclay/Clive Baxter-bye
1R: Silvana Lazzarino (Ity)/Ron Holmberg (US)-bye
1R: Carole Rosser/Neville T. Holland (Aus)-bye
1R: Patricia Roberts/L. F. Strong-bye
1R: Jill Mills/Alan Mills-bye
1R: Joan Gibson (Aus)/Neil Gibson (Aus)-bye

1R: Justina Bricka (US)/Frank Froehling(US) d. Elizabeth Starkie/Howard Walton 12-10 8-6
1R: Christine Truman/Humphrey Truman d. Billie Jean Moffitt (US) /Bill Bond (US) 9-7 4-6 6-3
1R: Nell Hall Hopman (Aus)/Naresh Kumar (Ind) d Robyn Ebbern (Aus)/ Ken Fletcher (Aus) default
1R: Sonja Pachta(Ast)/Ladislav Legenstein(Ast) d. Michele Bourbonnais (Frn)/Christopher Crawford (US) 6-1 6-3
1R: Lynn Hutchings (SA)/Adrian Bey (Rho) d. Yola Ramirez (Mex)/Donald Dell (US) 6-4 3-6 6-4
1R: Rosie Reyes Darmon (Frn)/Esteben Reyes (Mex) d. Ilse Buding Davies/Ernesto Aguirre (Chile) 7-5 6-3
1R: Margaret Hunt (SA)/Julian Mayers (SA) d. Francesca Gordigiani (Ity)/Sergio Tacchini (Ity) 6-2 6-2
1R: Donna Floyd (US)/John Lesch (US) d. Jenny Young/Barry Gearghly (Aus) 9-7 8-6

1R: Rosemary Woodgate/John Barrett d. Tone Schirmer (Nor)/Jarl Bibow (Nor) 3-6 6-2 6-0
1R: Shirley Bloomer Brasher/Will Coghlan (Aus) d. Gudrun Rosin (Swd)/Ingemar Ingvarsson (Swd)7-5 6-4
1R: Robin Blakelock/Roger Taylor d. Caroline Yates-Bell/Yates-Bell 6-0 15-13
1R: Susan Butt (Can)/Geoff Pares (Aus) d. Frances Walton/Ian Crookenden (NZ) 6-3 4-6 7-5
1R: Renee Schuurman/Bert Gaertner(SA) d Anne Hammond Phillips-Moore/Barry Phillips-Moore (Aus) 6-2 6-1
1R: Ruth Illingworth/J. C. Upton d Mary Carter Reitano (Aus)/John Newcombe (Aus) default
1R: Belmar Gunderson (US)/Alan Lane (Aus) d. Gardner/W. Schneiders 6-4 6-4
1R: Doris Schuster (Ast)/Franz Hainka (Ast)d. Lea Pericoli (Ity)/Budge Patty (US) 3-6 6-3 7-5

1R: Pilar Barril(Sp)/Isaias Pimentel (Ven)-bye
1R: Mrs J. W. Hawthorne/Lew Gerrard (NZ)-bye
1R: Rosemary Walsh/Geoff Ward-bye
1R: Marlene Gerson (SA)/Keith Diepraam (SA)-bye
1R: Ann Haydon/Whitney Reed (US)-bye
1R: Anna Dmitrieva (USSR) /Sergei Likhachev (USSR)-bye
1R: Pat Stewart (US)/Bill Alvarez (Col)-bye
1R: Edda Buding (Ger)/Bob Howe (Aus) [4]-bye

1R: Sally Moore (US)/Bob Mark (Aus)-bye
1R: Danielle Wild (Frn)/Jean Borotra (Frn)-bye
1R: Pat Hird/Gunter Sanders (Ger)-bye
1R: Gloria Butler (US)/Boro Jovanovic (Yug) -bye
1R: Honor Clark/Geoff Oakley-bye
1R: Mrs. C. F. O. Lister/Abe Segal (SA)-bye
1R: Pauline Roberts/Mark Otway (NZ)-bye
1R: Mrs Merrill Mark (SA)/Tim Clayton (Aus)-bye

1R: Carmen Coronado (Sp)/Edison Mandarino (Brz)-bye
1R: Pat Ward Hales/John McDonald (NZ)-bye
1R: Dierdre Catt/Mike Sangster-bye
1R: Pia Balling (Den)/John Hillebrand (Aus)-bye
1R: Diane Tuckey/Don Black (Rho)-bye
1R: Mary O'Sullivan (Ire)/James P. Buckley (Ire)- bye
1R: Jan Lehane (Aus)/Bob Hewitt (Aus)-bye
1R: Margaret Smith (Aus)/Enrique Morea (Arg)[2]- bye
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2R: Turner/Stolle [1] d Bove/MacKinlay 6-1 6-2
2R: Bentley/Mulloy d Estalella/Rodriguez 10-8 9-7
2R: Hellyer/Fernandes d Kuzmenko-Titova/Lejus 1-6 8-6 6-2
2R: Chatrier/Paish d Duldig/Dowdeswell 6-4 6-3
2R: Somoza/Nyyssonem d. Arnold/Lambert 6-4 6-3
2R: Herich/Nath d. Pombo/Martinez 6-4 6-3
2R: Mercelis/Ulrich d. Peterdy-Wolf/Jacques 6-2 6-2
2R: MacLennan/MacGuire d. Boorgnon/Grimm 6-3 6-3

2R: Sukova/Javorsky [3] d Genele/Nikolic 6-1 6-3
2R: Lazzarino/Holmberg d Barclay/Baxter default
2R: Roberts/Strong d Rosser/Holland 6-4 6-2
2R: Gibson/Gibson d Mills/Mills 6-3 11-9
2R: Bricka/Froehling d. Truman /Truman 6-3 13-11
2R: Hopman/Kumar d. Pachta/Legenstein 6-4 6-3
2R: Hutchings/Bey d. Darmon/Reyes 2-6 13-11 6-3
2R: Hunt/Mayers d. Floyd/Lesch 6-2 6-2

2R: Woodgate/Barrett d. Brasher/Coghlan 4-6 6-4 6-2
2R: Blakelock/Taylor d. Butt/Pares 6-0 7-5
2R: Schuurman/Gaertner d. Illingworth/Upton 6-2 6-4
2R: Gunderson/Lane d. Schuster/Hainka 6-1 6-2
2R: Buding/Howe [4] d. Stewart/Alvarez 6-1 6-4
2R: Haydon/Reed d. Gerson/Diepraam 6-1 6-3
2R: Dmitrieva/Likhachev d. Walsh/Ward 6-0 6-3
2R: Hawthorne/Gerrard d. Barril/Pimentel 6-4 6-1

2R: Moore/Mark d Wild/Borotra 5-7 6-2 6-4
2R: Hird/Sanders d. Butler/Jovanovic 6-4 3-6 15-13
2R: Clark/Oakley d. Lister/Segal 6-4 11-9
2R: Roberts/Otway d. Mark/Clayton 6-1 8-6
2R: Coronado/Mandarino d. Hales/McDonald 6-4, 3-6, 15-13
2R: Catt/Sangster d. Balling/Hillebrand 11-9 6-4
2R: Tuckey/Black d. O'Sullivan/Buckley 6-2 6-3
2R: Smith/Morea [2] d. Lehane/Hewitt 6-4 7-5
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3R: Turner/Stolle [1] d Bentley/Mulloy 6-2 6-2
3R: Hellyer/Fernandes d Chatrier/Paish 11-9 4-6 6-4
3R: Somoza/Nyyssonem d. Herich/Nath 6-2 6-4
3R: Mercelis/Ulrich d. MacLennan/MacGuire 6-2 6-4
3R: Sukova/Javorsky [3] d Lazzarino/Holmberg 6-2 6-3
3R: Gibson/Gibson d Roberts/Strong 2-6 6-4 6-2
3R: Bricka/Froehling d. Hopman/Kumar 7-5 13-11
3R: Hutchings/Bey d. Hunt/Mayers 6-4 8-6

3R: Buding/Howe [4] d Haydon/Reed 6-4 9-11 6-4
3R: Dmitrieva/Likhachev d Hawthorne/Gerrard 6-2 8-6
3R: Woodgate/Barrett d Blakelock/Taylor 6-2 7-5
3R: Schuurman/Gaertner d. Gunderson/Lane 6-4 6-3
3R: Moore/Mark d. Hird/Sanders 8-6 6-2 or 6-4 6-2
3R: Clark/Oakley d. Otway Cox/Otway 6-4 3-6 9-7
3R: Coronado/Mandarino d. Catt/Sangster 6-4 6-4
3R: Smith/Morea [2] d Black /Tuckey default
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4R: Turner/Stolle [1] d Hellyer/Fernandes 7-5 3-6 6-0
4R: Somoza/Nyyssonem d. Mercelis/Ulrich 8-6 6-3
4R: Sukova/Javorsky [3] d Gibson Cottrill/Gibson 6-3 6-3
4R: Bricka/Froehling d. Hutchings/Bey 6-2 7-5

4R: Buding/Howe [4] d Dmitrieva/Likhachev 6-8 8-6 6-0
4R: Woodgate/Barrett d Schuurman/Gaertner 6-2 7-5
4R: Moore/Mark d. Clark/Oakley 6-3 6-3
4R: Smith/Morea [2] d Coronado/Mandarino 6-4 6-2
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QF: Turner/Stolle [4] d. Somoza/Nyyssonem 6-2 6-0
QF: Sukova/Javorsky [3] d. Brikca/Froehling 6-4 7-9 6-4
QF: Buding/Howe [4] d. Woodgate/Barrett 6-4 6-8 6-4
QF: Smith/Morea [2] d. Moore/Mark 5-7 6-2 6-1
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SF: Turner/Stolle [1] d. Sukova/Javorsky [3] 7-5 6-3
SF: Buding/Howe [4] d. Smith/Morea [2] 6-3 6-2

FI: Lesley Turner/Fred Stolle [1] d. Edda Buding/Bob Howe [4] 11-9 6-2

[Rollo]

Week of June 26-July 2

[Rollo]

Week of July 3-9

July 3-9 Tri-State tennis Tounament, Cincinatti, Ohio, US (Clay)
Venue: Cincinatti Tennis Club

QF: Peachy Kellmeyer [2] d Cathie Gagel 6-1 6-4
QF: Mary Habicht (Brz) [*1] d Natalie Pace 6-1 6-1
QF: Carole Caldwell [1] d Susan Gerber 6-0 6-1
QF: Virginia Brown d Joyce Pniewski 6-3 6-2

SF: Kellmeyer [2] d Habicht [*1] 6-4 7-5
SF: Caldwell [1] d Brown 6-3 6-4

FI: Peachy Kellmeyer [2] d. Carole Caldwell [1] 3-6 12-10 7-5

DF: Carole Caldwell/Cathie Gagel d. Haines/Peachy Kellmeyer 6-4 8-6

West Virginian Peachy Kellmeyer upsets both the foreign and domestic top seeds to win the event.

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ends July9 La Jolla Tennis Chmps, La Jolla, Cal (Hard)

FI: Dodo Cheney d. Kathy Blake 6-1 6-4.

Very minor event-Cheney was 1938 Aussie champ!

[Rollo]

Week of July 10-16

July 9-15 Irish Chmps, Dublin, Ire. (Grass)

FI: Ann Haydon (GB) d. Kathy Chabot (US) 6-0 6-3

DF: Lorna Cawthorn/Ann Haydon d. Kathy Chabot/Donna Floyd 7-5 6-4

Ann drops only 8 games in 4 matches
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July ?? Budapest International Budapest, Hungary

Won by Anna Dimitrieva (USSR)? *
*Elegos 7 reports this tournament was not held in 1961
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July ?? Scottish GC Championships Craiglockhart Edinburgh (Grass)

Won by Robin Blakelock Lloyd
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ends July 15 Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany (CL)

FI: Lesley Turner (Aus) d. Renate Ostermann 6-3 6-2.
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July 9-15 Swedish Open Bastad Seden (Clay)

FI: Belmar Gundersen (US) d. Ulla Loethberg 6-1 6-2
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July 9-16 Western Chmps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US (Clay)

FI: Mary Habicht (Brz) d. Lynn Haines 1-6 6-2 6-0

DF: Marilyn Montgomery/Neeld d. Roberta Alison/Mary Habicht 6-2 6-1
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July 10-16 Czechoslovak International Prague (Clay)

FI: Jan Lehane (Aus) d. Olga Lendlova 6-2 6-1

DF: Robyn Ebbern/Jan Lehane d. Horicickova/Legenstein 3-6 6-3 6-0

*The finalist is future champ Ivan Lendl's mother.
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July 10-16 Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (CL)

FI: Elizabeth Starkie (GB) d. Christiane Mercelis 6-2 6-4

DF: Christiane Mercelis/Elizabeth Starkie d. Gerson/Margaret Hunt 6-3 6-2
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ends July 17 Targa Volpi Tennis Tournament, Venice, Italy (Clay)

SF: Sandra Reynolds (SA) d. Lea Pericoli 6-1 6-1
SF: Yola Ramirez (Mex) d. Renee Schuurman (SA) 6-1 4-6 6-2

FI: Sandra Reynolds (S. Afr) d. Yola Ramirez (Mex) 4-6 7-5 6-3

MX: Rene Schuurman/Fred Stolle (Aus) d Sandra Reynolds/Bob Hewitt (Aus) 6-4 6-2

Schuurman wins mixed with current boyfriend Fred Stolle.

[Rollo]

Week of July 17-23

ends July 22 Welsh Chmps, Newport, UK (Grass)

FI: Ann Haydon d. Jill Mills 4-6 6-2 6-2

DF: Ann Haydon/Carole Rosser d. Kemp/Jill Mills 6-4 6-1

A decidedly minor event this year.
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ends July 22 Middle State Women's Grass, Philadelphia, Penn, US (Grass)

FI: Billie Jean Moffitt d. Edda Buding (Ger) 6-3 6-4

DF: Carole Caldwell/Billie Jean Moffitt d. Edda Buding/Belmar Gunderson 6-2 6-3

Check dates on this event. If current dates are currect it gave Billie Jean precious little time to get to the US Clay.
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July 17-24 US Clay Court Chmps, Indianapolis, Indiana , US (Clay)

SF: Hantze d. Donna Floyd 6-3 6-0
SF: Buding d. Billie Jean Moffitt 6-2 6-1

FI: Edda Buding (Ger) d. Karen Hantze 6-4 2-6 6-4

DF: Justina Bricka/Carol Hanks d. Donna Floyd/Belmar Gunderson 6-3 6-2.

Karen serves and volleys even on clay-barely losing to the lovely German.
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July 17-24 Gstaad Tennis Tournament, Gstaad, Switzerland (Clay)

SF: Sandra Reynolds (SA) d Mimi Arnold (US) 6-2 3-6 6-1

FI: Sandra Reynolds (SA) d. Yola Ramirez (Mex) 7-5 6-3

Doubles

QF: Arnold/Elizabeth Starkie (GB) d Lucia Bassi (Ity)/Maria Teresa Riedl (Ity) ?????

FI: Sandra Reynolds/Renee Schuurman d. Margaret Hellyer/Yola Ramirez 6-0 6-4
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ends July ???? Cologne, Cologne, Germany (Clay)

FI: Jan Lehane (Aus) d. Lesley Turner (Aus) 6-8 6-4 6-1

Probably this week, as we have a set date for the next event lehane and Turner are entered in.
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date unknown, Edgbaston (Birmingham), England (Grass)

FI: Barbara Knapp d. S. Morris 6-0 6-3

[Rollo]

Week of July 24-30

July 24-30 Pennsylvania Grass Courts Haverford, Penn, US (Grass)
Venue: Merion Cricket Club

SF: Moffitt d. Gwen Thomas 6-4 6-3
SF: Bricka d. Edda Buding 6-2 6-2

FI: Billie Jean Moffitt d. Justina Bricka 6-3 6-4

DF: Margaret DuPont/Margaret Varner d. Carole Caldwell/Billie Jean Moffitt 6-3 6-2.

Capacity crowd of 2,5000 on hand. Billie Jean wins it with her 5th ace of the match.
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July 24-30 Amsterdam International, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Clay)

FI: Jan Lehane (Aus) d. Christiane Mercelis (Bel) 6-4 6-0

DF: Mimi Arnold/Christiane Mercelis d. Robyn Ebbern/Jan Lehane 9-7 6-1
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ends July 30 Bernese Oberland Tournament, Wengen, Switzerland. (Clay)

FI: Margaret Hellyer (Aus) d. Bobbie Wilson (GB) 6-2 7-5

Could the finalist be Mrs Bobbie Wilson?
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ends July 31 Bavarian Tournament, Munich, Germany (Clay)

SF: Reynolds d. Margot Dittmeyer 7-5 10-8
SF: Ramirez d. Lesley Turner 6-4 6-1

FI: Yola Ramirez (Mex) d. Sandra Reynolds (SA) 7-5 9-7

DF: Sandra Reynolds/Renee Schuurman d. Yola Ramirez/Lesley Turner 3-6 6-3 6-2

[Rollo]

Week of July 31-August 6


ends Aug 6 Malayan Chmps, Kuala Lumpur.

FI: Reiko Miyagi (Jap) d. D. Ampon (Phil) 6-3 6-1

DF: Chua/Miyagi d. Apiah/Pudner 6-3 6-4
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ends Aug 7 Salerno, Salerno, Italy (Clay)

FI: Maria Teresa Riedl d. Margaret Hellyer (Aus) 9-7 6-2
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ends Aug 7 Ostend, Ostend, Belgium (Clay)

FI: Jan Lehane (Aus) d. Christiane Mercelis 7-5 7-5
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ends Aug 8 Bad Neneunahr, Germany (Clay)

SF: Schuurman d. Lesley Turner default
SF: Reynolds d. Yola Ramirez 7-5 6-2

FI: Sandra Reynolds (SA) d. Renee Schuurman (SA) 6-3 6-1

[Rollo]

Week of August 7-13

Ends Aug 13 Eastern Grass, Orange, N. Jersey, US (Grass)

SF: Hantze [1] d. Carole Caldwell 6-2 6-4
SF: Buding d. Billie Jean Moffitt [2] 2-6 6-4 3-4 retired

FI: Karen Hantze [1] d. Edda Buding (Ger) 6-2 6-4

DF: Margaret DuPont/Margaret Varner d. Karen Hantze/Billie Jean Moffitt 6-4 2-6 6-2

DuPont is in her mid 40s-having won the US doubles as far back as 1941. Moffitt leads 4-1 in her semi with Buding but develops leg cramps, falling down at 4-3. After 8 minutes in pain on the ground she got up. made two weak errors, and retired. 3,500 watched the finals.
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Aug 8-14 Knokke Le Zoute, Knokke, Belgium (Clay)

SF: Mercelis d. Robyn Ebbern 6-4 6-3.
SF: Starkie d. Jan Lehane 8-6 6-1

FI: Chistiane Mercelis d. Elizabeth Starkie (GB) 6-4 6-8 6-2

DF: Ebbern/Lehane d. Stakie/Mercelis 9-7 6-4.
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Aug 9-15 Survetta, St. Moritz, Switzerland (CL)

FI: Mimi Arnold (US) d. Anna-Maria Estallela (Sp) 6-4 4-6 6-1

DF: Jacqueline Kermina/Nay d. Clark/Young 9-7 3-6 6-3
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ends Aug. 15 German Championships Hamburg (Clay)

QF: Sandra Reynolds (SA)d. Renate Osterman 6-2 6-1
QF: Susy Kormoczy (Hun) d. Lea Pericoli (Ity) 6-3 6-1
QF: Yola Ramirez (Mex)d. Renee Schuurman (SA) 6-1 6-0
QF: Margot Dittmeyer d. Lesley Turner (Aus) 6-2 3-6 6-3

SF: Reynolds d. Kormoczy 6-2 6-3
SF: Ramirez d. Dittmeyer 7-5 6-3

FI: Sandra Reynolds (SA) d. Yola Ramirez (Mex) 5-7 7-5 6-1

Doubles

SF: Reynolds/Schuurman d Rosie Reyes Darmon/Ramirez 7-5 6-2
SF: Smith/Turner d Lorraine Gerson (Aus)/Margaret Hunt (Aus) 2-6 11-9 6-3

FI: Sandra Reynolds/Renee Schuurman d. Margaret Smith (Aus)/Lesley Turner 7-5 6-4

MX: Sandra Reynolds (SA)/Bob Hewitt (Aus) d. ??

Gerson's name is from the NYT-perhaps her first name is Marlene?

Smith entered only in the doubles.
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August, East of England Championships, Felixstowe

FI: J. Watts d. Sheila Bramley 7-5 1-6 6-3
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circa August? Danish Outdoors Champs.

FI: Pia Balling d. ??

DF: Lise Sorensen/Else Støckel Schmidt d. ??

MX: Bodil Ulrich/Jorgen Ulrich d. ??

[Rollo]

Week of August 14-20

ends Aug 17 International Tennis Tournament, Viareggio, Italy (Clay)

FI: Maria Teresa Riedl d. Francesca Gordiginai 6-3 6-2
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ends Aug 20 Turkish International Chmps, Istanbul. (Clay)

FI: Robin Blakelock (GB) d. Doris Schuster (Austria) 5-7 6-3 6-1
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Aug 19-20 Wightman Cup, Chicago (Clay)

Day 1
Karen Hantze d. Christine Truman (GB) 7-9 6-1 6-1.
Billie Jean Moffitt d. Ann Haydon (GB) 6-4 6-4.
Karen Hantze/Billie Jean Moffitt d. Deidre Catt/Christine Truman (GB) 7-5 6-2.

Day 2
Justina Bricka d. Angela Mortimer (GB) 10-8 4-6 6-3.
Christine Truman (GB) d. Billie Jean Moffitt 6-3 6-2.
Karen Hantze d. Ann Haydon (GB) 6-1 6-4
Margaret DuPont/Margaret Varner d. Ann Haydon/Angela Mortimer default.

Upstart Yanks beat a team with 3 slam champions in a stunning upset.
Britain's loss is such a shocker that the London Daily Sketch called for an official investigation! The team comes in for heavy criticism, with Mary Hardwick calling Anglea Mortimer "selfish" for not playing the final doubles.
The American team had it's own controversy to deal with. When Darlene Hard discovered she had been left off the team she told Bud Collins of the Boston Globe that, "They've pulled dirty strings to keep me off the team. They're playing politics and it really hurts. Because I've devoted my life to tennis they've stepped on me when I got to the top."..."Tennis officials have always considered me a rebel. I didn't dress right, then I was too fat, then they didn't like my friends. Maybe I didn't conform, but I've never commited a crime."
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August 16-20 Essex County Club Invitation, Manchester, Mass, US (Grass)
Venue: Essex County Club

Draw=16

1R: Darlene Hard (US) [1] d Sue Behlmar 6-1 6-1
1R: Robyn Ebbern (Aus) d Farel Footman 6-3 6-2
1R: Carol Hanks d Joyce Davenport 6-2 6-2
1R: Jan Lehane (Aus) d Andria Miller 6-2 6-0
1R: Edda Buding (Ger) d Carole Ann Loop 6-2 2-6 6-3
1R: Baba Madden Lewis d Mrs Robert Mark (SA) 6-3 3-6 6-4
1R: Marilyn Montgomery d Mary Habicht (Brz) 4-6 6-3 6-1
1R: Donna Floyd [2] d Nancy Neeld 7-5 6-4

QF: Hard [1] d Ebbern 6-0 6-2
QF: Lehane d Hanks ????
QF: Buding d Lewis 6-3 6-1
QF: Montgomery d Donna Floyd [2] ????

SF: Hard [1] d Jan Lehane (Aus) 6-3 6-2
SF: Buding d Montgomery 6-4 6-2

FI: Darlene Hard [1] d Edda Buding (Ger) 6-4 6-2

DF: Donna Floyd/Belmar Gunderson d. Jan Lehane/Margaret Smith 6-4 2-6 6-4


Hard gets in excellent prep work for Forest Hills, not dropping a set all week. She is still recovering from an attack of hepatitus suffered at the French, ironically contracted after play played Buding.

The New York Times describes Montgokmery as a 5 foot 10 inch blonde.
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Ends Aug 21 Austrian Chmps, Kitzbuhel. (CL)

FI: Margot Dittmeyer (Ger) d. Elizabeth Starkie (GB) 6-1 7-5

DF: Rosie Darmon/Elizabeth Starkie d. Margot Dittmeyer/Renate Ostermann 6-2 3-6 6-4.

[Rollo]

Week of August 21-27

ends Aug 24 Palace Tournament, St. Moritz, Switzerland (Clay)

FI: Mimi Arnold (US) d. Anna-Maria Estallela (Sp) 6-1 6-3

3 events in 15 days at St. Moritz. Yank Mimi Arnold earned the most points, thus gaining the St. Moritz Challenge Cup. Missing results of middle event.
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Aug 19-27 Russian Chmps, Moscow. (Clay)

FI: Vera Sukova (Cz) d. Anna Dmitrieva 5-7 6-1 6-1

DF: Johannes/Sukova d. Dmitrieva/Kuzmenko 1-6 8-6 6-4
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Ends Aug 26 Brumana International, Brumana, Lebanon (CL)

FI: Carmen Hernandez-Coronado (Sp) d. Pia Balling (Den) 6-2 6-1

MX: Hernandez-Coronado/Edison Mandarino d. Dora Schuster/John Newcombe ??
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ends Aug 27 Saint-Gervais, France (Clay)

FI: Francoise Durr d. Paule Courteix 7-5 6-3
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ends late August ?? Portschach, Portschach, Austria

FI: Renee Schuurmann (SA) d. Sonja Pachta 6-3 6-4
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ends Aug 27 Lambertenghi Trophy, Lesa, Italy (CL)

FI: Lea Pericoli d. Lucia Bassi 0-6 7-5 6-1
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August 20-28 28 US National Doubles Chmps, Brookline, Mass (Grass)
Venue: Longwood Cricket Club


1R: Hantze/Hopps [1] bye
1R: Virginia Connolly/Joan Sullivan bye
1R: Ann Carlier/Sis Kramer bye
1R: Buding/Ramirez d. Barbara Foster/Desrosiers 6-0 6-0

1R: Lehane/M. Smith [3] d. Joyce Davenport/Loop 6-3 6-2
1R: Haydon/Truman d. Sue Geller/Laura Krieger default
1R: Floyd/Gunderson d. Charlotte Alling/Symmers 6-1 6-0
1R: Footman/Vail d. Buck/McKean 6-4 4-6 6-4

1R: duPont/Varner [2] d. Mary Ford/Roberta Zimmerman 6-1 6-0
1R: Brown/Mark d. Margery Freemont Smith/Katherine Stanton 6-2 6-1
1R: Catt/Mortimer d. Letty Ewing/Mrs. Lincoln 6-1 6-0
1R: R. Jeffrey/B. Lewis d. Ebbern/Nell Hopman default

1R: Hubbell/Sherar d. Dorothy Hills/Nancy Norton 6-1 6-1
1R: Merceina Parker/Arklay Richards bye
1R: Marilyn Montgomery/Nancy Neeld bye
1R: Darlene Hard/Lesley Turner [4] bye
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2R: Hantze/Hopps [1] d. V. Connolly/J. Sullivan 6-0 6-0
2R: Buding/Ramirez d. Carlier/Kramer 6-0 6-0
2R: Haydon/Truman d. Lehane/Smith [3] 11-9 6-1
2R: Floyd/Gunderson d. Footman/Vail 6-2 6-1

2R: duPont/Varner [2] d. Brown/Mark 6-1 6-3
2R: Catt/Mortimer d. Jeffrey/Lewis 6-3 2-6 6-4
2R: Parker/Richards d. Hubbell/Sherar 1-6 7-5 6-1
2R: Hard/Turner [4] d. Montgomery/Neeld 6-2 6-3
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QF: Buding/Ramirez d. Hantze/Hopps[1] 6-0 3-6 6-3
QF: Floyd/Gunderson d. Haydon/Truman 6-2 6-4
QF: duPont/Varner [2] d. Catt/Mortimer 6-3 6-2
QF: Hard/Turner [4] d. Parker/Richards 6-2 6-0

SF: Buding/Ramirez d. Gunderson/Floyd 6-0 3-6 6-4.
SF: Hard/Turner [4] d. DuPont/Varner [2] 6-2 2-6 7-5

FI: Darlene Hard/Lesley Turner [4] d. Edda Buding/Yola Ramirez 6-4 5-7 6-0.

The finalists were unseeded. #1 seeds Hantze/Hopps upset in the quarters by Buding/Ramirez. Play was delayed for 30 minutes after Hopps fell on the court after the opening point. The German/Mexican team graciously decided to continue the match rather than accept a default. The #3 seeds Lehane and Smith were upset 11-9 6-1 by Haydon/Truman in the 2R. The semi win over Margaret DuPont must have been sweet for Darlene, it was DuPont who decided not to allow Hard to play the Wightman Cup earlier in the month.
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Mixed Doubles

Draw=28

1R: Darlene Hard/Dennis Ralston-bye
1R: Farel Footman/Crawford Henry-bye
1R: Karen Hantze/Rod Susman d Sue Behlmar/Bobby Siska 6-2 7-5
1R: Mrs Arkley Richards/Les Dodson d Carole Loop/Willie Hernandez (Phi) 6-2 6-3
1R: Linda Vail/Chris Crawford d Mrs Thomas McManus/Jim McManus 6-2 6-1
1R: Donna Floyd/Gardner Mulloy d Mary Sherar/Frank Froehling 6-4 6-3
1R: Belmar Gunderson/Bill Bond d Flo Blanchard/James Shaffer 6-4 7-9 6-2
1R: Ann Haydon (GB)/Whitney Reed d Joyce Davenport/Hugh Quinn 6-3 6-3

1R: Margaret Smith (Aus) /Bib (Aus) Mark d Yola Ramirez (Mex)/Donald Dell 1-6 6-0 6-3
1R: Edda Buding (Ger)/Gene Scott d Baba Lewis/Paul Sullivan 6-2 7-5
1R: Nancy Neeld/Phillip Nichol d Sis Kramer/Eduardto Zuleta (Ecu) 12-10 6-3
1R: Marilyn Montgomery/King Lambert d Virginia Brown/William Wright 6-1 6-1
1R: Deidre Catt (GB)/Mike Sangster (GB) d Ruth Jeffery/Bud Collins 6-1 6-2
1R: Jan Lehane (Aus)/Roger Taylor (GB) d Janet Hopps/Rafael Osuna (Mex) default
1R: Merill Mark (SA)/John Powless d Joan Sullivan/John Ross 1-6 6-0 6-3
1R: Lesley Turner (Aus)/Alan Lane (Aus)-bye

2R: Hard/Ralston d Footman/Henry 6-1 6-0
2R: Hantze/Susman d Richards/Dodson 6-4 9-7
2R: Floyd/Mulloy d Vail/Crawford default
2R: Gunderson/Bond d Haydon/Reed 3-6 6-3 6-4
2R: Smith/Mark d E. Buding/Scott 6-3 7-9 6-3
2R: Montgomery/Lambert d Neeld/Nichol 6-2 6-2
2R: Lehane/Taylor d Catt/Sangster 6-3 6-3
2R: Turner/Lane d Mark/Powless 6-4 0-6 6-3

QF: Hard/Ralston d Footman/Henry Hantze/Susman 8-6 6-1
QF: Gunderson/Bond d Floyd/Mulloy 6-4 1-6 6-1
QF: Smith/Mark d Montgomery/Lambert 6-4 1-6 6-1
QF: Turner/Lane d Lehane/Taylor 6-3 6-2

SF: Hard/Ralston d Gunderson/Bond 6-4 6-4
SF: Smith/Mark d Turner/Lane 6-4 5-7 9-7

FI: Margaret Smith (Aus)/Bob Mark (Aus) d Darlene Hard/Dennis Ralston default

Rain delays the mixed final, which is set to be completed at Forest Hills. The day after Longwood ended the USTA suspended Dennis "the Menace" Ralston for his behavior during a recent Davis Cup tie in Cleveland. This knocks Ralston out of Forest Hills-including the mixed doubles. Thus for no fault of her own Darlene is denied a chance at a triple-for she won both the US singles and doubles this year.
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August 21-27, German Closed Championships, Braunschweig (Clay)

SF: Margot Dittmeyer d. Almut Sturm 2-6 6-4 8-6
SF: Renate Ostermann d. Helga Schultze 4-6 6-3 6-3

FI: Margot Dittmeyer d. Renate Ostermann ??

DF: Brigitte Förstendorf/Renate Ostermann d. ??

MX: Renate Ostermann/Harald Elschenbroich d. ??

[Rollo]

Week of August 28-September 3

ends Sept 3 Graz, Graz, Austria. (Clay)

Rita Bentley (GB) d. Winkler 6-0 6-2
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ends Sept 4 Eastern Mediterranean, Athens, Greece (Clay)

FI: Carmen Coronado (Sp) d. Doris Schuster (Austria) 6-4 6-3

[Rollo]

UNITED STATES NATIONALS


Dates: September 1-10
Venue: Forest Hills, New York, New York, US
Surface: Grass

First round
Darlene Hard [1] d. Chris Safford 6-1 6-2
Carol Loop d. Carmen Lampe 2-6 6-3 6-3
Judy Alvarez d. Carrie Heldman 6-1 6-0
Robyn Ebbern (Aus) d. Barbara Menoff 6-0 6-4

Yola Ramirez [8] d. Carol Hanks 6-3 6-2
Edda Buding (Ger0 d. Linda Vail 6-2 6-2
Deirdre Catt (GB) d. Hope Crocker 6-4 6-1
Linda George d. Linda Lou Crosby 6-2 6-0

Christine Truman (GB) [4] d. Liz Crady 6-0 6-0
Billie Jean Moffitt d. Baba Lewis 6-3 6-4
Jacques Green d. Virginia Gilbane 6-0 6-4
Gwen Thomas d. Marilyn Montgomery 3-6 6-3 6-2

Margaret Smith (Aus) [5] d. Carol Southmayd 6-0 6-3
Roberta Allison d. Mary Sherar 6-1 6-4
Marian Boundy (Can) d. Nancy Neeld 1-6 9-7 6-2
Meryl Mark (SA) d. Nadine Netter 6-1 6-1

Angela Mortimer (GB) [2] d. Virginia Brown 6-0 6-2
Lynn Haines d. Doris DeLord 6-4 6-4
Kathy Chabot d. Carole Caldwell 6-4 2-6 8-6
Mary Habicht (Brz) d. Molly Danielson 3-6 6-1 6-1

Lesley Turner (Aus) [6] d. Belmar Gunderson 2-6 6-3 6-4
Farel Footman d. Eileen Rahlens 6-3 6-1
Donna Floyd d. Peachy Kellmeyer 6-2 6-4
Cathy Lee Crosby d. Susan Butt (Can) default

Karen Hantze [3] d. Sue Behlmar 6-0 6-3
Justina Bricka d. Mimi Karanek 6-1 6-1
Jan Lehane (Aus) d. Margaret Varner 6-2 6-1
Julie Heldman d. Vaja Vuskalns 8-6 6-3

Ann Haydon (GB) [7] d. Barbara Benigni 6-0 6-3
Sheila Maroshick d. Andria Miller 7-5 6-3
Carol Wright d. Ann Barclay (Can) default
Joyce Davenport d. Carolyn Williams 6-3 6-1
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Second Round
Hard [1] d. Loop 6-1 6-1
Alvarez d. Ebbern 7-5 6-3
Ramirez [8] d. Buding 6-1 2-6 6-3
Catt d. George 6-3 6-3

Truman [4] d. Moffitt 6-3 3-6 6-2
Thomas d. Green 6-4 6-1
Smith [5] d. Alison 6-1 6-0
Boundy d. Mark 6-2 6-2

Mortimer [2] d. Haines 6-0 6-0
Chabot d. Habicht 6-3 6-2
Turner [6] d. Footman 6-0 6-0
Floyd d. C.Crosby 6-1 6-3

Hantze [3] d. Bricka 2-6 6-3 6-2
Lehane d. Heldman 6-1 6-1
Haydon [7] d. Maroshick 6-0 6-0
Wright d. Davenport 6-2 6-4
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Third Round
Hard [1] d. Alvarez 6-2 4-6 6-4
Ramirez [8] d. Catt 6-1 7-5
Truman [4] d. Thomas 6-3 6-2
Smith [5] d. Boundy 6-1 6-0

Mortimer [2] d. Chabot 6-3 6-2
Turner [6] d. Floyd 6-4 7-5
Lehane d. Hantze [3] 6-4 3-6 6-2
Haydon [7] d. Wright 6-1 6-0
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Quarters
Hard [1] d. Ramirez [8] 6-3 6-1
Smith [5] d. Truman [4] 8-10 ** 6-4 6-3
Mortimer [2] d. Turner [6] 6-3 6-4
Haydon [7] d. Lehane 6-4 5-7 6-2

Semis
Hard [1] d. Smith [5] 6-4 4-6 6-3
Haydon [7] d. Mortimer [2] 6-4 6-2

Final
Hard [1] d. Haydon [7] 6-3 6-4



Angela Mortimer has a rough event-first is challenged by a female attendent ("Are you a player?") when she wants to enter the ladies lockeroom, then she is bounced by countrywoman Ann Haydon. Hard "rather resembled an angry tigress" in overcoming Aussie Margaret Smith. Darlene kept up her relatively error-free tennis in serve and volleying Ann Haydon off the court in the final. For a moment it looked like the Brit might make a match of it-saving 3 match point at 3-5 and having a point to tie it at 5 a piece, but Hard hung on and won it with a marvelous forehand half volley winner.