Week of August 18-24
August 18-25 Medi Quik Classic Harrison (Rye), New York (Clay)
Venue: Westchester Country Club
Prize Money=75k
Draw=56
1R: Chris Evert [1]-bye
1R: Gail Sherriff Chanfreau d Laurie Tenney 4-6 6-4 6-2
1R: Beth Norton d Patti Hogan 5-7 6-2 7-6
1R: Mima Jausovec d Tine Zwaan 6-2 7-6
1R: Brigitte Cuypers d Nathalie Fuchs 7-5 6-1
1R: Kazuko Sawamatsu d Glynis Coles 6-2 6-3
1R: Ann Haydon Jones d Maria Bueno 6-1 6-2
1R: Mona Schallau-bye
1R: Julie Heldman [5] -bye
1R: Joanne Rusell d Sue Mappin 6-3 3-6 6-4
1R: Terry Holladay d Maria Nasuelli 6-3 6-3
1R: Iris Riedel d Katja Ebbinghaus 4-6 6-3 6-1
1R: Lesley Hunt d Lindsay Beaven 6-3 6-1
1R: Laura DuPont d Cynthia Doerner 6-4 6-1
1R: Marita Redondo d Sharon Walsh 7-6 6-1
1R: Margaret Smith Court [4] -bye
1R: Martina Navratilova [2]-bye
1R: Julie Anthony d Mariana Simionescu 4-6 6-1 7-5
1R: Helen Gourlay d Fiorella Bonicelli 6-2 3-6 6-4
1R: Jane Stratton d Lesley Charles 3-6 7-6 6-4
1R: Betsy Nagelson d Robin Tenney 6-1 6-2
1R: Dianne Fromholtz d Val Ziegenfuss 6-1 3-6 6-4
1R: Linky Boshoff d Wendy Gilchrist Paish 6-3 6-0
1R: Jenny Dimond-bye
1R: Marcie Louie-bye
1R: Pam Teeguarden d Pauline Peisachov 6-3 6-2
1R: Ceci Martinez d Sue Mehmedbasich 6-3 6-2
1R: Mary Struthers d Janet Haas 6-2 7-6
1R: Isabel Fernandez d Donna Ganz 6-3 6-3
1R: Rosie Casals d Michele Gurdal 6-1 6-2
1R: Renata Tomanova d Jeanne Evert 6-4 6-2
1R: Virginia Wade [3] -bye
2R: C.Evert [1] d Chanfreau 6-2 6-1
2R: Jausovec d Norton 4-6 6-3 6-4
2R: Sawamatsu d Cuypers 6-3 6-3
2R: Schallau d Jones 7-6 6-3
2R: Heldman [5] d Russell 6-1 2-6 6-1
2R: Riedel d Holladay 6-4 6-3
2R: DuPont d Hunt 6-3 6-3
2R: Court [4] d Redondo 6-1 6-3
2R: Navratilova [2] d Anthony 6-1 6-4
2R: Gourlay d Stratton 6-2 6-4
2R: Dimond d Boshoff 6-1 6-1
2R: Fromholtz d Nagelson 6-0 6-1
2R: Teeguarden d Louie 6-4 5-7 6-3
2R: Struthers d Martinez 6-1 6-2
2R: Fernandez d Casals 6-3 2-6 7-5
2R: Wade [3] d Tomanova 6-1 6-4
3R: C. Evert [1] d Jausovec default
3R: Schallau d Sawamatsu 6-3 6-3
3R: Riedel d Heldman [5] 6-3 6-3
3R: Court [4] d DuPont 6-2 6-3
3R: Navratilova [2] d Gourlay 6-1 7-6 (7-2)
3R: Fromholtz d Boshoff 6-4 6-3
3R: Teeguarden d Struthers 2-6 6-4 6-2
3R: Wade [3] d Fernandez 7-5 4-6 7-6 (8-6)
QF: C Evert [1] d Schallau 6-0 6-4
QF: Court [4] d Riedel 6-1 6-4
QF: Fromholtz d Navratilova [2] 6-4 6-3
QF: Wade [3] d Teguarden 3-6 6-1 6-4
SF: C Evert [1] d Court [4] 6-3 6-3
SF: Wade [2] d Fromholtz 6-4 6-4
FI: Chris Evert [1] d Virginia Wade [3] 6-0 6-1
3rd place: Court d Fromholtz 8-3
Doubles
1R: Court/Wade [1] d Charles/Mappin 6-1 6-1
1R: Chanfreau/Heldman d Hogan/Walsh 0-6 6-0 7-5
1R: C Evert/Navratilova [2] d J Evert/Jausovec 7-6 6-3
SF: Evert/Navratilova [2] d Sawamatsu/Teeguarden 7-5 4-6 6-3
FI: Chris Evert/Martina Navratilova [2] d Margaret Court/Virginia Wade [1] 7-5 6-7 6-4
Source for notes below: New York Times
This event allows the women to get in valuable prep work on Har-Tru, the slow surace that is controversial among many of the women because they say it slows down the women's game. Many believe Billie Jean King retired at Wimbledon rather than finish at Forest Hills on clay. Margaret Court says the surface is good only for Chris Evert. Virginia Wade declares in a presser that, "clay bores me to death." The one big name missing here is Evonne Goolagong, who is involved in the Wrold Team Tennis finals.
Brazilian Born German Iris Riedel surprises herself and specatators by taking out seeded Julie Heldman. Until 3 weeks ago Iris had been off the tour for two years. Her time away consisted of "sailing in Sweden after leaving Germany. Anything but tennis. Here I've been going to the beach every day rather than practice. And as soon as my match is over here, i stay at a private family's home rather than stay here and talk tennis, tennis, tennis the way other players do. I can't stand that."
Iris gave up on the tour in 1973 due to the travel cost and what she called the lonely and souless nature of the tour. She hopes to become and interpreter (Riedel speaks Spanish, Portugeuse, English, and German) but admits she is lazy.
Wade clawed her way to the finals, citing "jelly legs" and the surface for her close call with Fernandez. She won her quarterfinal in a close one as well, emitting what the Times called "cat-like screams", throwing her racquet to the ground, and driving one ball into the backstop.
Top prize was $14,000, with $7,000 going to the finalist.
Evert demolishes Wade in a 50 minute final-it is her 75th consecutive win on clay. Evert later said, "I think I caught Virginia on a bad day." Error after error flew off Wade's racquet in the dull final. Chris made only 7 errors in the whole match.
Attendance:
400 are on hand for Court's 1R match. 2,000 watch Evert/Navratilova beat Chris's sister Jeanne and Jausovec in doubles. 3,500 show for the semis.
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August 18-26 Tennis Week Open South Orange, New Jersey, US (Clay)
Venue: Orange Lawn Tennis Club
Draw=13
1R: Greer Stevens [1] -bye
1R: Virginia Ruzici d Mary Carillo 6-2 6-2
1R: Ruta Gerulaitus d Micki Larkin 6-0 6-0
1R: Mimi Kanarek-bye
1R: Kristien Kemmer Shaw-bye
1R: Kathy May d Barbara Goldman 6-1 6-0
1R: Kathy Harter d Cynthia Johnson 7-6 6-3
1R: Mariana Simionescu [2] d Pat Stewart 6-2 6-2
QF: Ruzici d Stevens [1] 6-1 4-6 6-3
QF: Gerulaitis d Kanarek Mimi 6-4 5-1 retired
QF: Shaw d May 6-3-6-4
QF: Simionescu [2] d Harter 6-2 6-2
SF: Ruzici d Gerulaitis 6-2 6-3
SF: Simionescu [2] d Shaw 6-2 6-7 7-6
FI: Virginia Ruzici d Mariana Simionescu [2] 6-1 6-1*
DF: Kristien Shaw/Greer Stevens d Kathy Harter/Kathy May default
*The event was delayed by rain. The women's final was stopped with Ruzici leading 6-1 4-4. It was decided to finish the final later at Forest Hills, so the women probably decided to restart the second set over.
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August 17-23 Moscow International, Moscow, Russia, USSR
2R: Lydia Zinkevich d Fiorenta Mihai 6-2 6-2
2R: Natasha Chmyreva d Tiiu Parmas 5-7 7-5 6-4
QF: Olga Morozva d Zinkevich 6-3 6-3
QF: Galina Baksheeva d Yelena Granaturova 4-6 7-6 6-4
QF: Chmyreva d Yevgenia Biryukova 4-6 6-3 6-0
QF: Marina Kroshina d Marina Chuvyrina 6-3 2-6 7-6
SF: Morozova d Baksheeva 7-6 6-3
SF: Kroshina d Chmyreva 6-4 7-5
FI: Olga Morozova d Marina Kroshina 2-6 7-6 6-0
DF: Marina Kroshina/Olga Morozova d Galina Baksheeva/Lydia Zinkevich 6-7 6-4 6-2
XD: Jelena Granaturova / Aleksandr Bogomolov d. Yevgenia Biryukova / Ramiz Ahmerov 61 64
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August 18-26 Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships Haverford, PA, US (Grass)
Draw=32
1R: Jodi Appelbaum d Kate Latham 5-7 7-6 7-6
1R: Lynn Epstein d Jean Nachand 6-1 6-1
1R: Lindsay Morse d Nancy Ornstein 6-3 6-4
1R: Barbara Hallquist d Penny Moor 6-2 6-4
1R: Sandy Stap d Nana Sato 6-0 1-6 6-0
1R: Carrie Fleming d Candy Reynolds 6-3 2-6 6-4
1R: Mary Hamm d Claudia Smith 6-2 6-0
1R: Sue Hagey d Elizabeth Truter Vlotman 6-7 6-2 6-2
1R: Lea Antonopolis d Elvira Weisenberger 7-5 7-5
1R: Barbara Jordan d Sue Eastman 6-2 6-3
1R: Bev Buckley d Gayle Godwin 6-2 6-2
1R: Diane Desfor d Linda Rupert 6-2 6-4
1R: Janice Metcalf d Judith Connor 6-4 6-4
1R: Sally Moore d Stephanie Tolleson 6-0 6-1
1R: Marcy O'Keefe d Zenda Liess 6-2 6-1
1R: Sally Greer d Nancy Yeargin 6-0 6-1
2R: Epstein d Appelbaum 6-2 6-0
2R: Hallquist d Morse 4-6 7-6 7-5
2R: Stap d Fleming 6-1 6-1
2R: Hagey d Hamm 4-6 6-4 6-2
2R: B Jordan d Antonopolis 6-4 6-4
2R: Desfor d Buckley 1-6 7-6 6-2
2R: Moore d Metcalf 4-6 6-4 7-5
2R: O'Keefe d Greer 6-1 6-0
QF: Hallquist d Epstein 7-5 6-7 6-3
QF: Stap d Hagey 6-3 6-4
QF: B Jordan d Desfor 6-0 6-2
QF: Moore d O'Keefe 5-7 6-3 7-6
SF: Stap d Hallquist 6-4 6-3
SF: Moore d B Jordan 6-4 6-2
FI: Sandy Stap d Sally Moore 6-3 7-5
DF: Barbara Jordan/Lynn Epstein d Moore/Elvira Weisenberger 7-5 6-1
Did this event offer any prize money-or was it strictly amateur?
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August 22-25 US Open Qualifying, Port Washington, New York, US
Venue: Port Washington Tennis Academy*
1R
Virginia Ruzici d. Mary McLean 6-4 7-5
Laurie Tenney d. Jane Stratton 6-2 6-1
Sandy Stap d. Judith Connor 7-5 6-3
Zenda Liess d. Lindsay Morse 6-3 6-4
Laurie Fleming Rowley d. Liz Vlotman 6-1 7-6
Ann Haydon Jones d. Kathy Harter 6-1 6-4
Ingrid Bentzer d. Rayni Fox 6-2 6-3
Kate Latham d. Ruta Gerulaitis 6-1 7-5
Beth Norton d. Carrie Fleming 6-1 6-0
Kris Kemmer Shaw d. Mimi Wikstedt 6-1 6-3
Sally Moore d. Diane Desfor 6-2 6-2
Ceci Martinez d. Janice Metcalf 6-2 6-2
Lesley Charles d. Pam Richmond Champagne 7-5 6-4
Mary Struthers d. Sue Hagey 6-2 6-4
Sue Mehmedbasich d. Joy Schwikert 6-2 7-5
JoAnne Russell d. Stephanie Tolleson 6-4 2-6 6-2
Nancy Ornstein d. Mary Carillo 6-4 6-3
Roberta Stark d. Rowena Whitehouse 6-2 6-2
Mariana Simionescu d. Anne Bruning 6-1 6-3
Marcy O ´Keefe d. Ann Kiyomura 6-3 6-1
Sally Greer d. Barbara Hallquist 1-6 6-3 6-2
Pat Faulkner d. Betsy Nagelsen 6-3 6-4
Maria Nasuelli d. Bev Buckley 3-6 6-1 6-0
Wendy Turnbull d. Mary Hamm 6-2 6-3
Elvira Weisenberger d. Paula Smith 7-6 6-3
Maria Esther Bueno d. Naoko Sato 6-3 6-4
Candy Reynolds d. Pat Bostrom 3-6 7-6 6-4
Janet Haas d. Wendy Gilchrist Paish 7-5 3-6 6-4
Barbara Jordan d. Lea Antonopolis 6-0 6-3
Sharon Walsh d. Linda Rupert 4-6 6-3 7-5
Lele Forood d. Robin Tenney 6-2 6-0
2R
V Ruzici d. L Tenney 7-6 7-5
Sandy Stap d. Z Liess 6-7 7-5 6-2
A Jones d. L Fleming Rowley 6-4 6-1
K Latham d. I Bentzer 6-3 6-0
B Norton d. K Kemmer Shaw 7-5 1-6 6-4
S Moore d. C Martinez 7-6 6-1
L Charles d. Paulina Peisachov 6-4 6-2
S Mehmedbasich d. M Struthers 6-1 4-6 6-4
J.A Russell d. N Ornstein 6-1 6-3
R Stark d. M Simionescu 6-3 7-6
S Greer d. M O ´Keefe 2-6 7-5 7-6
M Nasuelli d. P Faulkner 1-6 6-3 6-3
E Weisenberger d. W Turnbull 6-2 6-2
C Reynolds d. M.E Bueno 6-4 6-4
J Haas d. B Jordan 3-6 4-3 ret
S Walsh d. L Forood 3-6 6-2 6-3
3R
Sandy Stap d. V Ruzici w.o
K Latham d. A Jones 3-6 6-4 6-1
B Norton d. S Moore 6-2 6-1
L Charles d. S Mehmedbasich 6-2 6-3
J.A Russell d. R Stark 6-0 6-2
M Nasuelli d. S Greer 6-2 4-6 6-1
C Reynolds d. E Weisenberger 6-3 6-3
S Walsh d. J Haas 6-0 7-5
Bueno (a winner as recently as 1966) and Jones (RU in 1967) are forced to attempt qualify despite their status. Both fall short of making the main draw.
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August 18-23, Exmouth, Devon, England (Grass)
FI: Jana Simonova (CZ) d. Jo Durie 7-5 7-6
DF: Annette Coe/Ruth Allan d. Judy Congdon/Jennifer Helliar 6-4 7-5
MX: R. Allan/H. Thomson (Aus) d. M. O'Toole/R. Webb 6-3 7-5
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August 18-23, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Grass)
FI: Diane Evers (Aus) d. Diane Riste 6-4 6-3
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August?, American Tennis Association Championships, San Diego, California, US (Hard)
FI: Won by Diane Morrison
DF: Won by Brenda Richards/Margo Tiff
MX: Won by R. Harris/Dee Stewart
Dates unknown, but usually held in the week or two before the US Open. Morrison was in Philadelphia for the national junior competitions the previous week.
