Who won more doubles titles, Françoise Dürr or Elizabeth Smylie?
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Françoise Dürr Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French professional tennis player. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.
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Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie (née Sayers, born 11 April 1963), sometimes known as Liz Smylie, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won four Grand Slam titles, one of them in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. She also won three singles titles and 36 doubles titles.
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Thelma Kingsbury Thelma Kingsbury (later, in succession: Thelma Scovil, Thelma Welcome, Thelma Lougheed) was an English-born, USA naturalized, sportswoman who won major badminton titles in the British Isles and then in the USA from the early 1930s to the early 1950s. Equally adept in singles and doubles she won two women's singles titles and four women's doubles titles at the prestigious All-England Championships between 1933 and 1937. In the 1935-1936 season she achieved a British "Grand Slam" by winning the open singles titles of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. After emigrating from Britain to the USA she won the U.S. women's singles title in 1941 and shared the U.S. women's doubles title with Janet Wright in 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950. Though reaching 40 in the early 1950s she continued to play highly competitive singles matches against such formidable opponents as Ethel Marshall, Margaret Varner, and a teenage Judy Devlin (Hashman). Thelma Kingsbury was among the initial class of players elected to the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame in 1956.
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1947 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Doris Hart and Pat Todd defeated the defending champions Louise Brough and Margaret Osborne in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1947 Wimbledon Championships.
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Andrea Hlaváčková Andrea Hlaváčková (] ; born 10 August 1986) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 58, which she reached in September 2012, and her highest doubles ranking is No. 3, reached on 22 October 2012. In her career, Hlaváčková has won 22 WTA doubles titles, as well as 19 ITF doubles and eight ITF singles titles. She has won two Grand Slam doubles titles, the 2011 French Open and the 2013 US Open, both times partnered with Lucie Hradecká. The pair are also the 2012 Olympic silver medallists. Hlaváčková was part of the winning Czech team in Fed Cup 2012 and also won the mixed doubles title at the 2013 US Open paired with Max Mirnyi.
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1983 NSW Building Society Open The 1983 NSW Building Society Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Sydney, Australia that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from 21 through 27 November 1983. Third-seeded Jo Durie won the singles title, the first British female player to do so since Dorothy Round in 1934.
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Lyudmila Smirnova Lyudmila Stanislavovna Smirnova (Russian: Людмила Станиславовна Смирнова ; born July 21, 1949 in Leningrad) is a retired pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With partner Andrei Suraikin, she is the 1972 Winter Olympic silver medalist. With later partner Alexei Ulanov, she is a two-time World silver medalist.
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Margaret Court career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Margaret Court. She won 64 Grand Slam events (24 singles, 19 doubles, 21 mixed doubles), which is a record for a male or female player. Her 24 Grand Slam singles titles and 21 in mixed doubles are also all-time records for both sexes. She achieved a career Grand Slam in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She is one of two women to have achieved "the" calendar year Grand Slam in singles in the Open Era (alongside Steffi Graf), and is the only woman to have achieved the mixed doubles Grand Slam, which she did twice.
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1939 French Championships – Women's Singles Simonne Mathieu defeated Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–3, 8–6 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1939 French Championships.
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1980 US Open – Women's Doubles Betty Stöve and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Stöve with Pam Shriver and Turnbull with Rosemary Casals.
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1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Jordan with Alycia Moulton and Smylie with Catherine Tanvier.
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1927 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Mary Browne and Elizabeth Ryan were the defending champions, but Browne did not participate. Ryan partnered with Helen Wills, and defeated Bobbie Heine and Irene Peacock in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1927 Wimbledon Championships.
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2008 US Open – Women's Doubles Nathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina were the defending champions, but Safina chose not to participate, and only Dechy competed that year.
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2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's Doubles Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to María José Martínez Sánchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues.
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1971 Australian Open – Women's Doubles Evonne Goolagong and Margaret Court defeated Joy Emerson and Lesley Hunt 6–0, 6–0 in the final to win the Women's Doubles title at the 1971 Australian Open.
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Fiorella Bonicelli Fiorella Bonicelli (born 21 December 1951) is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. During her career, she won the 1975 French Open mixed doubles title with Thomaz Koch. She also won the 1976 French Open women's doubles title with Gail Lovera, defeating Kathleen Harter and Helga Niessen Masthoff 6–4, 1–6, 6–3. At the Fed Cup, her singles record is 11–4, and doubles record 6–8. During her career, she reached one Grand Slam singles quarterfinal, at the 1978 French Open, where she lost to Virginia Ruzici 6–7, 6–4, 6–8.
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1954 French Championships – Women's Singles Maureen Connolly defeated Ginette Bucaille 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1954 French Championships.
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1988 Fernleaf Classic – Doubles Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Belinda Cordwell and Julie Richardson.
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1968 Suisse Open Gstaad The 1968 Suisse Open Gstaad was a combined men's and women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Gstaad, Switzerland. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from July 22 through July 28, 1968. Cliff Drysdale and Annette du Plooy won the singles titles.
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1998 ENKA Open – Doubles Meike Babel and Laurence Courtois won in the final 6–0, 6–2 against Åsa Carlsson and Florencia Labat in the doubles of the 1998 ENKA Open.
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1991 Australian Open – Women's Doubles Patty Fendick and Mary Joe Fernández won their first career Grand Slam title, defeating Gigi Fernández and Jana Novotná 7–6, 6–1 in the final.
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1984 French Open – Women's Doubles The Women's Doubles tournament at the 1984 French Open was held from 26 May until 10 June 1984 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver won the title, defeating Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Hana Mandlíková in the final.