Born July 16, 1942, Albury, Australia. She dominated the women's tennis world in the 1960s. She won her first Australian Open women's singles title in 1960, and won seven consecutive titles in 1966. In 1970, she achieved a Grand Slam (winning four Grand Slam tournaments) by winning the Australian Open, Wimbledon, French Open, and US Open women's singles titles. She became the second player in women's tennis history to win a Grand Slam title, after Maureen C. Connolly, who was the first to do so in 1953. In 1963, she also won the mixed doubles Grand Slam, making her the only player to win a Grand Slam title in two events. She set a record for singles titles: 11 Australian Open titles, four French Open titles, three Wimbledon titles, and five US Open titles. She retired from tennis after getting married in 1967, but by the time she retired in 1975, she had a total of 66 Grand Slam titles, the most ever won by a woman. After tennis became professional, she turned professional. With her powerful serve-and-volley technique, she fought tenaciously and held the number one women's tennis world ranking for a total of seven years. In 1979, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Coat |
[生]1942.7.16. オルベリー オーストラリアのテニス選手。1960年代の女子テニス界に君臨した。1960年全豪選手権大会(→全豪オープン)女子シングルスで初優勝し,1966年に 7連覇を達成した。1970年に全豪オープン,ウィンブルドン選手権大会,全仏オープン,全米オープンテニス選手権大会の女子シングルスを制してグランドスラム(四大大会制覇)を達成。モーリーン・C.コノリーの女子テニス史上初(1953)に次ぐ 2人目のグランドスラム獲得選手となった。1963年に混合ダブルスでもグランドスラムを達成し,2種目でグランドスラムを達成した唯一の選手となった。全豪オープンで 11回,全仏オープンで 4回,ウィンブルドン選手権で 3回,全米オープンで 5回のシングルス優勝記録を樹立した。1967年に結婚し一時テニス界から退いたが,1975年に引退するまで世界四大大会で女子歴代最多の通算 66勝を達成した。テニスのプロ化後,プロに転じた。強力なサーブ・アンド・ボレーを武器に粘り強い戦いを展開し,女子テニスの世界ランキング 1位の座を通算 7年保持した。1979年国際テニス殿堂入りを果たした。 コート
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