Judy Tegart-Dalton

Judy Tegart Dalton AM (née Tegart; born 12 December 1937) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia who won nine Grand Slam doubles titles. She won at least one women's doubles title at each Grand Slam tournament, a "career Grand Slam". Five of her doubles titles were with Margaret Court. Tegart was the runner-up in 10 Grand Slam doubles tournaments.

Judy Tegart-Dalton
AM
Full nameJudith Anne Marshall Tegart Dalton
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1937-12-12) 12 December 1937
Melbourne, Australia
Singles
Career recordno value
Highest rankingNo. 7 (1968)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenSF (1968)
French Open4R (1966, 1967, 1972)
WimbledonF (1968)
US OpenQF (1968, 1971)
Doubles
Career recordno value
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1964, 1967, 1969, 1970)
French OpenW (1966)
WimbledonW (1969)
US OpenW (1970, 1971)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1966)
WimbledonF (1965, 1969)
US OpenF (1963, 1964, 1965, 1970)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (1965, 1970)

Career

Tegart reached the final at Wimbledon in 1968, where she lost to Billie Jean King in two tight sets after defeating second-seeded Court in the quarterfinal and third-seeded Nancy Richey in the semifinal. She also reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon in 1971 at the age of 33, losing to Court in three sets, and at the Australian Championships in 1968, losing to King in three sets. Her last appearance at a Grand Slam tournament was the 1977 Australian Open, where at the age of 40 she lost in the quarterfinals in straight sets to top-seeded and eventual champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Tegart won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 1969 German Open Championships in Hamburg. In the singles final, she defeated Helga Niessen in straight sets.[1]

Tegart was unusual in that she did not reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament outside of Australia until she was 29 years of age. From Wimbledon in 1967 until the end of her career, she reached at least the quarterfinals in half of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played (10 out of 20).

Tegart was a member of the Australian Federation Cup team in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1970. Her career won-loss record was 18–4, including 6–1 in singles and 12–3 in doubles. Australia won the Federation Cup in 1965 and 1970.

Tegart was one of the original "Virginia Slims 9", the nine players who in 1971 joined the break-away Virginia Slims tour organised by Gladys Heldman. She married Dr. David Dalton on 18 November 1969.[2]

She was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to tennis as a player, to equality for women in sport, and to sporting foundations".[3]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 final (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss1968WimbledonGrass Billie Jean King7–9, 5–7

Women's doubles: 11 finals (8 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1964Australian ChampionshipsGrass Lesley Turner Robyn Ebbern
Margaret Smith
6–4, 6–4
Win1966French ChampionshipsClay Margaret Smith Jill Blackman
Fay Toyne
4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss1966WimbledonGrass Margaret Smith Maria Bueno
Nancy Richey
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win1967Australian Championships (2)Grass Lesley Turner Lorraine Robinson
Évelyne Terras
6–0, 6–2
Loss1968Australian ChampionshipsGrass Lesley Turner Karen Krantzcke
Kerry Melville
4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win1969Australian Open (3)Grass Margaret Court Rosemary Casals
Billie Jean King
6–4, 6–4
Win1969WimbledonGrass Margaret Court Patti Hogan
Peggy Michel
9–7, 6–2
Win1970Australian Open (4)Grass Margaret Court Karen Krantzcke
Kerry Melville
6–1, 6–3
Win1970US OpenGrass Margaret Court Rosemary Casals
Virginia Wade
6–3, 6–4
Win1971US Open (2)Grass Rosemary Casals Gail Chanfreau
Françoise Dürr
6–3, 6–3
Loss1972WimbledonGrass Françoise Dürr Billie Jean King
Betty Stöve
2–6, 6–4, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 8 finals (1 title, 7 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1963U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Ed Rubinoff Margaret Smith
Ken Fletcher
6–3, 6–8, 2–6
Loss1964U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Ed Rubinoff Margaret Smith
John Newcombe
6–10, 6–4, 3–6
Loss1965Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Tony Roche Margaret Smith
Ken Fletcher
10–12, 3–6
Loss1965U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Frank Froehling Margaret Smith
Fred Stolle
2–6, 2–6
Win1966Australian ChampionshipsGrass Tony Roche Robyn Ebbern
William Bowrey
6–1, 6–3
Loss1967Australian ChampionshipsGrass Tony Roche Lesley Turner
Owen Davidson
7–9, 4–6
Loss1969WimbledonGrass Tony Roche Ann Haydon
Fred Stolle
2–6, 3–6
Runner-u1970US OpenGrass Frew McMillan Margaret Court
Marty Riessen
4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977Career SR
Australia 1R 1R 1R A 3R QF 2R QF QF QF QF SF 1R QF A A A QF A 1R 1R QF 0 / 17
France A A A A A 3R 2R 4R A 4R 4R A A 2R A 4R A A A A A 0 / 7
Wimbledon A A A A A 4R 3R 4R 3R 4R QF F QF 4R SF 3R A A 2R A A 0 / 12
United States A A A A A 2R 4R 4R 3R 3R 4R QF A 3R QF A A A A A A 0 / 9
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 45

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Dalton participated in both editions.

See also

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper P. pp. 89–91. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
  2. Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 279. ISBN 978-0-8108-7237-0.
  3. "Judith Anne Dalton". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
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