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Nancy Richey

Nancy Richey is a former tennis player from the United States.Richey won two Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles . She was ranked World No...

defeated Ann Jones

Ann Haydon-Jones

Ann Haydon-Jones Ann Haydon-Jones Ann Haydon-Jones (born Adrianne Shirley Haydon on 7 October 1938 in Birmingham, United Kingdom, is a former table tennis and lawn tennis champion...

5-7 6-4 6-1 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1968 French Open

1968 French Open

The 1968 French Open was a tennis tournament that was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris in France from May 27 through June 9, 1968. It was the 67th edition of the French Open, the 38th to be open to foreign competitors, and the second Grand Slam of the year...

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See also:

1968 French Open - Men's Singles

Roy Emerson was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Pancho Gonzales.Ken Rosewall won in the final 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 against Rod Laver.-Seeds:...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Nancy Richey

Nancy Richey

Nancy Richey is a former tennis player from the United States.Richey won two Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles . She was ranked World No...

is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...

(Semifinalist)

Ann Jones
Ann Haydon-Jones
Ann Haydon-Jones Ann Haydon-Jones Ann Haydon-Jones (born Adrianne Shirley Haydon on 7 October 1938 in Birmingham, United Kingdom, is a former table tennis and lawn tennis champion...

(Finalist)

Françoise Durr
Françoise Durr
Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles....

(Fourth round)

Rosie Casals (Fourth round)

Nancy Richey
Nancy Richey
Nancy Richey is a former tennis player from the United States.Richey won two Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles . She was ranked World No...

(Champion)

Kerry Melville (Fourth round)

Vlasta Vopickova (Quarterfinalist)

Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno
Maria Esther Andion Bueno is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. During her 11-year career , she won 19 Major titles ....

(Quarterfinalist)

Patricia Walkden (Fourth round)

Lea Pericoli
Lea Pericoli
Lea Pericoli is an Italian former tennis player and later television presenter and journalist from Milan. She reached the last sixteen of the French Open four times and the Wimbledon Championships once, and is also famous for her choice of clothing.-Grand Slam:Pericoli reached the last sixteen of...

(Second round)

Annette Du Plooy
Annette Van Zyl
Annette Van Zyl is a former South African tennis player. She was ranked in the top ten female players during the mid nineteen sixties and in 1966, with Frew McMillan, she won the French Open Mixed Doubles title, defeating Ann Haydon Jones and Clark Graebner in three sets, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2...

(Semifinalist)

Galina Baksheeva (Fourth round)

Elena Subirats (Quarterfinalist)

Gail Sherriff (Quarterfinalist)

Edda Buding
Edda Buding
Edda Buding is a retired German tennis player of Romanian birth. She received the doubles gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics doubles demonstration event partnered with Helga Niessen Masthoff...

(Fourth round)