1970 Australian Open - Women's Singles
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Margaret Court was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title, defeating compratriot Kerry Melville in the final. This was her first step towards completing the second Calendar Grand Slam
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Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
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Seeds
All seeds receive a bye into the second round.-
Margaret Court (Champion) - Kerry Melville (Final)
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Winnie ShawWinnie ShawWinifred Mason Shaw was a Scottish tennis player. In 2002 she was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. She was born in Glasgow....
(Semifinals) - Karen KrantzckeKaren KrantzckeKaren Krantzcke was an Australian tennis player who achieved a World Top Ten singles ranking in 1970. In her short career, she made the quarterfinals or better at each of the four Grand Slam championships...
(Semifinals)
- Judy Dalton (Quarterfinals)
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Christina SandbergChristina SandbergChristina Sandberg is a former professional Swedish tennis player. She reached the quarter finals of the 1970 Australian Open in both the singles and doubles...
(Quarterfinals)
- Lesley HuntLesley HuntLesley Hunt is a former tennis player from Perth, Western Australia.Particularly noted as a junior player, in 1964 at the age of 14 she won a rare double in the Western Australian Women's open, taking both the Open and Junior titles. She won the Australian junior championship in 1967 and 1968...
(Quarterfinals)
- Kerry HarrisKerry HarrisKerri Harris is an Australian former professional tennis player, active from 1967 to 1975, who reached the semi-final of the 1972 Australian Open, and reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, of which she won one, in the 1972 Australian Open.-Career:Harris first reached a Grand Slam final in the...
(Third round)
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
External links
- 1970 Australian Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw