1970 in tennis

none May 2026 more important tennis events 1970 Grand Prix (tennis) 1970 ILTF Women's Tennis Circuit 1970 tennis This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 1970. It provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the men's and the women's tennis circuits. Australian Open CategoryChampion(s)Finalist(s)ScoreMen's singles USA Arthur Ashe AUS Dick Crealy 6–4, 9–7, 6–2.http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?e=580&y=1970 Australian Open 1970 - Men's singles ATPWorldTour.comIt was Ashe's 2nd career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st and only title at the Australian Open.Women's singles AUS Margaret Court AUS Kerry Melville 6–1, 6–3.1970 Women's Singles http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1970_LS_1.html Tennis AustraliaIt was Court's 17th career Grand Slam singles title, her 4th during the Open Era and her 9th title at the Australian Open.Men's doubles USA Robert Lutz USA Stan Smith AUS John Alexander AUS Phil Dent 8–6, 6–3, 6–4.1970 Men's Doubles http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1970_MD_1.html Tennis Australiahttp://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?e=580&y=1970&t=d Australian Open 1970 - Men's doubles ATPWorldTour.comIt was Lutz' 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st and only title at the Australian Open.It was Smith's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st and only title at the Australian Open.Women's doubles AUS Margaret Court AUS Judy Tegart-Dalton AUS Karen Krantzcke AUS Kerry Melville 6–1, 6–3.1970 Women's Doubles http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1970_LD_1.html Tennis AustraliaIt was Court's 13th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 4th during the Open Era and her 6th title at the Australian Open.It was Tegart-Dalton's 6th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 3rd during the Open Era and her 4th and last title at the Australian Open.Mixed doublesNo competition between 1970 and 1986.http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/mixed_doubles.html Mixed Doubles champions AustralianOpen.com 17 November 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101012013459/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/mixed_doubles.html 12 October 2010 French Open CategoryChampion(s)Finalist(s)ScoreMen's singles TCH Jan Kodeš YUG Željko Franulović 6–2, 6–4, 6–0It was Kodeš' 1st career Grand Slam singles title.Women's singles AUS Margaret Court FRG Helga Niessen Masthoff 6–2, 6–4It was Court's 18th career Grand Slam singles title, her 5th during the Open Era and her 4th title at the French Open.Men's doubles Romania 1965 Ilie Năstase Romania 1965 Ion Țiriac USA Arthur Ashe USA Charlie Pasarell 6–2, 6–4, 6–3It was Năstase's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st and only doubles title at the French Open.It was Țiriac's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.Women's doubles FRA Gail Chanfreau FRA Françoise Dürr USA Rosemary Casals USA Billie Jean King 6–1, 3–6, 6–3It was Chanfreau's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title, her 1st during the Open Era and her 2nd title at the French Open.It was Dürr's 5th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 4th during the Open Era and her 4th (consecutive) title at the French Open.Mixed doubles USA Billie Jean King ZAF 1928 Bob Hewitt FRA Françoise Dürr FRA Jean-Claude Barclay 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 Wimbledon CategoryChampion(s)Finalist(s)ScoreMen's singles AUS John Newcombe AUS Ken Rosewall 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemenssingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017It was Newcombe's 3rd career Grand Slam title (his 1st in the Open Era), and his 2nd Wimbledon title.Women's singles AUS Margaret Court USA Billie Jean King 14–12, 11–9 Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiessingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017It was Court's 19th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd (and last) Wimbledon title.Men's doubles AUS John Newcombe AUS Tony Roche AUS Ken Rosewall AUS Fred Stolle 10–8, 6–3, 6–1 Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemensdoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017Women's doubles USA Rosie Casals USA Billie Jean King FRA Françoise Dürr GBR Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–3 Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiesdoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017Mixed doubles ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase USA Rosie Casals URS 1955 Alex Metreveli URS 1955 Olga Morozova 6–3, 4–6, 9–7 Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/mixeddoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 US Open CategoryChampion(s)Finalist(s)ScoreMen's singles AUS Ken Rosewall AUS Tony Roche 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(5–2), 6–3 {{cite web|title=1970 US Open – Men's singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/us-open/560/1970/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals} It was Rosewall's 6th career Grand Slam singles title, his 2nd during the Open Era and his 2nd and last at the US Open.Women's singles AUS Margaret Court USA Rosemary Casals 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 1970 US Open http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1970/905.pdf WTAIt was Court's 20th career Grand Slam singles title, her 7th during the Open Era and her 4th at the US Open.With this title, Court completed the Grand Slam (winning all 4 major tournaments in one calendar year).Men's doubles FRA Pierre Barthès YUG Nikola Pilić AUS Roy Emerson AUS Rod Laver 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6{{cite web|title=1970 US Open – Men's doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/us-open/560/1970/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}It was Barthès' 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.It was Pilić's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.Women's doubles AUS Margaret Court AUS Judy Tegart-Dalton USA Rosemary Casals GBR Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–4 It was Court's 10th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 5th during the Open Era and her 3rd at the US Open.It was Tegart Dalton's 7th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 4th during the Open Era and her 1st at the US Open.Mixed doubles AUS Margaret Court USA Marty Riessen AUS Judy Tegart-Dalton RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6–4, 6–4 Notes References External links Tennis Sport Official website of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Official website of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Official website of the International Team Competition in Men's Tennis (Davis Cup) https://web.archive.org/web/20120608021306/http://www.daviscup.com/en/home.aspx June 8, 2012 Official website of the International Team Competition in Women's Tennis (Fed Cup) https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx January 7, 2014 Category:Tennis by year