1970 French Open – Women's doubles

1970 French Open s FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr USA Rosie CasalsUSA Billie Jean King 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 41 4 French Open – Women's doubles French Open – Women's doubles The women's doubles tournament at the 1970 French Open was held from 25 May to 7 June 1970 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The fourth-seeded team of Gail Chanfreau and Françoise Dürr won the title, defeating the first-seeded pair of Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King in the final in three sets.World of Tennis '71 : a BP yearbook 1971 Queen Anne Press London 978-0-362-00091-7 John Barrett 90 Seeds 30em USA Rosie Casals / USA Billie Jean King (final) AUS Margaret Court / AUS Judy Dalton (semifinals) FRA Gail Chanfreau / FRA Françoise Dürr (champions) USA Julie Heldman / GBR Virginia Wade (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 3 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr 2 AUS Margaret CourtAUS Judy Dalton 2 6 6 2 6 4 1 USA Rosie CasalsUSA Billie Jean King AUS Helen GourlayRSA 1928 Patricia Walkden 6 3 7 5 3 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr 1 USA Rosie CasalsUSA Billie Jean King 6 1 3 6 6 3 Top half Section 1 175 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 2 AUS Margaret CourtAUS Judy Dalton ITA Monica GiorgiITA Lea Pericoli W-O SWE Ingrid BentzerSWE C Sandberg FRG Edda BudingFRA Nicole Cazaux 6 1 6 1 DEU Helga HöslFRG Helga Niessen AUS Lexie KennyFRA C Spinoza 6 2 6 3 RSA 1928 Esmé EmmanuelUSA Cecilia Martinez FRA Maylis BurelFRA Irene Fraisse 6 0 6 0 2 AUS Margaret CourtAUS Judy Dalton SWE Ingrid BentzerSWE C Sandberg 6 0 6 2 DEU Helga HöslFRG Helga Niessen RSA 1928 Esmé EmmanuelUSA Cecilia Martinez 6 1 6 3 2 AUS Margaret CourtAUS Judy Dalton DEU Helga HöslFRG Helga Niessen 6 0 6 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 175 USA Denise CarterUSA Kristy Pigeon FRA Françoise RepouxFRA J Venturino 6 1 6 4 AUS Kerry HarrisAUS Fay Moore HUN Éva SzabóHUN Judit Szörényi 6 3 6 0 RSA 1928 Brenda KirkRSA 1928 Wendy Tomlinson FRA Michele MizenFRA Claudine Rouire 6 0 9 7 AUS Lesley HuntNLD Betty Stöve GRC C-A KalogeropoulosFRA Évelyne Terras W-O FRA F de la Courtie-BillatFRA A-M Rouchon SWE Madeleine PegelSWE Ulla Sandulf 6 3 6 3 3 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr JPN Kimiyo YagaharaJPN Chikako Murakami 6 1 6 4 USA Denise CarterUSA Kristy Pigeon CSK A PalmeováCZE Vlasta Vopičková 2 5 r AUS Kerry HarrisAUS Fay Moore RSA 1928 Brenda KirkRSA 1928 Wendy Tomlinson 6 2 6 1 AUS Lesley HuntNLD Betty Stöve FRA F de la Courtie-BillatFRA A-M Rouchon 6 2 6 1 3 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr CSK A PalmeováCZE Vlasta Vopičková 6 2 6 2 AUS Lesley HuntNLD Betty Stöve AUS Kerry HarrisAUS Fay Moore 6 3 6 3 3 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr AUS Lesley HuntNLD Betty Stöve 6 3 6 3 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 175 JPN Junko SawamatsuJPN Kazuko Sawamatsu FRA A-M CassaigneFRA Nathalie Fuchs 6 3 6 2 USA Peaches BartkowiczAUS Karen Krantzcke FRG Katja EbbinghausFRG Edith Winkens 6 2 6 0 URY Fiorella BonicelliBRA Suzana Petersen FRA D BouteleuxFRA Odile de Roubin 6 1 2 6 6 2 AUS Helen GourlayRSA 1928 Patricia Walkden ITA A-M NasuelliFRA N Niox-Château W-O USA Peaches BartkowiczAUS Karen Krantzcke JPN Junko SawamatsuJPN Kazuko Sawamatsu 6 2 6 3 AUS Helen GourlayRSA 1928 Patricia Walkden URY Fiorella BonicelliBRA Suzana Petersen 6 2 6 2 URS Tiiu ParmasURS Olga Morozova USA Pam AustinGBR Jill Cooper 5 7 6 4 6 4 4 USA Julie HeldmanGBR Virginia Wade AUS Helen AmosNLD Judith Salomé 9 7 6 2 AUS Helen GourlayRSA 1928 Patricia Walkden USA Peaches BartkowiczAUS Karen Krantzcke 6 4 5 7 6 4 4 USA Julie HeldmanGBR Virginia Wade URS Tiiu ParmasURS Olga Morozova 6 1 6 1 AUS Helen GourlayRSA 1928 Patricia Walkden 4 USA Julie HeldmanGBR Virginia Wade 6 1 2 6 6 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 175 ARG Ana María AriasFRA Janine Lieffrig HUN Katalin BorkaHUN Erzsébet Polgár 6 0 6 3 RSA 1928 Marianna BrummerRSA 1928 Laura Rossouw FRA Jacqueline BersonHUN Marie Pinterová 6 1 6 0 IDN Lany KaligisIDN Lita Sugiarto ESP Carmen MandarinoCHL Michelle Rodríguez 8 6 6 2 1 USA Rosie CasalsUSA Billie Jean King CAN Stephanie BardsleyUSA Mary-Ann Curtis W-O RSA 1928 Marianna BrummerRSA 1928 Laura Rossouw ARG Ana María AriasFRA Janine Lieffrig 2 6 6 2 6 3 1 USA Rosie CasalsUSA Billie Jean King IDN Lany KaligisIDN Lita Sugiarto 6 3 6 4 1 USA Rosie CasalsUSA Billie Jean King RSA 1928 Marianna BrummerRSA 1928 Laura Rossouw 6 3 7 5 References External links Main draw 1970 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Women's doubles Category:1970 in women's tennis Category:1970 in French women's sport