Françoise Dürr

Françoise Dürr

Country	France
Born	(1942-12-25) 25 December 1942 Algiers, Algeria
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1968 (start of Open Era)
Retired	1984
Plays	Right-handed (single handed-backhand)
Int. Tennis HOF	2003 (member page)
Singles
Career record	101–79
Career titles	26
Highest ranking	No. 3 (1967)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1965, 1967)
French Open	W (1967)
Wimbledon	SF (1970)
US Open	SF (1967)
Doubles
Career record	202–80
Career titles	60
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1969)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1969)
French Open	W (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971)
Wimbledon	F (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975)
US Open	W (1969, 1972)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1967)
French Open	W (1968, 1971, 1973)
Wimbledon	W (1976)
US Open	F (1969)

Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942, in Algiers, Algeria) is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Dürr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a career high of World No. 3 in those rankings in 1967.^[1] She finished second to Billie Jean King in prize money earnings in 1971.

Dürr reached a total of 27 Grand Slam finals – 1 in singles, 18 in women's doubles, and 8 in mixed doubles. She won 12 of them.

Career

Dürr is best known for winning the singles title at the 1967 French Championships. She defeated Maria Bueno in a quarterfinal and Lesley Turner Bowrey in the final. In addition to her singles championship, Dürr won seven Grand Slam women's doubles titles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She was the runner-up in eleven Grand Slam women's doubles events and four Grand Slam mixed doubles events.

Dürr won eight doubles titles at the French Championships. The first of Dürr's record-tying five consecutive women's doubles titles was in 1967. This record is shared with Martina Navratilova and Gigi Fernández, who, like Dürr, achieved it with separate partners. Dürr teamed with Ann Haydon-Jones to win the titles in 1968 and 1969 and with Gail Sherriff Chanfreau in 1967, 1970, and 1971. Dürr was the runner-up in women's doubles in 1965 with Janine Lieffrig, in 1973 with Betty Stöve, and in 1979 with Virginia Wade. Dürr teamed with Jean-Claude Barclay to win the mixed doubles title in 1968, 1971, and 1973. They were runners-up in 1969, 1970, and 1972. In total, Dürr reached 15 finals at the French Open, winning 8 of them.

Dürr won two doubles titles at the US Open. She won the women's doubles title in 1969 with Darlene Hard and in 1972 with Stöve. Dürr was the runner-up in that event in 1971 with Chanfreau and in 1974 with Stöve. Dürr was the runner-up in mixed doubles in 1969, teaming with Dennis Ralston.

She won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1976 with Tony Roche. She was the runner-up in women's doubles at Wimbledon in 1965 with Lieffrig, 1968 with Jones, 1970 with Wade, 1972 with Judy Tegart Dalton, and 1973 and 1975 with Stöve. Additionally, Dürr was a singles semifinalist at the Championships in 1970.

Dürr was rarely a participant at the Australian Championships and Australian Open, as she appeared there three times, in 1965, 1967, and 1969. She reached the singles quarterfinals in 1965 and 1967 and the doubles semifinals with Jones in 1969.

Dürr and Betty Stöve won the 1979 WTA Tour Championships in doubles against Sue Barker and Ann Kiyomura, beating them 7–6, 7–6 in the final. She played the French Open ladies doubles event a last time in 1984, reaching the second round before retiring from Grand Slam competition .

Dürr played for France on the France Fed Cup team 14 times, finishing her career with a 31–17 record. She played 27 ties, with a 16–8 singles record and a 15–9 doubles record.

Dürr was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003 for her extraordinary career in doubles and for winning the French Championships in singles.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1967	French Championships	Clay	Lesley Turner Bowrey	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 18 (7–11)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1965	French Championships	Clay	Jeanine Lieffrig	Margaret Court Lesley Turner Bowrey	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1965	Wimbledon	Grass	Jeanine Lieffrig	Maria Bueno Billie Jean King	6–2, 7–5
Winner	1967	French Championships	Clay	Gail Chanfreau	Annette Van Zyl Pat Walkden	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Ann Haydon-Jones	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	1968	French Open	Clay	Ann Haydon-Jones	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	1969	French Open	Clay	Ann Haydon-Jones	Nancy Richey Margaret Court	6–0, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	1969	US Open	Grass	Darlene Hard	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	1970	French Open	Clay	Gail Chanfreau	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Virginia Wade	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	6–2, 6–3
Winner	1971	French Open	Clay	Gail Chanfreau	Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1971	US Open	Grass	Gail Chanfreau	Rosemary Casals Judy Tegart	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Judy Tegart	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	1972	US Open	Grass	Betty Stöve	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1973	French Open	Clay	Betty Stöve	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Betty Stöve	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1974	US Open	Grass	Betty Stöve	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	1975	Wimbledon	Grass	Betty Stöve	Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu	7–5, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1979	French Open	Clay	Virginia Wade	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 7–5, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 8 (4–4)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1968	French Open	Clay	Jean-Claude Barclay	Billie Jean King Owen Davidson	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1969	French Open	Clay	Jean-Claude Barclay	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1969	US Open	Grass	Dennis Ralston	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1970	French Open	Clay	Jean-Claude Barclay	Billie Jean King Bob Hewitt	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	1971	French Open	Clay	Jean-Claude Barclay	Winnie Shaw Thomas Lejus	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1972	French Open	Clay	Jean-Claude Barclay	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–4
Winner	1973	French Open	Clay	Jean-Claude Barclay	Betty Stöve Patrice Dominguez	6–1, 6–4
Winner	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Tony Roche	Rosemary Casals Dick Stockton	6–3, 2–6, 7–5

Other tournaments and team competitions

1959–1970

• Junior Singles Champion of France, 1959 and 1960.
• French Singles Champion in the National (closed) Championship, 1962, 1964, 1965 and 1966.
• French National Champion in Ladies Doubles 8 times between 1961 and 1970 with various partners.
• French National Champion 5 times in Mixed Doubles between 1964 and 1970 mainly partnered by Jean-Claude Barclay.
• Winner of the Wimbledon Ladies Plate in 1963.
• South African (East London) Singles champion, 1965; other singles titles in 1965 were the Dutch Open, the Turkish in Istanbul, Saint-Moritz, Swiss Open, Caracas, Colombia and Montecarlo.
• Dürr defeated Judy Tegart in the final to win the 1966 British Grass Court Championship at Queens Club London; other singles titles in 1966 were the Dutch Open (defended), Swiss Open (defended) and Perth, Western Australia.
• German Open Singles champion, 1967; other singles titles in 1967 were the Pacific Southwest, Kitzbuehel, Canberra, New Zealand Open, Kingston and Båstad.
• Swiss Open Singles champion, 1969.
• Italian Open Doubles champion with Ann Jones, 1969.
• Losing finalist with Ann Jones in the 1969 Pacific Southwest Doubles Championship to King and Casals 6–8, 8–6, 11–9.
• Italian Open Doubles losing finalist with Virginia Wade 1970. Winners King and Casals 6–2, 3–6, 9–7.
• Losing finalist in the Swiss Open in Gstaad in 1970 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 to Rosemary Casals.
• Doubles Champion with Rosemary Casals Gstaad 1970 defeated Helga Niessen and Betty Stöve 6–2, 6–2.
• British Indoor singles champion at the Albert Hall, London, 1970.

1971–1979

• Winner in singles against Wimbledon and French Open champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–4, 6–2) at the Canadian Open, 1971.
• Dürr and Casals defeated Goolagong and Bowrey 6–3, 6–3 to win the Canadian Open Doubles Championship of 1971.
• Winner against Billie Jean King 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 in the 1971 US Clay Courts International Tennis Championship at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
• Winner against Lesley Hunt 6–3, 6–3 in the 1971 Swiss Open in Gstaad (the last of her four Swiss Open wins).
• Winner against Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–0 in the 1971 Benson and Hedges New Zealand International Grass Court Championships in Christchurch.
• Winner against Billie Jean King 6–4, 6–2 in the 1971 Clay Court International Championship at Lake Bluff, Chicago, Illinois.
• Losing finalist 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 to Billie Jean King in the 1971 Embassy British Indoor Championship at Wembley, London.
• Losing finalist 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 to Rosemary Casals in the 1971 Philadelphia Indoor Championship Singles.
• Losing finalist 6–3, 7–5 to Virginia Wade in the 1972 USA Indoor Championship in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Losing finalist 6–2, 6–7, 6–3 to Rosemary Casals in the 1972 Longbeach CA Singles Championship.
• Losing finalist 6–7, 7–6, 6–0 to Rosemary Casals in the 1972 Virginia Slims Columbus Ohio Singles Championship.
• Winner against Rosemary Casals 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 in the 1973 Virginia Slims Championship, Houston. TX.
• Member of 1974 World Team Tennis champion Denver Racquets.^[2]
• Losing finalist in the 1975 Swedish Open in Stockholm to Virginia Wade 6–3, 4–6, 7–5.
• Dürr and Stöve defeated Wade and Goolagong 6–3, 6–4 to win the 1975 Swedish Open Doubles Championship.
• Dürr and Casals defeated Evert and Navratilova to win the 1976 Virginia Slims of Houston Doubles Championship.
• Dürr and Casals defeated Wade and Stöve 6–0, 6–4 to win the 1976 U.S. Indoor Doubles Championship held in Atlanta.
• Losing finalist against Chris Evert at Palm Springs in the Colgate Inaugural Singles Championship 1976. In the semi-final she had beaten Martina Navratilova (who was then ranked number 2 in the world) 6–1, 6–1; four months earlier at Wimbledon Dürr had lost to Navratilova in the 4th Round of the singles 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 having held match points.
• Dürr and Wade won the 1977 Colgate Series Championship Doubles at Palm Springs defeating Helen Gourlay-Cawley and Joanne Russell 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 in the final.
• Dürr and Wade were runners up in the 1977 Family Circle Hiltonhead Doubles won by Casals and Evert 1–6, 6–2, 6–3.
• Dürr and Navratilova were runners up in the 1977 Virginia Slims of Seattle Doubles . Won by Casals and Evert 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.
• Losing finalist with Virginia Wade in the 1978 Virginia Slims of Hollywood CA Doubles won by Casals and Turnbull 6–2, 6–4.
• Dürr lost in the final of the 1978 World Tennis Classic in Montreal to Caroline Stoll 6–3, 6–2 .
• Dürr and Stöve won the 1979 Avon Masters in New York defeating Barker and Kiyomura 7–6, 7–6 .
• Dürr and Stöve won the 1979 Bridgestone World Doubles Championship defeating Barker and Kiyomura 7–5, 7–6.
• Dürr and Stöve were WTA year end Doubles Champions in 1979 .

Dürr won over 60 major doubles titles in her career with various partners and featured in many more finals and semi-finals. Dürr featured in many major singles finals and semi-finals in a career spanning over 20 years . She was French Number 1 for almost all that time. Dürr was an integral member of France's Fed Cup team in 1963–1967, 1970, 1972, and 1977–1979. Her career win-loss record was 16–8 in singles and 15–9 in doubles.

Dürr was the first woman to play 100 events on the Virginia Slims Tour (1978). Dürr, Ann Jones, Billie Jean King and Rosemary Casals were the first women to sign professional contracts and organise their own tours at the start of the open era in 1968. Dürr played consistently on the World Team Tennis circuit 1974–1978.

Habits and incidents

On her travels round the tennis circuit she was accompanied by her Airedale Terrier dog, named Topspin. Topspin habitually carried her racquet onto court.

She was the first woman to wear halter neck backless dresses on the circuit, notably at Wimbledon. Her socks worn on U.S. tours were also unconventional, knee high tube pattern coloured socks with shorts. Dürr wore coloured matching accessories with her chic stylish dresses which pushed the white rule at Wimbledon as far as it could go until in 1978 before her match with Betty Stöve she was asked to change, as her outfit featured too much colour and was deemed unacceptable. On returning to court she soon hit three winners in a row but lost the match.

Once in a match, becoming tired of seeing a relative on the sidelines gesticulating to her opponent, Dürr called the opponent to the net and told her that her mother wanted her to play to her (Dürr's) backhand (bad advice). Another time when there was a disputed point at the end of a game and her opponent was still on court protesting Dürr went promptly and sat down totally ignoring it all and claiming the game. On occasions when things did not go as planned she would sometimes use risqué words with which to chastise herself, often in the language of the country in which she was playing.

Dürr played with unorthodox grips and strokes. Her strokes would sometimes require her to virtually sit for a low backhand or kneel on one knee for a passing shot. The French Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) issued a postage stamp of her playing the kneeling pass down the line. Many of her moves and her serve were unique. The service was slow but spun and looped deep into the box: it was effective enough in keeping the opponent back, and its awkward bounce caused further difficulty.

The strongest points of Françoise Dürr's game at her peak were her speed, anticipation, and placement of the ball. An excellent tactician, she possessed skilful groundstrokes and a lob considered by many experts as perhaps second only to Chris Evert in quality. She used her backhand and lob to great effect particularly on slower courts, which gave her more time to set up her shots. The lob unusually was often used early in a rally as an offensive shot to win the point, not as a defensive move to get out of trouble. She additionally had a tough mental attitude and tenacity, trained to great physical condition, particularly developing strong legs. Her unique grips and strokes made her play very unpredictable for opponents. Further skills of advantage were the return of serve, always strong and often dipping to the incoming server's feet, and her coverage of the court making it hard to get a ball past her.

Career and awards after retiring from the tour

In 1980 Françoise Dürr served as Captain for the German Federation Cup Team. In 1993, Dürr was appointed the first Technical Director of Women's Tennis for the French Tennis Federation (FFT). She was the captain of the French Fed Cup team from 1993 through 1996 and the co-captain of the team with Yannick Noah in 1997 when they won the competition. She retired from the FFT in February 2002.

She received the WTA Tour's Honorary Membership Award in 1988 for her contributions to the founding, development, and direction of women's professional tennis. In 2003, Dürr was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She received the Fed Cup Award of Excellence in 2005, presented jointly by the International Tennis Federation and the International Tennis Hall of Fame. In April 2010 a French national honour was presented to Françoise Dürr in recognition of her contribution to sport and the advancement of women in sport. She received the Medal and title of Officer of the National Order of Merit (Officier de l'Ordre national du Mérite, France).^[3]

Personal life

Françoise Dürr played her last official match in 1984 at Roland Garros. She had married Boyd Browning, an American tennis player in 1975 and later moved to the United States where she stayed for ten years. A daughter Jessica was born in 1985. In 1992 she returned to live near Paris.^[4] She was sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr.

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australia	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	QF	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	6–3
France	3R	3R	4R	4R	2R	QF	QF	W	4R	3R	3R	QF	SF	SF	A	A	A	A		A	1R	40–10
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	2R	4R	QF	3R	QF	2R	SF	QF	QF	4R	3R	2R	4R	3R		3R	2R	35–17
United States	A	A	3R	A	3R	QF	QF	SF	3R	3R	QF	3R	3R	1R	2R	2R	4R	1R		A	1R	28–16

A = did not participate in the tournament.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Doubles

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australia	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	QF	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	5–3
France	2R	2R	QF	QF	1R	F	QF	W	W	W	W	W	SF	F	A	A	A	A		A	F	1R	2R	A	A	2R	43–12
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	2R	F	1R	QF	F	3R	F	SF	F	F	QF	F	QF	SF		SF	SF	A	A	A	A	A	51–17
United States	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	SF	W	SF	F	W	QF	F	SF	QF	QF		SF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	39–11

A = did not participate in the tournament.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australia	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	SF	A	1R	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	4–3
France	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	SF	QF	2R	W	F	F	W	F	W	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	40–10
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	4R	QF	SF	3R	2R	1R	2R	2R	3R	4R	SF	3R	W	3R	SF	2R	A	29–16
United States	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	A	F	SF	2R	3R	QF	A	2R	QF	1R	QF	QF	A	20–10

A = did not participate in the tournament.

NH = no mixed doubles was held at the Australian Open from 1970–1986

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

External links

• Françoise Dürr at the Women's Tennis Association
• Françoise Dürr at the International Tennis Federation
• Françoise Dürr at the Fed Cup
• International Tennis Hall of Fame profile

Françoise Dürr in Grand Slam Tournaments French Championships women's singles champions (1897) Adine Masson (1898) Adine Masson (1899) Adine Masson (1900) Hélène Prévost (1901) P. Girod (1902) Adine Masson (1903) Adine Masson (1904) Kate Gillou (1905) Kate Gillou (1906) Kate Gillou-Fenwick (1907) Comtesse de Kermel (1908) Kate Gillou-Fenwick (1909) Jeanne Matthey (1910) Jeanne Matthey (1911) Jeanne Matthey (1912) Jeanne Matthey (1913) Marguerite Broquedis (1914) Marguerite Broquedis (1915-1919) No competition (due to World War I) (1920) Suzanne Lenglen (1921) Suzanne Lenglen (1922) Suzanne Lenglen (1923) Suzanne Lenglen (1924) Emilienne Didi Vlasto (1925) Suzanne Lenglen (1926) Suzanne Lenglen (1927) Kea Bouman (1928) Helen Wills Moody (1929) Helen Wills Moody (1930) Helen Wills Moody (1931) Cilly Aussem (1932) Helen Wills Moody (1933) Margaret Scriven Vivian (1934) Margaret Scriven Vivian (1935) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1936) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1937) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1938) Simonne Mathieu (1939) Simonne Mathieu (1940-1945) No competition (due to World War II) (1946) Margaret Osborne duPont (1947) Patricia Canning Todd (1948) Nelly Adamson Landry (1949) Margaret Osborne duPont (1950) Doris Hart (1951) Shirley Fry Irvin (1952) Doris Hart (1953) Maureen Connolly (1954) Maureen Connolly (1955) Angela Mortimer Barrett (1956) Althea Gibson (1957) Shirley Bloomer Brasher (1958) Zsuzsa Körmöczy (1959) Christine Truman Janes (1960) Darlene Hard (1961) Ann Haydon-Jones (1962) Margaret Court (1963) Lesley Turner Bowrey (1964) Margaret Court (1965) Lesley Turner Bowrey (1966) Ann Haydon-Jones (1967) Françoise Dürr French Championships women's doubles champions (1907) Adine Masson / Y. de Ploffel (1908) Kate Fenwick / Cecile Matthey (1909) Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza (1910) Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza (1911) Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza (1912) Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza (1913) Blanche Amblard / Suzanne Amblard (1914) Blanche Amblard / Suzanne Amblard (1915 – 1919) No competition (due to World War I) (1920) F. d'Ayens / Suzanne Lenglen (1921) Suzanne Lenglen / F. Pigueron (1922) Suzanne Lenglen / F. Pigueron (1923) Suzanne Lenglen / Didi Vlasto (1924) J. Billout / Y. Bourgeois (1925) Suzanne Lenglen / Didi Vlasto (1926) Suzanne Lenglen / Diddie Vlasto (1927) Irene Bowder Peacock / Bobbie Heine (1928) Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (1929) Lilí Álvarez / Kea Bouman (1930) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan (1931) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (1932) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan (1933) Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan (1934) Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan (1935) Margaret Scriven Vivian / Kay Stammers (1936) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke (1937) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke (1938) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke (1939) Simonne Mathieu / Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1940 -1945) No competition (due to World War II) (1945) P. Fritz / Simone Iribarne Lafargue (1946) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont (1947) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont (1948) Doris Hart / Patricia Canning Todd (1949) Margaret Osborne duPont / Louise Brough Clapp (1950) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin (1951) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin (1952) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin (1953) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin (1954) Maureen Connolly Brinker / Nell Hall Hopman (1955) Beverly Baker Fleitz / Darlene Hard (1956) Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson (1957) Shirley Bloomer Brasher / Darlene Hard (1958) Rosie Reyes / Yola Ramirez Ochoa (1959) Sandra Reynolds Price / Renée Schuurman Haygarth (1960) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard (1961) Sandra Reynolds Price / Renée Schuurman Haygarth (1962) Sandra Reynolds Price / Renée Schuurman Haygarth (1963) Ann Haydon-Jones / Renée Schuurman Haygarth (1964) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey (1965) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey (1966) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton (1967) Françoise Dürr / Gail Chanfreau French Open women's doubles champions (1968) Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon-Jones (1969) Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon-Jones (1970) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr (1971) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr (1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade (1974) Chris Evert / Olga Morozova (1975) Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova (1976) Fiorella Bonicelli / Gail Chanfreau (1977) Regina Maršíková / Pam Teeguarden (1978) Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici (1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull (1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith (1981) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford (1982) Martina Navratilova / Anne Smith (1983) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Candy Reynolds (1984) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1985) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1986) Martina Navratilova / Andrea Temesvári (1987) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1988) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1989) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (1991) Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1996) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (1997) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (2000) Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce (2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2005) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2006) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (2007) Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo (2008) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (2009) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (2011) Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (2012) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (2013) Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (2014) Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai US Open women's doubles champions (1968) Maria Bueno / Margaret Court (1969) Françoise Dürr / Darlene Hard (1970) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton (1971) Rosemary Casals / Judy Tegart Dalton (1972) Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade (1974) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King (1975) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade (1976) Delina Boshoff / Ilana Kloss (1977) Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve (1978) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull (1980) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (1981) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith (1982) Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull (1983) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1984) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1985) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (1986) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1987) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1988) Gigi Fernández / Robin White (1989) Hana Mandlíková / Martina Navratilova (1990) Gigi Fernández / Martina Navratilova (1991) Pam Shriver / Natalia Zvereva (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1993) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková (1994) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1996) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1997) Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (2000) Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama (2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2003) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2005) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (2006) Nathalie Dechy / Vera Zvonareva (2007) Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina (2008) Cara Black / Liezel Huber (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (2010) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (2011) Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (2012) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (2013) Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (2014) Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina French Open mixed doubles champions (1968) Françoise Dürr / Jean-Claude Barclay (1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen (1970) Billie Jean King / Bob Hewitt (1971) Françoise Dürr / Jean-Claude Barclay (1972) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Kim Warwick (1973) Françoise Dürr / Jean-Claude Barclay (1974) Martina Navrátilová / Iván Molina (1975) Fiorella Bonicelli / Thomas Koch (1976) Ilana Kloss / Kim Warwick (1977) Mary Carillo / John McEnroe (1978) Renáta Tomanová / Pavel Složil (1979) Wendy Turnbull / Bob Hewitt (1980) Anne Smith / Billy Martin (1981) Andrea Jaeger / Jimmy Arias (1982) Wendy Turnbull / John Lloyd (1983) Barbara Jordan / Eliot Teltscher (1984) Anne Smith / Dick Stockton (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Heinz Günthardt (1986) Kathy Jordan / Ken Flach (1987) Pam Shriver / Emilio Sánchez Vicario (1988) Lori McNeil / Jorge Lozano (1989) Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen (1990) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Jorge Lozano (1991) Helena Suková / Cyril Suk (1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Mark Woodforde (1993) Eugenia Maniokova / Andrei Olhovskiy (1994) Kristie Boogert / Menno Oosting (1995) Larisa Neiland / Todd Woodbridge (1996) Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana (1997) Rika Hiraki / Mahesh Bhupathi (1998) Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob (1999) Katarina Srebotnik / Piet Norval (2000) Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams (2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Tomas Carbonell (2002) Cara Black / Wayne Black (2003) Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan (2004) Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet (2005) Daniela Hantuchová / Fabrice Santoro (2006) Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić (2007) Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram (2008) Victoria Azarenka / Bob Bryan (2009) Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan (2010) Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić (2011) Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky (2012) Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi (2013) Lucie Hradecká / František Čermák (2014) Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Jean-Julien Rojer Wimbledon (Open Era) mixed doubles champions (1968) Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court (1969) Fred Stolle / Ann Haydon-Jones (1970) Ilie Năstase / Rosemary Casals (1971) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King (1972) Ilie Năstase / Rosemary Casals (1973) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King (1974) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King (1975) Marty Riessen / Margaret Court (1976) Tony Roche / Françoise Dürr (1977) Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens (1978) Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve (1979) Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens (1980) John Austin / Tracy Austin (1981) Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve (1982) Kevin Curren / Anne Smith (1983) John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull (1984) John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull (1985) Paul McNamee / Martina Navratilova (1986) Ken Flach / Kathy Jordan (1987) Jeremy Bates / Jo Durie (1988) Sherwood Stewart / Zina Garrison (1989) Jim Pugh / Jana Novotná (1990) Rick Leach / Zina Garrison (1991) John Fitzgerald / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie (1992) Cyril Suk / Larisa Savchenko Neiland (1993) Mark Woodforde / Martina Navratilova (1994) Todd Woodbridge / Helena Suková (1995) Jonathan Stark / Martina Navratilova (1996) Cyril Suk / Helena Suková (1997) Cyril Suk / Helena Suková (1998) Max Mirnyi / Serena Williams (1999) Leander Paes / Lisa Raymond (2000) Donald Johnson / Kimberly Po (2001) Leoš Friedl / Daniela Hantuchová (2002) Mahesh Bhupathi / Elena Likhovtseva (2003) Leander Paes / Martina Navratilova (2004) Wayne Black / Cara Black (2005) Mahesh Bhupathi / Mary Pierce (2006) Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva (2007) Jamie Murray / Jelena Janković (2008) Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur (2009) Mark Knowles / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (2010) Leander Paes / Cara Black (2011) Jürgen Melzer / Iveta Benešová (2012) Mike Bryan / Lisa Raymond (2013) Daniel Nestor / Kristina Mladenovic (2014) Nenad Zimonjić / Samantha Stosur

WTA Year-end championships winners doubles (1972) not held (1973) Rosemary Casals / Margaret Court (1974) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King (1975) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade (1976) not held (1977) Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve (1978) not held (1979) Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve (1980) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (1981) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1982) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1983) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1984) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1985) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1986 (1)) Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull (1986 (2)) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1987) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1988) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1989) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1990) Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie (1991) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1996) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (1997) Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (1998) Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (1999) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (2000) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (2002) Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová (2003) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2004) Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy (2005) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (2006) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber (2008) Cara Black / Liezel Huber (2009) Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (2010) Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta (2011) Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (2012) Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (2013) Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (2014) Cara Black / Sania Mirza

French members of the International Tennis Hall of Fame Jean Borotra (1976) Jacques Brugnon (1976) Philippe Chatrier (1992) Henri Cochet (1976) Françoise Dürr (2003) Pierre Etchebaster (1978) René Lacoste (1976) Suzanne Lenglen (1978) Simonne Mathieu (2006) Yannick Noah (2005)

1974 World Team Tennis Champion Denver Racquets Jeff Austin Pam Austin Françoise Dürr Stephanie Johnson Andrew Pattison (WTT Playoffs Most Valuable Player) Kristien Shaw Player-Coach: Tony Roche (WTT Coach of the Year) Assistant Coach: Ben Press