"Stewart defeated Dick Crealy / Kim Warwick 7–6, 7–6, 7–6 Linky Boshoff / Ilana Kloss defeated Laura DuPont / Wendy Turnbull 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 1976 German Open (tennis) The 1976 Grand Prix German Open, also known by its sponsored name Holsten-Bier German Open. was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 68th edition of the event and was part of the 1976 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, West Germany, from 17 May through 23 May 1976. Eddie Dibbs and Sue Barker"
"Mary Carillo Mary Carillo (born March 15, 1957) is a U.S. sportscaster and former professional tennis player. She is a reporter for NBC Sports and NBC Olympics. Carillo played on the women's professional tennis circuit from 1977 to 1980. She was ranked as high as World No. 33, in the Women's Tennis Association Rankings, from January through March 1980, then retired due to knee injuries. She won the 1977 French Open mixed-doubles title with partner and childhood friend John McEnroe. Carillo and McEnroe then made it to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, and later that year Carillo was a women's doubles"
"Catherine Whitaker Catherine Ann Whitaker (born 10 February 1986) is a British sports reporter, presenter and commentator for both television and radio, who has covered tennis and other sports for Eurosport, Amazon Prime Video UK, BBC Radio 5 Live, BeIn Sports, Perform and IMG Media. She is also co-presenter of The Tennis Podcast, a weekly podcast launched in 2012. Whitaker was educated at Kendrick School in Reading and the University of Nottingham. Since 2015, she has been the on-site presenter for Eurosport at the US Open, Australian Open and French Open tennis tournaments. She presents live coverage from the tournaments"
"singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played. Until 1925, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities. Suzanne Lenglen Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (; 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926. She dominated women's tennis from 1914 until 1926 when she turned professional. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars, named ""La Divine"" (the Goddess) by the French"
"Françoise Dürr Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French professional tennis player. She won 26 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. She finished second to Billie Jean King in prize money earnings in 1971."
"Ann Liguori Ann Liguori is a nationally known sports radio and television personality, talk show host, journalist, author, and television producer in the world of sports media. She was the first woman to host a call-in sports show on WFAN-New York, where she hosted a sports talk show for over 20 years and continues as the station's golf and tennis correspondent, covering events including The Masters, the U.S. Open, PGA Championships, US Open (tennis) and special competitions such as the Ryder Cup. She is also a golf and tennis correspondent for CBS Sports Radio Network. She has covered six Olympics"
"and Eurosport holds broadcasting rights to show the French Open tennis tournaments until 2021. The bulk of the daily coverage is broadcast on ITV4 although both singles finals plus other weekend matches are shown on ITV. John Inverdale hosts the coverage. Commentators include Jim Courier, Amélie Mauresmo, Sam Smith, Mark Petchey, Nick Mullins and Fabrice Santoro. Studio presentation for the French Open on Eurosport is hosted by Annabel Croft with the segment ""Hawk-Eye"" presented by former British Number 2 Jason Goodall. (Goodall was briefly ranked ahead of Chris Bailey, Nick Brown, Andrew Castle, Nick Fulwood, Mark Petchey, and James Turner,"
"Open win of 1976, Barker said: ""I'm still incredibly proud of what I achieved."" Upon retiring from tennis Barker became a commentator and sports reporter for Australia's Channel 7 in 1985 before going on to anchor tennis coverage for British Sky Broadcasting in 1990. In 1993, Barker joined the Wimbledon coverage on the BBC and now anchors the two-week-long broadcast for the network. Barker has branched out since joining the BBC, becoming one of their chief sports presenters. She is currently the presenter of the long-running sports quiz show ""A Question of Sport"", having replaced the late David Coleman in"
"Suzanne Lenglen Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (; 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926. She dominated women's tennis from 1914 until 1926 when she turned professional. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars, named ""La Divine"" (the Goddess) by the French press. Lenglen's 241 titles, 181 match winning streak and 341-7 (98%) match record are hard to imagine happening in today's tennis atmosphere. Lenglen is regarded by some to be the greatest female"
"between the United States and Great Britain. In 1978 she lost her singles rubber to Rosemary Casals while the following year she won her singles rubber against Pam Shriver. Michelle Tyler Michelle Tyler (born 8 July 1958) is a British former professional tennis player who won the singles title at the French Open Girls' event in 1976. She reached the quarterfinal of the doubles event at the 1976 Australian Open, partnering Sue Barker, in which they lost in three sets to Kathleen Harter and Wendy Turnbull. Tyler was the runner-up at the 1977 Kent Championships singles event after losing the"
"as of 2017. Sports Sunday replaced the show in the Sunday 10am timeslot. ""Nine's Wide World of Sports"" holds broadcast rights to the following events: The Nine Network televised the 2011 US Open final between Serena Williams and Samantha Stosur in its entirety. ""Nine's Wide World of Sports"" has presented the following recurring programs: ""Nine's Wide World of Sports"" has hosts and commentators for a variety of sporting events. The following is a list of past and present personalities featured: Various Nine programs including ""Today"", ""Mornings"", ""Millionaire Hot Seat"", ""The Footy Show"", ""60 Minutes"" and ""Australia's Funniest Home Videos"" went"
"Gasquet, Katarina Srebotnik, Vera Zvonareva. Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws. In the US, coverage was provided by The Tennis Channel. In France, the French Open is broadcast live by France Télévisions and Eurosport. In the UK and Republic of Ireland it is broadcast live by BBC and Eurosport, Irish viewers can also watch live on TG4. In Switzerland it is broadcast live by SF, Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana and Télévision Suisse Romande. In Serbia, it is broadcast live by RTS and Eurosport. In Sweden (Robin Söderling's home country), it is broadcast"
"four major tennis titles since Steffi Graf accomplished the feat in 1988 and because she could tie Graf’s major title count of 22, the women’s final sold out before the men’s final for the first time. In the United States, the 2015 US Open was the first under a new, 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series, thus ending CBS Sports' 46-year association with the tournament, and availability of coverage on broadcast television. This also made ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the"
"Wimbledon, the in-house TV channel produced by IMG Media for the Wimbledon tennis Championships. Her other roles include commentating for WTA Media and ATP Tennis Radio, presenting the video content for the Queen’s Club Championships, and she has also presented BeIN Sports’ coverage of the WTA and ATP events in Doha. In February 2018, she presented Eurosport’s Winter Olympic Games coverage in Pyeongchang. She has also commentated on Eurosport's figure skating programming, having trained as a figure skater between the ages of 5 and 18. Catherine Whitaker Catherine Ann Whitaker (born 10 February 1986) is a British sports reporter, presenter"
"tennis star Serena Williams, in a match of ""Wii Sports"" tennis. On an episode of the ""Rick Mercer Report"", former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien beat Rick Mercer in a game of ""Wii Sports"" boxing. The boxing game also appeared on an episode of ""The Colbert Report"" where a clip featured Mii versions of Stephen Colbert and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi boxing. At the 80th Academy Awards Show, host Jon Stewart and Jamia Simone Nash were caught playing ""Wii Sports"" tennis on one of the event's gigantic projection screens after a commercial break as part of a joke."
"1975 French Open The 1975 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 2 June until 15 June. It was the 79th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. Björn Borg won the men's singles title and Chris Evert won the women's single title. Björn Borg defeated Guillermo Vilas, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 Chris Evert defeated Martina Navratilova, 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez defeated John Alexander / Phil Dent, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4"
"in May 1989). Tennis Channel & NBC. NBC's coverage of the French Open began in 1975. Tennis Channel owns pay television rights to the tournament. Coverage of morning window (U.S. time) matches were sub-licensed to ESPN for broadcast by ESPN2 from 2007 through 2015. In August 2015, ESPN announced that it would discontinue its sub-licensing and drop coverage of the French Open beginning in 2016, with network staff citing that because of the structure of the arrangement, its coverage ""did not fit our successful model at the other three Majors""—where ESPN is the exclusive rightsholder. Tennis Channel chose to retain"
"Renée Richards Renée Richards (born August 19, 1934) is an American ophthalmologist and former tennis player who had some success on the professional circuit in the 1970s, and became widely known following male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, when she fought to compete as a woman in the 1976 US Open. The United States Tennis Association began that year requiring genetic screening for female players. She challenged that policy, and the New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor, a landmark case in transgender rights. As one of the first professional athletes to identify as transgender, she became a spokesperson for transgender"
"open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year. Julie Vlasto Pénélope Julie ""Diddie"" Vlasto Serpieri (; 8 August 1903 – 2 March 1985) was a female tennis player from France. She won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics in 1924 in women's singles, losing the final to Helen Wills Moody. Vlasto also won the version of the French national championships in 1924 that was open only to French nationals. She was a doubles partner of Suzanne Lenglen in many doubles tournaments during the early 1920s. According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and"
"Annabel Croft Annabel Nicola Croft (born 12 July 1966 in Farnborough, Kent) is a former professional British No. 1 female tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman Cup. After retiring from tennis, she turned to television presenting, with such shows as ""Treasure Hunt"" and ""Interceptor"". In 2005, she appeared in the ITV programme ""Celebrity Wrestling"" and went on to win it. Most recently she has been a presenter for Eurosport, and Sky Sports."
"Samantha Smith (tennis) Samantha ""Sam"" Smith (born 27 November 1971 in Loughton, Essex, England) is a British former professional tennis player, who was the British ladies No. 1 from 1996 to 1999. She now commentates on the game, predominantly for the BBC, ITV, Sky Sports, BT Sport and Eurosport, as well as Channel Seven in Australia during the Australian Open. Smith was born in Essex and was educated at Bancroft's School. She took three years out of tennis to attend the University of Exeter where she attained an upper 2nd class Honours degree in history. Smith competed on the WTA"
"win her second Grand Slam title, her first French Open title, and the first of four consecutive Grand Slams in what was to be called the ""Serena Slam"". Albert Costa defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3 Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams, 7–5, 6–3 Paul Haarhuis / Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor, 7–5, 6–4 Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez defeated Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs, 6–4, 6–2 Cara Black / Wayne Black defeated Elena Bovina / Mark Knowles, 6–3, 6–3 Richard Gasquet defeated Laurent Recouderc, 6–0, 6–1 Angelique Widjaja defeated Ashley Harkleroad, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4"
"1926 French Championships (tennis) The 1926 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Clay courts at the Racing Club de France in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 2 June until 14 June. It was the 31st staging of the French Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. Suzanne Lenglen repeated her feat of winning every event she was eligible for, in her final year of competition before she turned professional; the tournament was also notable for being the first time American competitors won a title, Vincent"
"Kolber serves as an anchor on ""SportsCenter"" and as an on-site and studio host for ESPN’s tennis coverage at the French Open (since 2004–2006) and Wimbledon (since 2003–2006/2009). In 1996, 2000 and 2001, she hosted the Summer X Games and Winter X Games, and she co-hosted the event again in Aspen in 2006. She also hosted horse racing events including all three legs of the Triple Crown for ESPN/ESPN2 studio programs. Kolber returned to ESPN in August 1999 after originally joining the network in 1993 as co-host for ESPN2’s ""SportsNight"", when the network debuted October 1 of that year. She"
"of reaching the final of all four Grand Slam events, winning the French Open. Several leading men's players declined to attend the Open due to injury, including Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and defending champion Marat Safin. The women's tournament fared much better, with no absentees among the top 20 ranked players. It was Martina Hingis' first grand slam event in her comeback to the game. Lindsay Davenport and Serena Williams were among those who welcomed her return to the circuit as a positive step forward for women's tennis. Roger Federer defeated Marcos Baghdatis, 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 Amélie Mauresmo defeated"
"champion in 1980. During he years in the United States, she also competed in the national championships, placing in the pentathlon all three years, winning in 1980. Along with many track and field athletes of the day, she was an athlete/actress in the 1982 released film ""Personal Best."" As money making opportunities for track and field athletes, particularly female athletes, were rare, she changed her focus to professional tennis, making it to the WTA tour by 1986. Themis Zambrzycki Themis Zambrzycki (married name Glatman) (born October 20, 1960) is a retired Brazilian multi-sport athlete. She was the 1976 South American"
"title and his 14th Grand Slam title. The victory made Nadal the first tennis player to have won 5 consecutive French Open titles, in addition to becoming the only man with at least one Grand Slam title in 10 consecutive years. Serena Williams was the defending women's singles champion. Williams failed to defend her title, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round. Maria Sharapova won the women's singles, defeating Simona Halep to win her second French Open title and her 5th Grand Slam title. This was first time that both singles winners of the Australian Open (Li Na and"
"Open, was renamed Court Suzanne Lenglen in her honour. In addition, the trophy awarded to the winner of the Women's Singles competition at the French Open is the ""Coupe Suzanne Lenglen"". In 2001 the French Tennis Federation organised the first ""Suzanne Lenglen Cup"" for women in the over-35 age class. First played in France, the annual event is now held in a different country each year. Lenglen, who was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1978, continues to be held by many as one of the best players in tennis history. For example, the All England Lawn"
"Slam titles include 1999 champion Jennifer Capriati, 2003 champion Maria Sharapova, who both went on to become World No. 1, and 2006 champion Bartoli. American Lindsay Davenport, a three-time Grand Slam champion, won the event in 2007, in only her third event after returning to the tour after giving birth to her son. Tournoi de Québec The Tournoi de Québec, currently sponsored as Coupe Banque Nationale (or also known as National Bank Cup in English-language media), is a WTA Tour International tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is the last women's professional tennis tournament"
"and the first true star of women's tennis, won 31 major tournaments, including six French Open titles and six Wimbledon championships, between 1914 and 1926. Known as"" La Divine"" (""Divine One"") and ""La Grand Dame"" (""Great Lady"") of French tennis, she also won two Olympic gold medals in Antwerp in 1920. A bronze bas relief of Lenglen by the Italian sculptor Vito Tongiani stands over the east tunnel-entrance to the stadium. The trophy awarded each year to the French Open women's singles champion is named ""La Coupe Suzanne Lenglen"" in her honor. The court has an underground irrigation system, the"
"British Open golf (St Mellion, Cornwall), international tennis, women's rugby and NBA basketball (BBC TV), ""Transworld Sport"" (Channel 4) and international gymnastics (ITV). She regularly presented ""Woman's Hour"" from Birmingham (BBC Radio 4) and was a member of the Radio Five Live Wimbledon tennis commentary team during the 1990s. In October 2010, she set up Sally Jones Features Ltd, a media consultancy specialising in sport, health, education, news and celebrity features and offering media training for a variety of firms and individuals. In 1986, she took up Real Tennis and won the world championship at Bordeaux in 1993 (Ladies Real"
"1972 French Open The 1972 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 22 May until 4 June. It was the 76th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1972. Andrés Gimeno and Billie Jean King won the singles titles. Andrés Gimeno defeated Patrick Proisy, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong, 6–3, 6–3 Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan defeated Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol, 6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1 Billie Jean King /"
"female professional coaches in Australia. Until her death in 1985, she maintained a lifelong interest in the sport of tennis. On 19 June 1918, in Brisbane, she married Bevil Hugh Molesworth, an educator and radio broadcaster. SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played. Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from the 1922 and 1923 editions of that"