Judy Tegart

Judy Dalton

Full name	Judith Anne Marshall Tegart Dalton
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	12 December 1937 Melbourne, Australia
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1968)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1968)
French Open	4R (1966, 1967, 1972)
Wimbledon	F (1968)
US Open	QF (1968, 1971)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1964, 1967, 1969, 1970)
French Open	W (1966)
Wimbledon	W (1969)
US Open	W (1970, 1971)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1966)
Wimbledon	F (1965, 1969)
US Open	F (1963, 1964, 1965, 1970)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (1965, 1970)

Judy Tegart Dalton (born 12 December 1937) is a retired professional Australian tennis player who won nine Grand Slam doubles titles. She won at least one women's doubles title at each Grand Slam tournament, a "Career Grand Slam". Five of her doubles titles were in partnership with Margaret Court. Dalton was the runner-up in ten Grand Slam doubles tournaments.

Dalton reached the final at Wimbledon in 1968, where she lost to Billie Jean King 9–7, 7–5 after defeating Court in a quarterfinal and Nancy Richey Gunter in a semifinal. She also reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon in 1971 at the age of 33, losing to Court in three sets, and at the Australian Championships in 1968, losing to King in three sets. Her final Grand Slam tournament was the 1977 Australian Open, where at the age of 40 she lost to top-seeded and eventual champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley in a quarterfinal 6–3, 6–1.

Tegart won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 1969 German Open Championships in Hamburg. In the singles final she defeated Helga Niessen in straight sets.^[1]

Dalton was unusual in that she did not reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament outside of Australia until she was 29 years of age. From Wimbledon in 1967 until the end of her career, she reached at least the quarterfinals in half of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played (ten out of twenty).

Dalton was a member of the Australian Federation Cup team in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1970. Her career won-loss record was 18–4, including 6–1 in singles and 12–3 in doubles. Australia won the Federation Cup in 1965 and 1970.

Dalton was one of the original "Virginia Slims 9", the nine players who in 1971 joined the break-away Virginia Slims tour organised by Gladys Heldman. She married Dr. David Dalton on 18 November 1969.^[2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 final (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King	7–9, 5–7

Women's doubles: 11 finals (8 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1964	Australian Championships	Lesley Turner	Robyn Ebbern Margaret Smith	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1966	French Championships	Margaret Smith	Jill Blackman Fay Toyne	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	1966	Wimbledon	Margaret Smith	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	1967	Australian Championships (2)	Lesley Turner	Lorraine Robinson Évelyne Terras	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	1968	Australian Championships	Lesley Turner	Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	1969	Australian Open (3)	Margaret (Smith) Court	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1969	Wimbledon	Margaret (Smith) Court	Patti Hogan Peggy Michel	9–7, 6–2
Winner	1970	Australian Open (4)	Margaret (Smith) Court	Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	6–1, 6–3
Winner	1970	US Open	Margaret (Smith) Court	Rosemary Casals Virginia Wade	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1971	US Open (2)	Rosemary Casals	Gail Chanfreau Françoise Dürr	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1972	Wimbledon	Françoise Dürr	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	2–6, 6–4, 3–6

Grand Slam record

• Australia
  • Women's Doubles Champion: 1964 (with Lesley Turner Bowrey), 1967 (with Bowrey), 1969 (with Margaret Court), 1970 (with Court)
  • Women's Doubles runner-up: 1968 (with Bowrey)
  • Mixed Doubles Champion: 1966 (with Tony Roche)
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1967 (with Roche)
• French Championships
  • Women's Doubles champion: 1966 (with Court)
• Wimbledon
  • Singles runner-up: 1968
  • Women's Doubles champion: 1969 (with Court)
  • Women's Doubles runner-up: 1966 (with Court), 1972 (with Françoise Dürr)
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1965, 1969 (both with Roche)
• United States
  • Women's Doubles champion: 1970 (with Court), 1971 (with Rosemary Casals)
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1963 (with Ed Rubinoff), 1964 (with Rubinoff), 1965 (with Frank Froehling III), 1970 (with Frew McMillan)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		Career SR
Australia	1R	1R	1R	A	3R	QF	2R	QF	QF	QF	QF	SF	1R	QF	A	A	A	QF	A	1R	1R	QF	0 / 17
France	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	4R	A	4R	4R	A	A	2R	A	4R	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	4R	3R	4R	3R	4R	QF	F	QF	4R	SF	3R	A	A	2R	A	A		0 / 12
United States	A	A	A	A	A	2R	4R	4R	3R	3R	4R	QF	A	3R	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 9
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2		0 / 45

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Dalton participated in both editions.

See also

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

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper P. pp. 89–91. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
2. Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-8108-7237-0.

External links

• Judy Tegart at the International Tennis Federation
• Judy Tegart at the Women's Tennis Association