1970 U.S. Open - Women's Singles
Encyclopedia
Margaret Court was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title, defeating Rosie Casals in the final. With this win, Court completed the second-ever Calendar Grand Slam
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Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
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Seeds
Margaret Court (Champion)
Rosie Casals (Final)- Nancy RicheyNancy RicheyNancy Richey is a former tennis player from the United States.Richey won two Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles . She was ranked World No...
(Semifinals) 
Françoise DurrFrançoise DurrFrançoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles....
(Quarterfinals)
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Virginia WadeVirginia WadeSarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...
(Semifinals)
- Kerry Melville (Quarterfinals)
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- Judy Dalton (Third Round)
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
External links
- 1970 US Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw