1975 Australian Open
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List of the 1975 Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

champions:

Men's Singles

 Australia John Newcombe
John Newcombe
John David Newcombe, AO, OBE is a former World No. 1 tennis player.-Biography:He won seven Grand Slam singles titles, A natural athlete, Newcombe played several sports as a boy until devoting himself to tennis. He was the Australian junior champion in 1961, 1962, and 1963 and was a member of...

def.  United States James Connors
Jimmy Connors
James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....

, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5

Women's Singles

 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley def.  Czechoslovakia Martina Navrátilová, 6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles

 Australia John Alexander /  Australia Phil Dent
Phil Dent
Phillip "Phil" Dent, born on 14 February 1950, in Sydney, Australia, is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3...

def.  Australia Bob Carmichael
Bob Carmichael
Bob "Nails" Carmichael was an Australian tennis player and coach.As a player, Carmichael won 1 singles title and 12 doubles titles, and achieved a top 10 ranking in 1970. Partnering Allan Stone, he reached the doubles final of the 1974 Australian Open...

 /  Australia Allan Stone
Allan Stone
----Allan Stone played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as World No. 38 in singles on the ATP Rankings , although Stone played for many years before the ATP Rankings were instituted.Stone found the majority of his success on the doubles court...

, 6–3, 7–6

Women's doubles

 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley /  United States Peggy Michel
Peggy Michel
Peggy Michel was an American professional tennis player. She was a doubles specialist who won three Grand Slam titles, all with Evonne Goolagong.She was born in Santa Monica, California.-Doubles 4 :-References:*...

def.  Soviet Union Olga Morozova
Olga Morozova
Olga Vasilyevna Morozova is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the runner up in singles at the 1974 French Open and 1974 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:...

 /  Australia Margaret Court, 7–6, 7–6

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