Linky Boshoff
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Delina Ann Boshoff-Mortlock (known professionally as Linky Boshoff) was born on 12 November 1956, and is a former professional tennis player who won the 1976 US Open women's doubles
1976 US Open - Women's Doubles
The tournament was won by the South African's: their only Grand Slam title. Delina Boshoff / Ilana Kloss def. Olga Morozova / Virginia Wade, 6-1, 6-4...

 title with her partner Ilana Kloss
Ilana Kloss
Ilana Sheryl Kloss is a former professional tennis player and the commissioner of World Team Tennis.-Tennis career:Kloss was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before turning professional, in 1972 she won the Wimbledon juniors singles title. In 1974 she won U.S...

. She retired in 1978 and is now married with three children, although she has continued to play the game
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 at a recreational  level.

Grand Slam doubles title

Year Championship Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1976  US Open    Ilana Kloss
Ilana Kloss
Ilana Sheryl Kloss is a former professional tennis player and the commissioner of World Team Tennis.-Tennis career:Kloss was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before turning professional, in 1972 she won the Wimbledon juniors singles title. In 1974 she won U.S...

 
  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:...

 
  Virginia Wade
Virginia Wade
Sarah 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...

 
6–1, 6–4

Mixed doubles runner-up

Year Championship Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1976
1976 French Open
List of the 1976 French Open champions:- Men's singles : Adriano Panatta def. Harold Solomon, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6*It was Panatta's 1st career Grand Slam title.- Women's singles : Susan Barker def...

 
French Open    Colin Dowdeswell
Colin Dowdeswell
Colin Dowdeswell , is a former professional tennis player who represented, at different times, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. During his time on the world tour, he won 1 singles titles and 11 doubles titles...

 
  Ilana Kloss
Ilana Kloss
Ilana Sheryl Kloss is a former professional tennis player and the commissioner of World Team Tennis.-Tennis career:Kloss was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before turning professional, in 1972 she won the Wimbledon juniors singles title. In 1974 she won U.S...


  Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980...

5–7, 7–6, 6–2
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