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Rosemary Casals

Rosemary "Rosie" Casals (born September 16, 1948) is a former American professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
player. She was born in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
, to Salvadoran

El Salvador

El Salvador is the smallest country in the Americas and Central America by size, and the most densely populated nation in Central America. It borders on the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras....
parents.

Casals was twice the women's singles runner-up at the US Open, losing to Margaret Court in the 1970 final as she completed a calendar year Grand Slam and losing to Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....
in 1971.

Casals won twelve Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

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Rosemary "Rosie" Casals (born September 16, 1948) is a former American professional tennis

Tennis

San Francisco, California

El Salvador

Billie Jean King

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention....
doubles tournaments during her career, nine of which were in women's doubles. Seven of those titles were in partnership with King. Casals was part of the losing team in fifteen other Grand Slam doubles finals.

Casals won 112 professional doubles tournaments, the second most in history behind Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...
. Her last doubles championship was at the 1988 tournament in Oakland, California

Oakland, California

Oakland , founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County, California. Oakland is approximately 8 miles east of San Francisco and the cities are separated by San Francisco Bay....
, where her partner was Navratilova.

Casals played in a total of 685 singles and doubles tournaments during her career.

Casals was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame

File:ITHF.jpgThe International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit tennis hall of fame and museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA....
in 1996.

Grand Slam record

Australian Open
Australian Open

The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....

Women's Doubles runner-up: 1969 (with Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....
)

French Open

Women's Doubles runner-up: 1968 (with King), 1970 (with King), 1982 (with Wendy Turnbull
Wendy Turnbull

Wendy Turnbull, Order of the British Empire, is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court....
)

Wimbledon

Women's Doubles champion: 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973 (all with King)
Women's Doubles runner-up: 1980, 1983 (both with Turnbull)
Mixed Doubles champion: 1970, 1972 (both with Ilie Nastase
Ilie Nastase

Ilie Nastase is a former Romanians professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Nastase was the List of ATP number 1 ranked players in 1973 according to the ATP Entry Ranking, which placed him first from August 23, 1973 to June 2, 1974....
)
Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1976 (with Dick Stockton
Dick Stockton (tennis)

Dick Stockton , was a professional tennis player from the United States. He is currently the head coach of the men's tennis team at the University of Virginia....
)

U.S. Championships/Open

Singles runner-up: 1970, 1971
Women's Doubles champion: 1967 (with King), 1971 (with Judy Tegart Dalton), 1974 (with King), 1982 (with Turnbull)
Women's Doubles runner-up: 1966 (with King), 1968 (with King), 1970 (with Virginia Wade
Virginia Wade

Sarah Virginia Wade is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She won three Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam doubles titles....
), 1973 (with King), 1975 (with King), 1981 (with Turnbull)
Mixed Doubles champion: 1975 (with Stockton)
Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1967 (with Stan Smith
Stan Smith

Stanley Roger Smith is a former American tennis player who, with his partner Bob Lutz , was one of the most successful Doubles teams of all time....
), 1972 (with Nastase)

Grand Slam singles finals (2)

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1970	US Open		6–2, 2–6, 6–1
1971	US Open	Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	6–4, 7–6

Grand Slam women's doubles finals (21)

Wins (9)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1967	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....	Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	Maria Bueno Maria Bueno Maria Ester Audion Bueno, born 11 October 1939, in S?o Paulo, Brazil, is a female tennis player who won nineteen Grand Slam titles during her career.... Nancy Richey Gunter	9–11, 6–4, 6–2
1967	U.S. Championships U.S. National Championships U.S. National Championships may refer to:* United States Amateur Champion, a boxing event* U.S. National Championships , before 1968, the tennis tournament now called the U.S. Open...		Donna Floyd Fales	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1968	Wimbledon (2)		Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Fran?oise Durr is a former tennis player from France. She won 26 singles titles and 60 doubles titles. According to Lance Tingay of Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Durr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a... Ann Haydon Jones	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
1970	Wimbledon (3)		Virginia Wade Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She won three Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam doubles titles....	6–2, 6–3
1971	Wimbledon (4)		Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–3, 6–2
1971	US Open (2)		Gail Lovera	6–3, 6–3
1973	Wimbledon (5)		Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty St?ve is a Netherlands former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles....	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
1974	US Open (3)		Betty Stöve	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1982	US Open (4)	Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull, Order of the British Empire, is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court....	Barbara Potter Barbara Potter Barbara Potter is a former tennis player from the United States, who competed professionally on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, winning six singles titles and eight doubles titles.... Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh-Pete is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She enjoyed a long career by modern standards, playing her first Grand Slam singles event in 1969 and her last Grand Slam doubles match in 1990....	6–4, 6–4

Runner-ups (12)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1966	U.S. Championships U.S. National Championships U.S. National Championships may refer to:* United States Amateur Champion, a boxing event* U.S. National Championships , before 1968, the tennis tournament now called the U.S. Open...	Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	Maria Bueno Maria Bueno Maria Ester Audion Bueno, born 11 October 1939, in S?o Paulo, Brazil, is a female tennis player who won nineteen Grand Slam titles during her career.... Nancy Richey Gunter	6–3, 6–4
1968	French Open		Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Fran?oise Durr is a former tennis player from France. She won 26 singles titles and 60 doubles titles. According to Lance Tingay of Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Durr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a... Ann Haydon Jones	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1968	US Open (2)		Margaret Court	4–6, 9–7, 8–6
1969	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....		Judy Tegart Dalton	6–4, 6–4
1970	French Open (2)		Gail Lovera	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1970	US Open (3)	Virginia Wade Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She won three Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam doubles titles....	Julie Tegart Dalton	6–3, 6–4
1973	US Open (4)		Virginia Wade	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1975	US Open (5)		Virginia Wade	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
1982	French Open (2)	Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull, Order of the British Empire, is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court....	Anne Smith Anne Smith Anne Smith is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981.... Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...	6–3, 6–4
1980	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....		Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career.... Anne Smith	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
1981	US Open (6)		Anne Smith	6–3, 6–3
1983	Wimbledon (2)		Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals (6)

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1970	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....	Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase is a former Romanians professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Nastase was the List of ATP number 1 ranked players in 1973 according to the ATP Entry Ranking, which placed him first from August 23, 1973 to June 2, 1974....	Olga Morozova Olga Morozova Olga Vasilyevna Morozova is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.... Alex Metreveli Alex Metreveli Alexander Metreveli was a Soviet Union amateur tennis player. He is probably best known for making the final at The Championships, Wimbledon in 1973, where he lost to Jan Kode? of Czechoslovakia....	6–3, 4–6, 9–7
1972	Wimbledon (2)		Kim Warwick Kim Warwick Kim Warwick is a former Australia pro male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980....	6–4, 6–4
1975	US Open	Richard Stockton Dick Stockton (tennis) Dick Stockton , was a professional tennis player from the United States. He is currently the head coach of the men's tennis team at the University of Virginia....	Fred Stolle Fred Stolle Frederick "Fred" Sydney Stolle is an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle.... Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	6–3, 6–7, 6–3

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1967	U.S. Championships U.S. National Championships U.S. National Championships may refer to:* United States Amateur Champion, a boxing event* U.S. National Championships , before 1968, the tennis tournament now called the U.S. Open...	Stan Smith Stan Smith Stanley Roger Smith is a former American tennis player who, with his partner Bob Lutz , was one of the most successful Doubles teams of all time....	Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.... Owen Davidson Owen Davidson was a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. Partnering Billie Jean King, he managed to win eight grand slam mixed doubles titles....	6–3, 6–2
1972	US Open (2)	Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase is a former Romanians professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Nastase was the List of ATP number 1 ranked players in 1973 according to the ATP Entry Ranking, which placed him first from August 23, 1973 to June 2, 1974....	Marty Riessen Marty Riessen Marty Riessen played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings ....	6–3, 7–5
1976	French Open	Richard Stockton Dick Stockton (tennis) Dick Stockton , was a professional tennis player from the United States. He is currently the head coach of the men's tennis team at the University of Virginia....	Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Fran?oise Durr is a former tennis player from France. She won 26 singles titles and 60 doubles titles. According to Lance Tingay of Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Durr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a... Tony Roche Tony Roche Anthony "Tony" Dalton Roche is a former professional Australian tennis player, born in Tarcutta. He played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales....	6–3, 2–6, 7–5

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	Career SR
Australia Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....	A	A	A	SF	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A / A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5
France	A	A	A	4R	4R	QF	QF	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 7
Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....	A	A	4R	SF	4R	SF	SF	2R	SF	QF	4R	4R	QF	QF	A	3R	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	A	0 / 18
United States	3R	1R	SF	4R	3R	SF	F	F	QF	QF	QF	1R	QF	4R	A	1R	1R	4R	2R	3R	2R	2R	0 / 21
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 51

A = did not participate in the tournament

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

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Rosemary Casals

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam singles finals (2)

Runner-ups (2)

Grand Slam women's doubles finals (21)

Wins (9)

Runner-ups (12)

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals (6)

Wins (3)

Runner-ups (3)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

See also

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