Today in Tennis History (Part 3)
Sub-Topics: Australian Open - Davis Cup - French Open - Tennis Player - US Open - Wimbledon
Historical Events
Results 201 - 300 of 575
1952-07-04 - 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62)
1952-07-05 - 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63)
1952-09-07 - 66th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (63 75)
1952-09-07 - 72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)
1952-09-08 - 72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)
1953-01-16 - 27th Australian Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (63 62)
1953-01-16 - 41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64)
1953-05-30 - 23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (63 64 16 62)
1953-05-30 - 23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)
1953-07-03 - 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64)
1953-07-04 - 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75)
1953-09-07 - 67th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)
1953-09-07 - 73rd US Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas Jr (63 62 63)
1954-07-02 - 68th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Drobny beats K Rosewall (13-11 46 62 97)
1954-07-03 - 61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75)
1954-07-20 - Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident
1954-09-06 - 68th US Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats A Louise Brough (68 61 86)
1954-09-06 - 74th US Mens Tennis: E V Seixas Jr beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64)
1955-04-02 - Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules
1955-07-01 - 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61)
1955-07-02 - 62nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats B Fleitz (75 86)
1955-08-26 - 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
1955-09-11 - 69th US Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62)
1955-09-11 - 75th US Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Ken Rosewall beats (97 63 63)
1956-07-06 - 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64)
1956-07-07 - 63rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (63 61)
1956-09-09 - 70th US Womens Tennis: Shirley J Fry beats Althea Gibson (63 64)
1956-09-09 - 76th US Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Lewis Hoad (46 62 63 63)
1957-07-05 - 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62)
1957-07-06 - 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62)
1957-07-21 - 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
1957-09-07 - 71st US Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (63 62)
1957-09-08 - 77th US Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats Ashley J Cooper (108 75 64)
1958-07-04 - 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11)
1958-07-05 - 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62)
1958-09-07 - 72nd US Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62)
1958-09-07 - 78th US Mens Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (62 36 46 108 86)
1959-07-03 - 73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64)
1959-07-04 - 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63)
1959-09-13 - 73rd US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Christine Truman (61 64)
1959-09-13 - 79th US Mens Tennis: Neale Fraser beats Alejandro Olmedo (63 57 62 64)
1960-02-01 - 34th Australian Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (75 62)
1960-02-01 - 48th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats N Fraser (57 36 63 86 86)
1960-05-01 - Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis
1960-09-11 - 74th US Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Maria Fraser (64 1012 64)
1960-09-11 - 80th US Mens Tennis: Neale A Fraser beats Rodney G Laver (64 64 97)
1961-07-07 - 75th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (63 61 64)
1961-09-10 - 75th US Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64)
1961-09-10 - 81st US Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Rodney G Laver (75 63 62)
1962-01-15 - 50th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64)
1962-02-16 - US Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win
1962-06-02 - 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)
1962-07-06 - 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61)
1962-07-07 - 69th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (64 64)
1962-09-09 - 76th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64)
1962-09-09 - 82nd US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64)
1962-09-10 - 82nd US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64)
1963-07-06 - 70th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Smith beats Billie J King (63 64)
1963-07-06 - 77th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: C McKinley beats Fred Stolle (97 61 64)
1963-09-08 - 77th US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64)
1963-09-08 - 83rd US Mens Tennis: R H Osuna beats Frank Froehling III (75 64 62)
1964-07-03 - 78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63)
1964-07-04 - 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63)
1964-09-13 - 78th US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Carole Graebner (61 60)
1964-09-13 - 84th US Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Frederick S Stolle (64 62 64)
1965-07-02 - 79th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle (62 64 64)
1965-07-03 - 72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75)
1965-09-12 - 79th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (86 75)
1965-09-12 - 85th US Mens Tennis: Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale (62 79 75 61)
1965-09-12 - Manuel Santana wins US Tennis Open
1966-07-01 - 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)
1966-07-02 - 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61)
1966-09-11 - 80th US Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61)
1966-09-11 - 86th US Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64)
1967-07-07 - 81st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats W Bungert (63 61 61)
1967-07-08 - 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
1967-09-10 - 81st US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats Ann H Jones (119 64)
1967-09-10 - 87th US Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Clark Graebner (64 64 86)
1968-06-09 - 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)
1968-06-09 - 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61)
1968-07-05 - 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62)
1968-07-06 - 75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart (97 75)
1968-08-29 - 1st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains)
1968-09-05 - 82nd US Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats Billie Jean King (64 64)
1968-09-05 - 88th US Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker (1412 57 63 36 63)
1968-09-09 - Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win US Tennis Open
1968-12-12 - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
1969-06-25 - Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon
1969-07-04 - 76th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Ann Jones beats Billie J King (36 63 62)
1969-07-05 - 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64)
1969-09-07 - 83rd US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62)
1969-09-07 - Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning US Tennis Open
1969-09-07 - US amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60)
1969-09-08 - 2nd US Tennis Open smallest session - 3708 (men's singles final-rain)
1969-09-08 - 89th US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62)
1969-09-08 - US amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61)
1969-09-09 - Smallest US Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only)
1970-07-03 - 77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9)
1970-07-04 - 84th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Newcombe beats K Rosewall (57 63 62 36 61)
1970-07-24 - Intl Law Tennis Assn institutes 9 point tie break rule
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