Today in Tennis History (Part 4)
Sub-Topics: Australian Open - Davis Cup - French Open - Tennis Player - US Open - Wimbledon
Historical Events
Results 301 - 400 of 575
1970-09-02 - 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (US Open) (9 pt sudden death)
1970-09-13 - 84th US Womens Tennis: M Smith Court beats Rosemary Casals (62 26 61)
1970-09-13 - 90th US Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Tony Roche (26 64 76 63)
1971-04-10 - US table tennis team arrives in China PR
1971-07-02 - 78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith (64 61)
1971-07-03 - 85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64)
1971-09-02 - Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches
1971-09-12 - 85th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (64 76)
1971-09-12 - 91st US Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76)
1971-11-10 - US table tennis team arrived in China
1972-07-07 - 79th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (63 63)
1972-07-09 - 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75)
1972-09-09 - 86th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75)
1972-09-10 - 92nd US Mens Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe (36 63 67 64 63)
1973-01-01 - 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75)
1973-04-30 - Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments
1973-06-04 - 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64)
1973-06-05 - 43rd French Mens Tennis: Ilse Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60)
1973-07-07 - 80th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats C Evert (60 75)
1973-07-07 - 87th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli (61 98 63)
1973-09-08 - 87th US Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62)
1973-09-09 - 93rd US Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62)
1973-09-20 - Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
1973-12-10 - 1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith & J Connors)
1973-12-31 - 61st Australian Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats O Parun (63 67 75 61)
1974-07-05 - 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64)
1974-07-06 - 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall (61 61 64)
1974-09-08 - 88th US Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong (36 63 75)
1974-09-08 - 94th US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ken Rosewall (61 60 61)
1974-09-09 - 88th US Womens Tennis: B J M King beats E Goolagong Cawley (36 63 75)
1975-05-13 - Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville Tenn
1975-05-26 - Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
1975-06-14 - 45th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 62 61)
1975-06-15 - 45th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64)
1975-07-04 - 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61)
1975-07-05 - 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors (61 61 57 64)
1975-08-27 - 1st night match at US Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith)
1975-09-05 - Czech tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in NYC
1975-09-06 - 89th US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats E G Cawley (57 64 62)
1975-09-07 - 95th US Mens Tennis: Manuel Orantes beats Jimmy Connors (64 63 63)
1976-07-02 - 83rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats E Goolagong (63 46 86)
1976-07-03 - 90th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Ilse Nastase (64 62 97)
1976-08-27 - Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in US Tennis Open
1976-09-11 - 90th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight US Open Final (Evert wins)
1976-09-12 - 96th US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg (64 36 76 64)
1977-07-01 - 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61)
1977-07-02 - 91st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Connors (36 62 61 57 64)
1977-09-10 - 91st US Womens Tennis: Chris Evert L Mills beats W Turnbull (76 62)
1977-09-11 - 97th US Mens Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (26 63 75 60)
1978-07-07 - 85th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (26 64 75)
1978-07-08 - 92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63)
1978-08-29 - USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing NY
1978-09-09 - 92nd US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats Pam Shriver (75 64)
1978-09-10 - 98th US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg (64 62 62)
1979-06-09 - 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)
1979-06-10 - 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64)
1979-07-06 - 86th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (64 64)
1979-07-07 - 93rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats R Tanner (67 61 36 63 64)
1979-08-30 - Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in US Tennis Open, she loses
1979-08-30 - Wildest US Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated
1979-09-05 - Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve & upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in US Tennis Open quarterfinals
1979-09-09 - 93rd US Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats C E Lloyd Mills (64 63)
1979-09-09 - 99th US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis (75 63 63)
1980-01-01 - 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
1980-01-02 - 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
1980-04-16 - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
1980-06-07 - 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62)
1980-06-08 - 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63)
1980-07-05 - 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76)
1980-07-05 - 94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86)
1980-09-06 - 94th US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats H Mandlikova (57 61 61)
1980-09-07 - 100th US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (76 61 67 57 64)
1981-01-03 - 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75)
1981-01-04 - 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63)
1981-06-06 - 51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64)
1981-06-07 - 51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61)
1981-07-03 - 88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova (62 62)
1981-07-04 - 95th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats B Borg (46 76 76 64)
1981-09-12 - 95th US Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats M Navratilova (16 76 76)
1981-09-13 - 101st US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (46 62 64 63)
1981-12-05 - 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)
1982-01-02 - 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64)
1982-06-05 - 52nd French Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger (76 61)
1982-06-06 - 52nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64)
1982-07-03 - 89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62)
1982-07-04 - 96th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Connors beats J McEnroe (36 63 67 76 64)
1982-07-25 - 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0)
1982-09-11 - 96th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61)
1982-09-11 - Chris Evert wins her 6th & final US Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY
1982-09-12 - 102nd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 62 46 64)
1982-09-24 - Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26
1982-12-12 - 57th Australian Womens Tennis: C Evert beats M Navratilova (63 26 63)
1982-12-13 - 71st Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats Steve Denton (63 63 62)
1983-01-23 - Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis
1983-06-04 - 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62)
1983-06-05 - 53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76)
1983-06-21 - Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
1983-07-02 - 90th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats A Jaeger (60 63)
1983-07-03 - 97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62)
1983-07-24 - 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switz (2-1)
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