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Australia In A Pairing Has Not Won A French Women’s Doubles Tournament Since 1966
Victor P Taffa
There are 4 Tennis Major Championships. Should a player win all 4 Major Championships in a calendar year then that player will have won the Tennis Grand Slam.
Grand Slam itinerary consists of
- Australian Open in mid January,
- French Open in May and June,
- Wimbledon in July,
- US Open in August and September.
Each Major Championship is played over a 2 week period.
Major Championship Surfaces played on
- Australian Open played on hard court,
- French Open played on clay,
- Wimbledon is played on grass,
- US Open are played on hard court.
Years That Each Major Championship began:
- Australian Open in 1905,
- French Open in 1891,
- Wimbledon in 1877,
- US Open in 1881.
Term Grand Slam, without qualification, and also originally, refers to the achievement of winning all 4 major championships within a single calendar year within one of the 5 events:
- Men’s singles;
- Women’s singles;
- Men’s doubles;
- Women’s doubles;
- Mixed doubles.
In doubles, one team may accomplish a Grand Slam playing together or one player may achieve it with different partners.
However the Doubles Winners listed contains Australian Doubles Pairings only.
Australia’s Recent Tennis Major Championship Winners
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Male Singles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1976 Mark Edmondson 1969 Rod Laver 2002 Lleyton Hewitt 2001 Lleyton Hewitt
1975 John Newcombe 1968 Ken Rosewall 1987 Pat Cash 1998 Patrick Rafter
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Female Singles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1978 Chris O’Neill 1973 Margaret Court 1980 Evonne Goolagong 2011 Samantha Stosur
1977 Kerry Melville Reid 1971 Evonne Goolagong 1971 Evonne Goolagong 1973 Margaret Court
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Male Doubles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1997 Todd Woodbridge 2000 Todd Woodbridge 2000 Todd Woodbridge 1996 Todd Woodbridge
1997 Mark Woodforde 2000 Mark Woodforde 2000 Mark Woodforde 1996 Mark Woodforde
1992 Todd Woodbridge 1985 Mark Edmondson 1997 Todd Woodbridge 1995 Todd Woodbridge
1992 Mark Woodforde 1985 Kim Warwick 1997 Mark Woodforde 1995 Mark Woodforde
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Female Doubles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1979 Judy Chaloner 1966 Margaret Court 1978 Kerry Melville Reid 1970 Margaret Court
1979 Dianne Evers 1966 Judy Tegart Dalton 1978 Wendy Turnbull 1970 Judy Tegart Dalton
1977 Evonne Cawley 1965 Margaret Court 1969 Margaret Court 1963 Robyn Ebbern
1977 Helen Cawley 1965 Lesley Turner Bowrey 1969 Judy Tegart Dalton 1963 Margaret Court
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Mixed Doubles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2013 Jarmila Gajdosova 1972 Evonne Goolagong-Cawley 1991 Elizabeth Sayers Smylie 2001 Rennae Stubbs
2013 Matthew Ebden 1972 Kim Warwick 1991 John Fitzgerald 2001 Todd Woodbridge
2005 Samantha Stosur 1965 Margaret Court 1968 Margaret Court 1992 Nicole Provis
2005 Scott Draper 1965 Ken Fletcher 1968 Ken Fletcher 1992 Mark Woodforde
Champions By Year
Year French Open
Women’s Doubles Started in 1925
2018 Barbara Krejcikova (CZE)
Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
2017 Bethanie Mattek Sands (USA)
Lucie Safarova (CZE)
2016 Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
2015 Bethanie Mattek Sands (USA)
Lucie Safarova (CZE)
2014 Hsieh Su-wei (CHT)
Peng Shuai (CHI)
2013 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
Elena Vesnina (RUS)
2012 Sara Errani (ITA)
Roberta Vinci (ITA)
2011 Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)
Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
2010 Serena Williams (USA)
Venus Williams (USA)
2009 Anabel Medina Garrigues (SPA)
Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA)
2008 Anabel Medina Garrigues (SPA)
Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA)
2007 Alicia Molik (AUS)
Mara Santangelo (ITA)
2006 Lisa Raymond (USA)
Samantha Stosur (AUS)
2005 Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA)
Paola Suarez (ARG)
2004 Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA)
Paola Suarez (ARG)
2003 Kim Clijsters (BE)
Ai Sugiyama (JAP)
2002 Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA)
Paola Suarez (ARG)
2001 Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA)
Paola Suarez (ARG)
2000 Martina Hingis (SWI)
Mary Pierce (FRA)
1999 Serena Williams (USA)
Venus Williams (USA)
1998 Martina Hingis (SWI)
Jana Novotna (CZE)
1997 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1996 Lindsay Davenport (USA)
Mary Joe Fernandez (USA)
1995 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1994 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1993 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1992 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1991 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Jana Novotna (CZE)
1990 Jana Novotna (CZE)
Helena Sukova (CZE)
1989 Larisa Savchenko Neiland (SU)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1988 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Pam Shriver (USA)
1987 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Pam Shriver (USA)
1986 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Andrea Temesvari (HUN)
1985 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Pam Shriver (USA)
1984 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Pam Shriver (USA)
1983 Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer (SA)
Candy Reynolds (USA)
1982 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Anne Smith (USA)
1981 Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer (SA)
Tanya Harford (SA)
1980 Kathy Jordan (USA)
Anne Smith (USA)
1979 Betty Stove (NET)
Wendy Turnbull (AUS)
1978 Mima Jausovec (YUG)
Virginia Ruzie (ROM)
1977 Regina Marsikova (CZE)
Pam Teeguarden (USA)
1976 Fiorella Bonicelli (URU)
Gail Lovera (FRA)
1975 Chris Evert (USA)
Martina Navratilova (CZE)
1974 Chris Evert (USA)
Olga Morozova (SU)
1973 Margaret Court (AUS)
Virginia Wade (UK)
1972 Billie Jean King (USA)
Betty Stove (NET)
1971 Gail Chanfreau (FRA)
Francoise Durr (FRA)
1970 Gail Chanfreau (FRA)
Francoise Durr (FRA)
1969 Francoise Durr (FRA)
Ann Haydon Jones (UK)
Open Era Tennis Begins May 1968
1968 Francoise Durr (FRA)
Ann Haydon Jones (UK)
1967 Francoise Durr (FRA)
Gail Sheriff (AUS)
1966 Margaret Court (AUS)
Judy Tegart Dalton (AUS)
1965 Margaret Court (AUS)
Lesley Turner Bowrey (AUS)
1964 Margaret Court (AUS)
Lesley Turner Bowrey (AUS)
1963 Ann Haydon Jones (UK)
Renee Schuurman Haygarth (SA)
1962 Sandra Reynolds Price (SA)
Renee Schuurman Haygarth (SA)
1961 Sandra Reynolds Price (SA)
Renee Schuurman Haygarth (SA)
1960 Maria Bueno ( BRA)
Darlene Hard (USA)
1959 Renee Schuurman Haygarth (SA)
Sandra Reynolds Price (SA)
1958 Rosie Reyes Darmon (MEX)
Yola Ramirez Ochoa (MEX)
1957 Shirley Bloomer Brasher (UK)
Darlene Hard (USA)
1956 Angela Buxton (UK)
Althea Gibson (USA)
1955 Beverly Baker Fleitz (USA)
Darlene Hard (USA)
1954 Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA)
Nell Hall Hopman (AUS)
1953 Doris Hart (USA)
Shirley Fry Irvin (USA)
1952 Doris Hart (USA)
Shirley Fry Irvin (USA)
1951 Doris Hart (USA)
Shirley Fry Irvin (USA)
1950 Doris Hart (USA)
Shirley Fry Irvin (USA)
1949 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1948 Doris Hart (USA)
Patricia Canning Todd (USA)
1947 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1946 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1945 No competition
1944 No competition
1943 No competition
1942 No competition
1941 No competition
1940 No competition
1939 Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (POL)
1938 Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
Billie Yorke (UK)
1937 Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
Billie Yorke (UK)
1936 Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
Billie Yorke (UK)
1935 Margaret Scriven Vivian (UK)
Kay Stammers Bullitt (UK)
1934 Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
Elizabeth Ryan (USA)
1933 Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
Elizabeth Ryan (USA)
1932 Helen Wills Moody (USA)
Elizabeth Ryan (USA)
1931 Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (UK)
Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (USA)
1930 Helen Wills Moody (USA)
Elizabeth Ryan (USA)
1929 Lily de Alvarez (SPA)
Kornelia Bouman (NET)
1928 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (UK)
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (UK)
1927 Irene Bowder Peacock (SA)
Bobbie Heine (SA)
1926 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)
Julie Vlasto (FRA)
1925 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)
Julie Vlasto (FRA)
Most Grand Slam Women’s Doubles Titles (all-time)
Titles Players
31 Martina Navratilova (CZE, USA),
21 Louise Brough Clapp (USA), Margaret Osborne duPont (USA), Pam Shriver (USA)
19 Margaret Court (AUS),
18 Natasha Zvereva (SU, BEL),
17 Elizabeth Ryan (USA), Gigi Fernandez (USA),
16 Billie Jean King (USA),
14 Doris Hart (USA), Serena Williams (USA), Venus Williams (USA),
13 Darlene Hard (USA), Martina Hingis (SWI),
12 Shirley Fry Irvin (USA), Thelma Coyne Long (AUS), Jana Novotna (CZE),
11 Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA), Mario Bueno (BRA),
10 Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS), Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA),
9 Helen Wills Moody (USA), Simonne Mathieu (FRA), Rosemary Casals (USA), Helena Sukova (CZE),
8 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA), Judy Tegart Dalton (AUS), Paola Suarez (ARG),
7 Juliette Atkinson (USA), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA), Lesley Turner Bowrey (AUS), Francoise Durr (FRA),
6 Mary Browne (USA), Alice Marble (USA), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS), Betty Stove (NET), Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA), Lisa Raymond (USA),
5 Daphne Akhurst Cozens (AUS), Althea Gibson (USA), Renee Schuurman (SA), Helen Gourlay Cawley (AUS), Anne Smith (USA), Kathy Jordan (USA), Cara Black (ZIM), Liezel Huber (SA, USA), Sara Errani (ITA), Roberta Vinci (ITA), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA), Lucie Safarova (CZE),
Abbreviations
ARG Argentina
AUS Australia
AU Austria
BAH Bahamas
BEL Belarus
BE Belgium
BRA Brazil
CAN Canada
CHI China
CHT Chinese Taipei
CRO Croatia
CZE Czech Republic
CZE Czechoslovakia
DEN Denmark
ECU Ecuador
FIN Finland
FRA France
GER Germany
HUN Hungary
IND India
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
JAP Japan
KAZ Kazakhstan
MEX Mexico
NAZ Nazi Germany
NET The Netherlands
NOR Norway
PER Peru
POL Poland
ROM Romania
RUS Russia
SA South Africa
SU Soviet Union
SER Serbia
SLO Slovenia
SPA Spain
SWE Sweden
SWI Switzerland
UKR Ukraine
UK United Kingdom
URU Uruguay
USA United States of America
WEG West Germany
YUG Yugoslavia
ZIM Zimbabwe