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Australia In A Pairing Has Not Won A US Women’s Doubles Tournament Since 1970
Victor P Taffa
Australians In U.S. Tennis Open Women’s Doubles 2018
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty is the first Australian Women to win the U.S. Tennis Open Women’s Doubles since Samantha Stosur in 2005. Australia’s last doubles pairing victory in the U.S. Tennis Open Women’s Doubles was in 1970 with Margaret Court and Judy Tegart Dalton.
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
Male Singles
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
Female Singles
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
Male Doubles
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
Female Doubles
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
Mixed Doubles
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 US Open
Women’s Doubles Started in 1889
2018 Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
Colleen Vandeweghe (USA)
2017 Chan Yung-jan (CHT)
Martina Hingis (SWI)
2016 Bethanie Mattek Sands (USA)
Lucie Safarova (CZE)
2015 Martina Hingis (SWI)
Sania Mirza (IND)
2014 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
Elena Vesnina (RUS)
2013 Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)
Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
2012 Sara Errani (ITA)
Roberta Vinci (ITA)
2011 Liezel Huber (USA)
Lisa Raymond (USA)
2010 Vania King (USA)
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
2009 Serena Williams (USA)
Venus Williams (USA)
2008 Cara Black (ZIM)
Liezel Huber (SA)
2007 Nathalie Dechy (FRA)
Dinara Safina (RUS)
2006 Nathalie Dechy (FRA)
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
2005 Lisa Raymond (USA)
Samantha Stosur (AUS)
2004 Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA)
Paola Suarez (ARG)
2003 Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA)
Paola Suarez (ARG)
2002 Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA)
Paola Suarez (ARG)
2001 Lisa Raymond (USA)
Rennae Stubbs (AUS)
2000 Julie Harland-Decugis (FRA)
Ai Sugiyama (JAP)
1999 Serena Williams (USA)
Venus Williams (USA)
1998 Martina Hingis (SWI)
Jana Novotna (CZE)
1997 Lindsay Davenport (USA)
Jana Novotna (CZE)
1996 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1995 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1994 Jana Novotna (CZE)
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA)
1993 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA)
Helena Sukova (CZE)
1992 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1991 Pam Shriver (USA)
Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1990 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Martina Navratilova (USA)
1989 Hana Mandlikova (AUS)
Martina Navratilova (USA)
1988 Gigi Fernandez (USA)
Robin White (USA)
1987 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Pam Shriver (USA)
1986 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Pam Shriver (USA)
1985 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (GER)
Helena Sukova (CZE)
1984 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Pam Shriver (USA)
1983 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Pam Shriver (USA)
1982 Rosemary Casals (USA)
Wendy Turnbull (AUS)
1981 Kathy Jordan (USA)
Anne Smith (USA)
1980 Billie Jean King (USA)
Martina Navratilova (USA)
1979 Betty Stove (NET)
Wendy Turnbull (AUS)
1978 Billie Jean King (USA)
Martina Navratilova (USA)
1977 Martina Navratilova (USA)
Betty Stove (NET)
1976 Delina Boshoff (SA)
Ilana Kloss (SA)
1975 Margaret Court (AUS)
Virginia Wade (UK)
1974 Rosemary Casals (USA)
Billie Jean King (USA)
1973 Margaret Court (AUS)
Virginia Wade (UK)
1972 Francoise Durr (FRA)
Betty Stove (NET)
1971 Rosemary Casals (USA)
Judy Tegart Dalton (AUS)
1970 Margaret Court (AUS)
Judy Tegart Dalton (AUS)
1969 Francoise Durr (FRA)
Darlene Hard (USA)
1968 Maria Bueno ( BRA)
Margaret Court (AUS)
Open Era Tennis Begins May 1968
1967 Rosemary Casals (USA)
Billie Jean King (USA)
1966 Maria Bueno ( BRA)
Nancy Richey Gunter (USA)
1965 Carole Caldwell Graebner (USA)
Nancy Richey Gunter (USA)
1964 Billie Jean King (USA)
Karen Hantze Susman (USA)
1963 Robyn Ebbern (AUS)
Margaret Court (AUS)
1962 Darlene Hard (USA)
Maria Bueno ( BRA)
1961 Darlene Hard (USA)
Lesley Turner Bowrey (AUS)
1960 Maria Bueno ( BRA)
Darlene Hard (USA)
1959 Darlene Hard (USA)
Jeanne Arth (USA)
1958 Darlene Hard (USA)
Jeanne Arth (USA)
1957 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1956 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1955 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1954 Shirley Fry Irvin (USA)
Doris Hart (USA)
1953 Shirley Fry Irvin (USA)
Doris Hart (USA)
1952 Shirley Fry Irvin (USA)
Doris Hart (USA)
1951 Shirley Fry Irvin (USA)
Doris Hart (USA)
1950 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1949 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1948 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1947 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1946 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1945 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1944 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1943 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1942 Louise Brough Clapp (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1941 Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)
1940 Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA)
Alice Marble (USA)
1939 Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA)
Alice Marble (USA)
1938 Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA)
Alice Marble (USA)
1937 Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA)
Alice Marble (USA)
1936 Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (USA)
Carolin Babcock (USA)
1935 Helen Jacobs (USA)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA)
1934 Helen Jacobs (USA)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA)
1933 Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (USA)
Freda James (UK)
1932 Helen Jacobs (USA)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA)
1931 Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (USA)
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (UK)
1930 Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (USA)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA)
1929 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (UK)
Peggy Mitchell (UK)
1928 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA)
Helen Wills Moody (USA)
1927 Kathleen McKane Godfree (UK
Ermyntrude Harvey (UK)
1926 Elizabeth Ryan (USA)
Eleanor Goss (USA)
1925 Mary Browne (USA)
Helen Wills Moody (USA)
1924 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA)
Helen Wills Moody (USA)
1923 Kathleen McKane Godfree (UK)
Phyllis Covell (UK)
1922 Marion Zinderstein Jessup (USA)
Helen Wills Moody (USA)
1921 Mary Browne (USA)
Louise Riddell Williams (USA)
1920 Marion Zinderstein Jessup (USA)
Eleanor Goss (USA)
1919 Marion Zinderstein Jessup (USA)
Eleanor Goss (USA)
1918 Marion Zinderstein Jessup (USA)
Eleanor Goss (USA)
1917 Molla Bjurstedt (NOR)
Eleonora R. Sears (USA)
1916 Molla Bjurstedt (NOR)
Eleonora R. Sears (USA)
1915 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA)
Eleonora R. Sears (USA)
1914 Mary Browne (USA)
Louise Riddell Williams (USA)
1913 Mary Browne (USA)
Louise Riddell Williams (USA)
1912 Mary Browne (USA)
Dorothy Green (USA)
1911 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA)
Eleonora R. Sears (USA)
1910 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA)
Edith Rotch (USA)
1909 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA)
Edith Rotch (USA)
1908 Evelyn Sears (USA)
Margaret Curtis (USA)
1907 Marie Wimer (USA)
Carrie Neely (USA)
1906 Ann Burdette-Coe (USA)
Ethel Bliss Platt (USA)
1905 Helen Homans (USA)
Carrie Neely (USA)
1904 May Sutton Bundy (USA)
Miriam Hall (USA)
1903 Elisabeth Moore (USA)
Carrie Neely (USA)
1902 Juliette Atkinson (USA)
Marion Jones (USA)
1901 Juliette Atkinson (USA)
Myrtle McAteer (USA)
1900 Edith Parker (USA)
Hallie Champlin (USA)
1899 Jane Craven (USA)
Myrtle McAteer (USA)
1898 Juliette Atkinson (USA)
Kathleen Atkinson (USA)
1897 Juliette Atkinson (USA)
Kathleen Atkinson (USA)
1896 Elisabeth Moore (USA)
Juliette Atkinson (USA)
1895 Helen Hellwig (USA)
Juliette Atkinson (USA)
1894 Helen Hellwig (USA)
Juliette Atkinson (USA)
1893 Aline Terry (USA)
Hattie Butler (USA)
1892 Mabel Cahill (UK)
Adeline McKinlay (USA)
1891 Mabel Cahill (UK)
Emma Leavitt Morgan (USA)
1890 Ellen Roosevelt (USA)
Grace Roosevelt (USA)
1889 Bertha Townsend (USA)
Margarette Ballard (UK)
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