Judy Tegart-Dalton

Judy Dalton

Full name	Judith Anne Marshall Tegart Dalton
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1937-12-12) 12 December 1937 Melbourne, Australia
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1968)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1968)
French Open	4R (1966, 1967, 1972)
Wimbledon	F (1968)
US Open	QF (1968, 1971)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1964, 1967, 1969, 1970)
French Open	W (1966)
Wimbledon	W (1969)
US Open	W (1970, 1971)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1966)
Wimbledon	F (1965, 1969)
US Open	F (1963, 1964, 1965, 1970)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (1965, 1970)

Judy Tegart Dalton (née Tegart; born 12 December 1937) is a retired professional Australian tennis player who won nine Grand Slam doubles titles. She won at least one women's doubles title at each Grand Slam tournament, a "Career Grand Slam". Five of her doubles titles were in partnership with Margaret Court. Tegart was the runner-up in ten Grand Slam doubles tournaments.

Tegart reached the final at Wimbledon in 1968, where she lost to Billie Jean King in two tight sets after defeating second-seeded Court in the quarterfinal and third-seeded Nancy Richey in the semifinal. She also reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon in 1971 at the age of 33, losing to Court in three sets, and at the Australian Championships in 1968, losing to King in three sets. Her last appearance at a Grand Slam tournament was the 1977 Australian Open, where at the age of 40 she lost in the quarterfinal in straight sets to top-seeded and eventual champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Tegart won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 1969 German Open Championships in Hamburg. In the singles final she defeated Helga Niessen in straight sets.^[1]

Tegart was unusual in that she did not reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament outside of Australia until she was 29 years of age. From Wimbledon in 1967 until the end of her career, she reached at least the quarterfinals in half of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played (ten out of twenty).

Tegart was a member of the Australian Federation Cup team in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1970. Her career won-loss record was 18–4, including 6–1 in singles and 12–3 in doubles. Australia won the Federation Cup in 1965 and 1970.

Tegart was one of the original "Virginia Slims 9", the nine players who in 1971 joined the break-away Virginia Slims tour organised by Gladys Heldman. She married Dr. David Dalton on 18 November 1969.^[2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 final (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King	7–9, 5–7

Women's doubles: 11 finals (8 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1964	Australian Championships	Grass	Lesley Turner	Robyn Ebbern Margaret Smith	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1966	French Championships	Clay	Margaret Smith	Jill Blackman Fay Toyne	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	1966	Wimbledon	Grass	Margaret Smith	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	1967	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	Lesley Turner	Lorraine Robinson Évelyne Terras	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	1968	Australian Championships	Grass	Lesley Turner	Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	1969	Australian Open (3)	Grass	Margaret Court	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1969	Wimbledon	Grass	Margaret Court	Patti Hogan Peggy Michel	9–7, 6–2
Winner	1970	Australian Open (4)	Grass	Margaret Court	Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	6–1, 6–3
Winner	1970	US Open	Grass	Margaret Court	Rosemary Casals Virginia Wade	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1971	US Open (2)	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Gail Chanfreau Françoise Dürr	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Françoise Dürr	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	2–6, 6–4, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 8 finals (1 title, 7 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1963	U.S. Championships	Grass	Ed Rubinoff	Margaret Smith Ken Fletcher	6–3, 6–8, 2–6
Runner-up	1964	U.S. Championships	Grass	Ed Rubinoff	Margaret Smith John Newcombe	6–10, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	1965	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Tony Roche	Margaret Smith Ken Fletcher	10–12, 3–6
Runner-up	1965	U.S. Championships	Grass	Frank Froehling	Margaret Smith Fred Stolle	2–6, 2–6
Winner	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	Tony Roche	Robyn Ebbern William Bowrey	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1967	Australian Championships	Grass	Tony Roche	Lesley Turner Owen Davidson	7–9, 4–6
Runner-up	1969	Wimbledon	Grass	Tony Roche	Ann Haydon Fred Stolle	2–6, 3–6
Runner-u	1970	US Open	Grass	Frew McMillan	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

A = did not participate in the tournament.

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

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Dalton participated in both editions.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

External links

• Judy Tegart-Dalton at the International Tennis Federation
• Judy Tegart-Dalton at the Women's Tennis Association