From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1969 Australian Open
1969 Australian Open
1969 Australian Open Laver’s win was the first step towards his second Grand
Slam.
Date: 20–27 January 1969
Edition: 57th
Seniors
Category: Grand Slam (ITF)
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men’s singles
Main article: 1969 Australian Open - Men’s Singles
Champions
Rod Laver def. Andres Gimeno, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Men’s Singles
Rod Laver
Women’s singles
Main article: 1969 Australian Open - Women’s Singles
Women’s Singles
Margaret Court def. Billie Jean King, 6–4, 6–1
Margaret Court
Men’s Doubles
Men’s doubles
Main article: 1969 Australian Open – Men’s Doubles
Rod Laver / Roy Emerson Rod Laver / Roy Emerson def. Ken Rose-
Women’s Doubles wall / Fred Stolle, 6–4, 6–4
Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton Women’s doubles
Mixed Doubles Main article: 1969 Australian Open – Women’s Doubles
Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton def.
Margaret Court / Marty Riessen
Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King, 6–4, 6–4
Ann Haydon Jones / Fred Stolle
Australian Open Mixed doubles
Main article: 1969 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Margaret Court / Marty Riessen and Ann
The 1969 Australian Open was the first Australian Open Haydon Jones / Fred Stolle (Shared title – final not
and the final Grand Slam to allow both amateur and pro- played)
fessionals. The tournament was played in Brisbane on
Milton’s grass courts between a men’s field of 48 and a
women’s field of 32. The semifinal (Rod Laver’s victory
See also
over Tony Roche) was played in 105-degree heat. That • Australian Open
contest dragged on for more than four hours, 7–5 22–20 • 1969 French Open
9–11 1–6 6–3, both players putting wet cabbage leaves in • 1969 Wimbledon Championships
their hats to help them keep cool. The Men’s singles ti- • 1969 U.S. Open
tle was eventually won by Rod Laver defeating Andres Gi-
meno. Margaret Court took her 8th singles title and the
$1,500 prize from Billie Jean King and swept the tourna-
References
ment with Women’s doubles and Mixed. The 1969 Aus- [1] "Australian Open:History (Year by year)".
tralian Open was the only year in the Open era that a Australian Open. http://www.australianopen.com/
mixed doubles championship was staged, until resump- en_AU/event_guide/history/year_by_year.html.
tion in 1986. Marty Riessen and Margaret Court shared
the title with Fred Stolle and Anne Haydon Jones because
the final was never played. It was also the last year that a
junior mixed doubles championship was played, Aussies
Geoff Masters and Barbara Hawcroft taking the title.[1]
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