Judy Tegart-Dalton

Judy Tegart-Dalton
AM
Full name	Judith Anne Marshall Tegart-Dalton
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	12 December 1937 (age 86); Melbourne, Australia
Singles
Career record	591-284 (67.5%)
Career titles	35
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1968)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1968)
French Open	4R (1966, 1967)
Wimbledon	F (1968)
US Open	QF (1968, 1971)
Doubles
Career record	no value
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 AM (née Tegart; born 12 December 1937) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She won nine major doubles titles, and completed the career Grand Slam in women's doubles. Five of her doubles titles were with Margaret Court. Tegart was also a runner-up in 10 major doubles tournaments.

Career

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 quarterfinals 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 (10 out of 20).

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]

She was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to tennis as a player, to equality for women in sport, and to sporting foundations".^[3]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 final (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King	7–9, 5–7

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

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

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

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		Career SR
Australia	1R	1R	1R	A	3R	QF	2R	QF	QF	QF	QF	SF	1R	QF	A	A	A	QF	A	1R	1R	QF	0 / 17
France	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	4R	A	4R	4R	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	4R	3R	4R	3R	4R	QF	F	QF	4R	SF	3R	A	A	2R	A	A		0 / 12
United States	A	A	A	A	A	2R	4R	4R	3R	3R	4R	QF	A	3R	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 9
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2		0 / 45

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

References

^ John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper P. pp. 89–91. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
^ Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 279. ISBN 978-0-8108-7237-0.
^ "Judith Anne Dalton". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 26 January 2019.