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Revision as of 22:28, 3 March 2014
Country (sports) | South Africa |
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Born | Pretoria, South Africa | 25 September 1943
Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | no value |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 6 (1965, 1966) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1965) |
French Open | SF (1967, 1968) |
Wimbledon | QF (1966) |
US Open | QF (1967) |
Doubles | |
Career record | no value |
Career titles | 3 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1965) |
French Open | F (1967) |
Wimbledon | QF (1963) |
US Open | SF (1967) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1965) |
French Open | W (1966) |
Wimbledon | SF (1966, 1967) |
Annette Van Zyl (born 25 September 1943, Pretoria), also known by her married name as Annette du Plooy, is a former South African tennis player. She was ranked in the top ten female players during the mid nineteen sixties and in 1966, with Frew McMillan, she won the French Open Mixed Doubles title,[1] defeating Ann Haydon-Jones and Clark Graebner in three sets.
Tennis career
In April 1965 Van Zyl reached the final of the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth but was beaten in straight sets by Ann Haydon-Jones. In June 1965 she won the singles title at the grass court tournament in Cheltenham and later that month she was victorious at the London Grass Court Championship played at the Queen's Club, defeating Christine Truman in the final. In July she won the Welsh title also against Truman in the final.[2] She reached the semi finals of the French Open singles in 1967, beating Billie Jean King in the quarter final before losing to Lesley Turner Bowrey.[3] In July 1968 she won the singles title at the Swiss Open after defeating Julie Heldman in the final with the loss of just one game. In August she beat Judy Tegart in straight sets in the final of the German Championships in Hamburg. Van Zyl reached the final of the South African Championships singles event on three occasions, winning the title in 1963 and 1975 and ending as runner–up in 1965.
According to A. Wallis Myers of the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Van Zyl was ranked in the world top ten in 1965, 1966, and 1968, reaching a career high of World No. 6 in those rankings in 1965 and 1966.[4]
WTA Tour finals
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Singles 2 (1–1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 1966 | Rome, Italy | Ann Haydon-Jones | 6–8, 1–6 | |
Winner | 2. | 26 November 1975 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Brigitte Cuypers | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Doubles 6 (3–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 1965 | Rome, Italy | Madonna Schacht | Silvana Lazzarino Lea Pericoli |
2–6, 6–2, 12–10 | |
Winner | 2. | 1966 | Rome, Italy | Norma Baylon | Ann Haydon-Jones Liz Starkie |
6–3, 1–6, 6–2 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 1967 | French Open, France | Clay | Pat Walkden | Françoise Dürr Gail Sherriff |
2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1968 | Rome, Italy | Pat Walkden | Margaret Court Virginia Wade |
2–6, 5–7 | |
Runner-up | 5. | 5 July 1976 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Brigitte Cuypers | Betsy Nagelsen Wendy Turnbull |
4–6, 4–6 | |
Winner | 8. | 7 June 1977 | Robertson's Cup | Brigitte Cuypers | Natasha Chmyreva Olga Morozova |
9–7, 6–4 |
Mixed doubles 1
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 1966 | French Open, France | Clay | Frew McMillan | Ann Haydon-Jones Clark Graebner |
1–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
References
- ^ French Open – Past Mixed Doubles Champions
- ^ "Miss Van Zyl Takes Welsh Tennis Title". The New York Times. 17 July 1965.
- ^ French Open 1967, women, singles.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.