Janet Wright (tennis player)

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Janet Wright Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: August 6, 1953
singles
Career title: 2 WTA , 0 ITF
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (1974, 1979)
French Open HF (1975, 1977)
Wimbledon 3R (1973, 1975, 1978)
US Open AF (1975, 1976)
Double
Career title: 2 WTA, 0 ITF
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1974)
French Open AF (1975, 1977)
Wimbledon VF (1984)
US Open AF (1973, 1974)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open -
Wimbledon F (1973)
US Open VF (1971, 1973)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Janet Wright (* 6. August 1953 in Los Angeles as Janet Newberry ) is a former American tennis player .

Career

Janet Wright won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour . In 1973 she was in the mixed final of Wimbledon, which she lost at the side of Raúl Ramírez against Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson with 3: 6 and 2: 6. In 1975 and 1977 she reached the semi-finals of the French Open.

In 1975 she made four appearances on the United States Fed Cup team , three of which she won.

Personal

Janet married Frank Wright. Frank Wright died in 1991, after which Ralph Howe married.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. May 1975 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bournemouth WTA non-tour event Hard court United StatesUnited States Terry Holladay 7: 9, 7: 5, 6: 3
2. May 1977 ItalyItaly Rome WTA Colgate Series sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová 6: 3, 7: 6

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. June 1978 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chichester WTA Colgate Series race United StatesUnited States Pam Shriver United KingdomUnited Kingdom Michelle Tyler Yvonne Vermaak
South Africa 1961South Africa  		3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2. January 1979 United StatesUnited States Houston WTA Avon Championships Circuit Carpet (hall) United StatesUnited States Martina Navratilova United StatesUnited States Pam Shriver Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands  		4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Events with high posterior probability. In: cs.cmu.edu. Retrieved May 31, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wright, Janet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Newberry, Janet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , United States