Karen Krantzcke

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Karen Krantzcke Tennis player
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: February 1, 1947
Date of death: April 11, 1977
Size: 185 cm
Playing hand: Right
singles
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open HF (1970, 1977)
French Open HF (1970)
Wimbledon VF (1970)
US Open VF (1969)
Double
Career title: 1 WTA
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  1
Australian Open S (1968)
French Open HF (1969, 1972)
Wimbledon F (1974)
US Open VF (1968, 1973, 1974)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Karen Krantzcke (born February 1, 1947 in Brisbane , † April 11, 1977 in Tallahassee , Florida) was an Australian tennis player .

Career

In 1968 , she and her compatriot Kerry Melville won the women's doubles at the Australian tennis championships (now the Australian Open ). They defeated Judy Tegart and Lesley Turner in three sets.

From 1966 to 1970 Krantzcke played a total of twelve games for the Australian Federation Cup team with a positive balance of 4: 1 in singles; in doubles she won all of her seven appearances. In 1970 she won the Federation Cup.

The Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award given by the WTA is named after her.

Karen Krantzcke died in 1977 at the age of 30 while jogging.

Tournament victories

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. January 1968 AustraliaAustralia Australian Championships Grand Slam race AustraliaAustralia Kerry Melville AustraliaAustralia Judy Tegart Lesley Turner
AustraliaAustralia  		6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Karen Krantzcke collapses, dies after match. In: The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia, April 12, 1977, accessed December 1, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Krantzcke, Karen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1977
Place of death Tallahassee