Rosie Casals

Rosemary Casals
Nickname:	Rosie
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	September 16, 1948
Size:	159 cm
1st professional season:	1968
Resignation:	1988
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,362,222
singles
Career record:	595: 325
Career title:	0 WTA , 10 ITF
Highest ranking:	5 (September 13 1976)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	92:94
Career title:	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Rosemary "Rosie" Casals (born September 16, 1948 in San Francisco , California ) is a former American tennis player.

Career

Rosie Casals is a five-time Wimbledon winner (1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973) and four-time winner of the US Open (1967, 1971, 1974, 1982) in women's doubles . There are also three wins in mixed, 1975 at the US Open and 1970 and 1972 at Wimbledon. She reached another twelve finals in doubles, two in singles and three in mixed. In total, she won twelve titles in Grand Slam tournaments and was able to book a further 16 finals.

Between 1967 and 1981 Casals played 36 games for the US Fed Cup team . With her excellent record of 34 wins in 36 Fed Cup games, she won the team competition a total of six times (1967, 1976, 1977, 1979-1981).

In 1996 Rosemary Casals was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

She is one of nine players, the Original 9 , who played the Virginia Slims Invitational in 1970 , hosted and sponsored by Gladys Heldman .

Grand Slam Title (12)

Double (9)

year	competition	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1967	Wimbledon	Billie Jean King	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey Gunter	9:11, 6: 4, 6: 2
1967	US Open	Billie Jean King	Mary-Ann Eisel Donna Floyd Fales	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1968	Wimbledon	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Haydon-Jones	3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
1970	Wimbledon	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	6: 2, 6: 3
1971	Wimbledon	Billie Jean King	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6: 3, 6: 2
1971	US Open	Judy Tegart Dalton	Françoise Durr Gail Lovera	6: 3, 6: 3
1973	Wimbledon	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 5
1974	US Open	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 4
1982	US Open	Wendy Turnbull	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6: 4, 6: 4

Mixed (3)

year	competition	partner	Final opponent	Result
1970	Wimbledon	Ilie Năstase	Olga Morozova Alexander Metreweli	6: 3, 4: 6, 9: 7
1972	Wimbledon	Ilie Năstase	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Kim Warwick	6: 4, 6: 4
1975	US Open	Dick Stockton	Fred Stolle Billie Jean King	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3

Other Grand Slam finals (16)

Single (2)

year	competition	Tournament winner	Result
1970	US Open	Margaret Court	2: 6, 6: 2, 1: 6
1971	US Open	Billie Jean King	4: 6, 6: 7

Double (12)

year	competition	Partner	Tournament winners	Result
1966	US Open	Billie Jean King	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey Gunter	3: 6, 4: 6
1968	French Open	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Haydon-Jones	5: 7, 6: 4, 4: 6
1968	US Open	Billie Jean King	Maria Bueno Margaret Court	6: 4, 7: 9, 6: 8
1969	Australian Open	Billie Jean King	Margaret Court Judy Tegart Dalton	4: 6, 4: 6
1970	French Open	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Gail Lovera	1: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
1970	US Open	Virginia Wade	Margaret Court Judy Tegart Dalton	3: 6, 4: 6
1973	US Open	Billie Jean King	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	6: 3, 3: 6, 5: 7
1975	US Open	Billie Jean King	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 7
1982	French Open	Wendy Turnbull	Anne Smith Martina Navrátilová	3: 6, 4: 6
1980	Wimbledon	Wendy Turnbull	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6: 4, 5: 7, 1: 6
1981	US Open	Wendy Turnbull	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	3: 6, 3: 6
1983	Wimbledon	Wendy Turnbull	Pam Shriver Martina Navrátilová	2: 6, 2: 6

Mixed (2)

year	competition	partner	Tournament winner	Result
1967	US Open	Stan Smith	Billie Jean King Owen Davidson	3: 6, 1: 6
1972	US Open	Ilie Năstase	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	3: 6, 5: 7

Web links

• WTA profile Rosie Casals (English)
• ITF profile Rosie Casals (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Rosie Casals (English)
• Rosie Casals in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ wtatennis.com: Original 9 Reunion: It's A Wrap!