Rosemary Casals
Nickname:
Rosie
Nation:
United States 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
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Double
Career record:
92:94
Career title:
1 WTA, 6 ITF
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 9
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 3
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
United States Billie Jean King
Brazil 1960 Maria Bueno Nancy Richey Gunter United States
9:11, 6: 4, 6: 2
1967
US Open
United States Billie Jean King
United States Mary-Ann Eisel Donna Floyd Fales United States
4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1968
Wimbledon
United States Billie Jean King
France Françoise Durr Ann Haydon-Jones United Kingdom
3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
1970
Wimbledon
United States Billie Jean King
France Françoise Durr Virginia Wade United Kingdom
6: 2, 6: 3
1971
Wimbledon
United States Billie Jean King
Australia Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong Cawley Australia
6: 3, 6: 2
1971
US Open
Australia Judy Tegart Dalton
France Françoise Durr Gail Lovera France
6: 3, 6: 3
1973
Wimbledon
United States Billie Jean King
France Françoise Durr Betty Stöve Netherlands
6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 5
1974
US Open
United States Billie Jean King
France Françoise Durr Betty Stöve Netherlands
7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 4
1982
US Open
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh United States
6: 4, 6: 4
Mixed (3)
Other Grand Slam finals (16)
Single (2)
Double (12)
year
competition
Partner
Tournament winners
Result
1966
US Open
United States Billie Jean King
Brazil 1960 Maria Bueno Nancy Richey Gunter United States
3: 6, 4: 6
1968
French Open
United States Billie Jean King
France Françoise Durr Ann Haydon-Jones United Kingdom
5: 7, 6: 4, 4: 6
1968
US Open
United States Billie Jean King
Brazil 1968 Maria Bueno Margaret Court Australia
6: 4, 7: 9, 6: 8
1969
Australian Open
United States Billie Jean King
Australia Margaret Court Judy Tegart Dalton Australia
4: 6, 4: 6
1970
French Open
United States Billie Jean King
France Françoise Durr Gail Lovera France
1: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
1970
US Open
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
Australia Margaret Court Judy Tegart Dalton Australia
3: 6, 4: 6
1973
US Open
United States Billie Jean King
Australia Margaret Court Virginia Wade United Kingdom
6: 3, 3: 6, 5: 7
1975
US Open
United States Billie Jean King
Australia Margaret Court Virginia Wade United Kingdom
5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 7
1982
French Open
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Anne Smith Martina Navrátilová United States
3: 6, 4: 6
1980
Wimbledon
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Kathy Jordan Anne Smith United States
6: 4, 5: 7, 1: 6
1981
US Open
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Kathy Jordan Anne Smith United States
3: 6, 3: 6
1983
Wimbledon
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Pam Shriver Martina Navrátilová United States
2: 6, 2: 6
Mixed (2)
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ wtatennis.com: Original 9 Reunion: It's A Wrap!
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