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Margaret Court AC MBE (née Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player and a Christian minister. Considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 24 women's singles major titles and total of 64 major titles (including 19 major women's doubles and 21 major mixed ...
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Jun 2, 2017 · Margaret Court stands by the renamed Court One at Melbourne Park in 2003. Photograph: Stuart Hannagan/Getty Images. In Court’s latest book, during a passage in which she outlines her strident ...
Mar 11, 2024 · Margaret Court (born July 16, 1942, Albury, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian tennis player who dominated women’s competition in the 1960s. She won 66 Grand Slam championships, more than any other woman, and in 1970 became the second woman (after Maureen Connolly in 1953) to win the Grand Slam of tennis singles: Wimbledon , the U.S ...
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Jan 30, 2017 · Margaret Court at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday. “Nobody will ever hit my 62,” she said of her record of 62 Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
Margaret Court career statistics. This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Margaret Court. She won 64 Grand Slam events (24 singles, 19 doubles, 21 mixed doubles), which is a record for a male or female player. Her 24 Grand Slam singles titles and 21 in mixed doubles are also all-time records for both sexes.
NoDateTournamentLocation14-01-1958Albury Easter Tournament204-10-1958Junee Open Tournament322-01-1960406-06-1960Victorian Hard Court ChampionshipsSep 5, 2022 · On a peaceful Saturday in Perth, 12,000 miles from the clamour and bombast at Flushing Meadows, Margaret Court has just seen Serena Williams thwarted in a final tilt at equalling her place among ...
Margaret (Smith) Court. With 11 Australian singles, and five doubles, titles to her name Margaret Court (nee Smith) is arguably the greatest female player in the tournament's history. While not all her victories were earned in the Open era, no other player has dominated Down Under in the way that Court did in the 1960s and '70s. Making her ...
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