Australian Open winners and runner-ups (female): From 1970-1979
by MairaS on December 15, 2011
in Australian Open Winners and Runner Ups
Although Evonne Goolagong Court ruled the 70’s era of Australian Open but along with time, some other female tennis players took over the court with winning the title number of times. Greatest female tennis player Steffi Graf won the Australian Open title four times and won three of them consecutively. Along with her, Monica Seles is a four time Australian Open winner with winning three times consecutively. At times, you do wonder where those legendary players have gone. For this reason, we are bringing you their success. Here are the 1970-1979 Australian Open female winners:
Australian Open- 1970
- Australian Open winner (female): Margaret Smith
- Australian Open runner-up (female): Kerry Melville
Australian Open- 1971
- Australian Open winner (female): Margaret Smith
- Australian Open runner-up (female): Evonne Goolagong
Australian Open- 1972
- Australian Open winner (female): Virginia Wade
- Australian Open runner-up (female): Evonne Goolagong
Australian Open-1973
- Australian Open winner (female): Margaret Smith
- Australian Open runner-up (female): Evonne Goolagong
Australian Open- 1974
- Australian Open winner (female): Evonne Goolagong
- Australian Open runner-up (female): Chris Evert
Australian Open-1975
- Australian Open winner (male): Evonne Goolagong
- Australian Open runner-up (male): Martina Navratilova
Australian Open- 1976
- Australian Open winner (female): Evonne Goolagong
- Australian Open runner-up (female): Renata Tomanvoa
Australian Open-1977
- Australian Open winner (female): Kerry Reid
- Australian Open runner-up (female): Dianne Fromholtz
Australian Open-1978
- Australian Open winner (female): Chris O’Neil
- Australian Open runner-up (female): Betsy Nagelsen
Australian Open- 1979
- Australian Open winner (female): Barbara Jordan
- Australian Open runner-up (female): Sharon Walsh