Rosemary Casals
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Rosemary "Rosie" Casals (born September 16, 1948) is an American former professional tennis player.
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Full name | Rosemary Casals |
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ITF name | Rosie Casals |
Country (sports) | United States |
Born | (1948-09-16) September 16, 1948 (age 75) San Francisco, California |
Height | 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1.59 m) |
Turned pro | 1968 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | US$ 1,362,222 |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1996 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 595–325 (64.7%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 3 (1970) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1967) |
French Open | QF (1969, 1970) |
Wimbledon | SF (1967, 1969, 1970, 1972) |
US Open | F (1970, 1971) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 508–214 (70.4%) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1969) |
French Open | F (1968, 1970, 1982) |
Wimbledon | W (1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973) |
US Open | W (1967, 1971, 1974, 1982) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (1971, 1973, 1974) |
Career titles | 3 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1969) |
French Open | SF (1969, 1970, 1972) |
Wimbledon | W (1970, 1972) |
US Open | W (1975) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981) |
Wightman Cup | W (1967, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982) |
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Casals earned her reputation as a rebel in the tennis world when she began competing in the early 1960s. During a tennis career that spanned more than two decades, she won more than 90 titles and was crucial to many of the changes in women's tennis during the 1960s and 1970s.