Judy Tegart-Dalton

Judy Tegart-Dalton
AM
Judy Tegart (1965)
Full nameJudith Anne Marshall Tegart-Dalton
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1937-12-12) 12 December 1937
Melbourne, Australia
Singles
Career record591-284 (67.5%)
Career titles35
Highest rankingNo. 7 (1968)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1968)
French Open4R (1966, 1967)
WimbledonF (1968)
US OpenQF (1968, 1971)
Doubles
Career recordno value
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1964, 1967, 1969, 1970)
French OpenW (1966)
WimbledonW (1969)
US OpenW (1970, 1971)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1966)
WimbledonF (1965, 1969)
US OpenF (1963, 1964, 1965, 1970)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (1965, 1970)

Judy Tegart-Dalton AM (née Tegart; born 12 December 1937) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She won nine major doubles titles, and completed the career Grand Slam in women's doubles. Five of her doubles titles were with Margaret Court. Tegart was also a runner-up in 10 major doubles tournaments.

Career

Tegart reached the final at Wimbledon in 1968, where she lost to Billie Jean King in two tight sets after defeating second-seeded Court in the quarterfinal and third-seeded Nancy Richey in the semifinal. She also reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon in 1971 at the age of 33, losing to Court in three sets, and at the Australian Championships in 1968, losing to King in three sets. Her last appearance at a Grand Slam tournament was the 1977 Australian Open, where at the age of 40 she lost in the quarterfinals in straight sets to top-seeded and eventual champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Tegart won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 1969 German Open Championships in Hamburg. In the singles final, she defeated Helga Niessen in straight sets.[1]

Tegart was unusual in that she did not reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament outside of Australia until she was 29 years of age. From Wimbledon in 1967 until the end of her career, she reached at least the quarterfinals in half of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played (10 out of 20).

Tegart was a member of the Australian Federation Cup team in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1970. Her career won-loss record was 18–4, including 6–1 in singles and 12–3 in doubles. Australia won the Federation Cup in 1965 and 1970.

Tegart was one of the original "Virginia Slims 9", the nine players who in 1971 joined the break-away Virginia Slims tour organised by Gladys Heldman. She married Dr. David Dalton on 18 November 1969.[2]

She was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to tennis as a player, to equality for women in sport, and to sporting foundations".[3] She was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in the same year.[4]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 final (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1968 Wimbledon Grass Billie Jean King 7–9, 5–7

Women's doubles: 11 finals (8 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1964 Australian Championships Grass Lesley Turner Robyn Ebbern
Margaret Smith		 6–4, 6–4
Win 1966 French Championships Clay Margaret Smith Jill Blackman
Fay Toyne		 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1966 Wimbledon Grass Margaret Smith Maria Bueno
Nancy Richey		 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 1967 Australian Championships (2) Grass Lesley Turner Lorraine Robinson
Évelyne Terras		 6–0, 6–2
Loss 1968 Australian Championships Grass Lesley Turner Karen Krantzcke
Kerry Melville		 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 1969 Australian Open (3) Grass Margaret Court Rosemary Casals
Billie Jean King		 6–4, 6–4
Win 1969 Wimbledon Grass Margaret Court Patti Hogan
Peggy Michel		 9–7, 6–2
Win 1970 Australian Open (4) Grass Margaret Court Karen Krantzcke
Kerry Melville		 6–1, 6–3
Win 1970 US Open Grass Margaret Court Rosemary Casals
Virginia Wade		 6–3, 6–4
Win 1971 US Open (2) Grass Rosemary Casals Gail Chanfreau
Françoise Dürr		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1972 Wimbledon Grass Françoise Dürr Billie Jean King
Betty Stöve		 2–6, 6–4, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 8 finals (1 title, 7 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1963 U.S. Championships Grass Ed Rubinoff Margaret Smith
Ken Fletcher		 6–3, 6–8, 2–6
Loss 1964 U.S. Championships Grass Ed Rubinoff Margaret Smith
John Newcombe		 8–10, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 1965 Wimbledon Championships Grass Tony Roche Margaret Smith
Ken Fletcher		 10–12, 3–6
Loss 1965 U.S. Championships Grass Frank Froehling Margaret Smith
Fred Stolle		 2–6, 2–6
Win 1966 Australian Championships Grass Tony Roche Robyn Ebbern
William Bowrey		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1967 Australian Championships Grass Tony Roche Lesley Turner
Owen Davidson		 7–9, 4–6
Loss 1969 Wimbledon Grass Tony Roche Ann Haydon
Fred Stolle		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1970 US Open Grass Frew McMillan Margaret Court
Marty Riessen		 4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Career SR
Australia 1R 1R 1R A 3R QF 2R QF QF QF QF SF 1R QF A A A QF A 1R 1R QF 0 / 17
France A A A A A 3R 2R 4R A 4R 4R A A 2R A 2R A A A A A 0 / 7
Wimbledon A A A A A 4R 3R 4R 3R 4R QF F QF 4R SF 3R A A 2R A A 0 / 12
United States A A A A A 2R 4R 4R 3R 3R 4R QF A 3R QF A A A A A A 0 / 9
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 45

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Dalton participated in both editions.

See also

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper P. pp. 89–91. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
  2. ^ Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 279. ISBN 978-0-8108-7237-0.
  3. ^ "Judith Anne Dalton". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Judy Tegart-Dalton AM". State Government of Victoria. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
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