Ann Haydon-Jones

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**Ann Haydon-Jones**
Personal information
Date of birth	October 7, 1938
Country	Great Britain
Grand Slam singles championships (3)
French Championships	1961, 1966
Wimbledon	1969

Ann Haydon-Jones (born Adrianne Shirley Haydon on October 7, 1938 in Birmingham, England, UK), was a table tennis and lawn tennis champion. She won a total of eight Grand Slam championships during her career: three in singles, three in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles.

1 Career
2 Grand Slam record
3 Grand Slam singles finals
- 3.1 Wins (3)
- 3.2 Runner-ups (6)
4 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
- 4.1 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Career

Her parents were prominent table tennis players, and, as a young girl, she also took up the game. But she soon developed into a powerful lawn tennis player, winning the 1954 and 1955 British junior championships. In 1956, she won the Wimbledon girls' singles championship.

Haydon-Jones played lawn tennis in a highly competitive era that included some of the greatest female tennis players of all time, including Billie Jean King, Margaret Smith Court, and Maria Bueno. Despite the fierce competition, she won the 1961 French Championships and reached the finals of the 1961 U.S. Championships, losing to the defending champion, Darlene Hard. In 1962, she married P.F. Jones and, recorded as Ann Haydon-Jones, won the French title for a second time in 1966.

At both the Wimbledon Championships and the U.S. Championships in 1967, Haydon-Jones lost in the final to King. Two years later, however, the two again met in the Wimbledon final. This time, Haydon-Jones took the most coveted title in the sport, making her the first left-handed female player to do so. She capped off that year's Wimbledon by winning the mixed doubles championship with Australia's Fred Stolle. Her performances resulted in her being voted as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

According to Mark Lewisohn in "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions," on July 4 1969, The Beatles paused the dubbing session for their song "Golden Slumbers" to listen to Haydon-Jones beat King for the Wimbledon title, live on radio.

With the dawn of the open era in 1968, Haydon-Jones joined with King and others to organize the first professional female touring group. In 1970, she was hired by the BBC as a guest commentator and worked with them for over three decades.

In 1985, Haydon-Jones was voted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

[edit] Grand Slam record

Australian Open
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1969

French Championships/Open
- Singles champion: 1961, 1966
- Singles finalist: 1963, 1968, 1969
- Women's Doubles champion: 1963, 1968, 1969
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1960
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1960, 1966, 1967

Wimbledon
- Singles champion: 1969
- Singles finalist: 1967
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1968
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1969
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1962

U.S. Championships
- Singles finalist: 1961, 1967
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1960

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1961	French Championships	Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Yola Ramírez Ochoa	6-2, 6-1
1966	French Championships (2)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Richey Gunter	6-3, 6-1
1969	Wimbledon	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Billie Jean King	3-6, 6-3, 6-2

[edit] Runner-ups (6)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1961	U.S. Championships	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Darlene Hard	6-3, 6-4
1963	French Championships	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Lesley Turner Bowrey	2-6, 6-3, 7-5
1967	Wimbledon	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Billie Jean King	6-3, 6-4
1967	U.S. Championships	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Billie Jean King	11-9, 6-4
1968	French Open	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Richey Gunter	5-7, 6-4, 6-1
1969	French Open	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Margaret Smith Court	6-1, 4-6, 6-3

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	Career SR
Australia	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	SF	0 / 2
France	A	SF	QF	A	4R	W	SF	F	A	QF	W	QF	F	F	2 / 11
Wimbledon	2R	3R	SF	QF	SF	4R	SF	SF	QF	4R	SF	F	SF	W	1 / 14
United States	A	QF	3R	SF	QF	F	A	SF	QF	QF	A	F	SF	A	0 / 10
SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	1 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 3	3 / 37