Rosemary Casals

 

For other uses of the name Casals, see Casals (disambiguation).

Rosemary "Rosie" Casals (born September 16, 1948) is an American professional tennis player. She was born in San Francisco, California, to Salvadoran parents.

Casals was twice the women's singles runner-up at the U.S. Open, losing to Margaret Smith Court in the 1970 final as she completed a calendar year Grand Slam and losing to Billie Jean King in 1971.

Casals won twelve Grand Slam doubles tournaments during her career, nine of which were in women's doubles. Seven of those titles were in partnership with King. Casals was part of the losing team in fifteen other Grand Slam doubles finals.

Casals won 112 professional doubles tournaments, the second most in history behind Martina Navratilova. Her last doubles championship was at the 1988 tournament in Oakland, California, where her partner was Navratilova.

Casals played in a total of 685 singles and doubles tournaments during her career.

Casals was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996.

Grand Slam record

• Australian Open
  • Women's Doubles finalist: 1969 (with King)

• French Open
  • Women's Doubles finalist: 1968 (with King), 1970 (with King), 1982 (with Turnbull)

• Wimbledon
  • Women's Doubles champion: 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973 (all with King)
  • Women's Doubles finalist: 1980, 1983 (both with Turnbull)
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1970, 1972 (both with Nastase)
  • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1976 (with Stockton)

• U.S. Open
  • Singles finalist: 1970, 1971
  • Women's Doubles champion: 1967 (with King), 1971 (with Dalton), 1974 (with King), 1982 (with Turnbull)
  • Women's Doubles finalist: 1966 (with King), 1968 (with King), 1970 (with Wade), 1973 (with King), 1975 (with King), 1981 (with Turnbull)
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1975 (with Stockton)
  • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1967 (with Smith), 1972 (with Nastase)

Grand Slam singles finals (2)

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1970	U.S. Open	Margaret Smith Court	6-2, 2-6, 6-1
1971	U.S. Open	Billie Jean King	6-4, 7-6

Grand Slam women's doubles finals (21)

Wins (9)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1967	Wimbledon	Billie Jean King	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey Gunter	9-11, 6-4, 6-2
1967	U.S. Championships	Billie Jean King	Mary Ann Eisel Donna Floyd Fales	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1968	Wimbledon (2)	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Haydon Jones	3-6, 6-4, 7-5
1970	Wimbledon (3)	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	6-2, 6-3
1971	Wimbledon (4)	Billie Jean King	Margaret Smith Court Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6-3, 6-2
1971	U.S. Open (2)	Judy Tegart Dalton	Françoise Durr Gail Lovera	6-3, 6-3
1973	Wimbledon (5)	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	6-1, 4-6, 7-5
1974	U.S. Open (3)	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	7-6, 6-7, 6-4
1982	U.S. Open (4)	Wendy Turnbull	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6-4, 6-4

Runner-ups (12)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1966	U.S. Championships	Billie Jean King	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey Gunter	6-3, 6-4
1968	French Open	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Ann Haydon Jones	7-5, 4-6, 6-4
1968	U.S. Open (2)	Billie Jean King	Maria Bueno Margaret Smith Court	4-6, 9-7, 8-6
1969	Australian Open	Billie Jean King	Margaret Smith Court Judy Tegart Dalton	6-4, 6-4
1970	French Open (2)	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Gail Lovera	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
1970	U.S. Open (3)	Virginia Wade	Margaret Smith Court Julie Tegart Dalton	6-3, 6-4
1973	U.S. Open (4)	Billie Jean King	Margaret Smith Court Virginia Wade	3-6, 6-3, 7-5
1975	U.S. Open (5)	Billie Jean King	Margaret Smith Court Virginia Wade	7-5, 2-6, 7-6
1982	French Open (2)	Wendy Turnbull	Anne Smith Martina Navratilova	6-3, 6-4
1980	Wimbledon	Wendy Turnbull	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	4-6, 7-5, 6-1
1981	U.S. Open (6)	Wendy Turnbull	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6-3, 6-3
1983	Wimbledon (2)	Wendy Turnbull	Pam Shriver Martina Navratilova	6-2, 6-2

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals (6)

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1970	Wimbledon	Ilie Năstase	Olga Morozova Alex Metreveli	6-3, 4-6, 9-7
1972	Wimbledon (2)	Ilie Năstase	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Kim Warwick	6-4, 6-4
1975	U.S. Open	Richard Stockton	Fred Stolle Billie Jean King	6-3, 6-7, 6-3

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1967	U.S. Championships[1]	Stan Smith	Billie Jean King Owen Davidson	6-3, 6-2
1972	U.S. Open (2)	Ilie Năstase	Margaret Smith Court Marty Riessen	6-3, 7-5
1976	French Open	Richard Stockton	Françoise Durr Tony Roche	6-3, 2-6, 7-5

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	Career SR
Australia	A	A	A	SF	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A / A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5
France	A	A	A	4R	4R	QF	QF	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 7
Wimbledon	A	A	4R	SF	4R	SF	SF	2R	SF	QF	4R	4R	QF	QF	A	3R	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	A	0 / 18
United States	3R	1R	SF	4R	3R	SF	F	F	QF	QF	QF	1R	QF	4R	A	1R	1R	4R	2R	3R	2R	2R	0 / 21
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 51

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

External links

• ITF Profile for Rosemary Casals
• International Tennis Hall of Fame profile
• Rosemary Casals profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Fed Cup profile for Rosemary Casals

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