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Ann Jones (tennis)

Ann Shirley Jones, CBE (née Adrianne Haydon on 17 October 1938,[2] also known as Ann Haydon-Jones) is a British former table tennis and lawn tennis champion. She won eight Grand Slam tennis championships in her career: three in singles, three in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles.[2] As of 2023, she serves as a vice president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.[3]

Ann Jones
CBE
Jones as the Daily Express Sports Woman of the Year 1969
Full nameAnn Shirley Jones
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
BornAdrianne Haydon
(1938-10-17) 17 October 1938 (age 86)
Kings Heath, Birmingham, England
PlaysLeft-handed
Int. Tennis HoF1985 (member page)
Singles
Career record1077-244 (81.5%)
Career titles136
Highest rankingNo. 2 (1967, Lance Tingay)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1969)
French OpenW (1961, 1966)
WimbledonW (1969)
US OpenF (1961, 1967)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1969)
French OpenW (1963, 1968, 1969)
WimbledonF (1968)
US OpenF (1960)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1969)
French OpenF (1960, 1966, 1967)
WimbledonW (1969)

Career

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Table tennis

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Jones was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham, England.[4] Her parents were prominent table tennis players, her father, Adrian Haydon, having been English number 1 and a competitor at world championships between 1928 and 1953. Ann, as a young girl, also took up the game, participating in five world championships in the 1950s, the best result being losing finalist in singles, doubles and mixed doubles all in Stockholm 1957.[5] Soon after this she wrote the book Tackle Table Tennis This Way.[6]

Jones also won two English Open titles in women's doubles as Haydon.

Tennis

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Jones after winning the 1969 Wimbledon title

She was also a powerful lawn tennis player, winning the 1954 and 1955 British junior championships. In 1956, she won the Wimbledon girls' singles championship.

Jones played lawn tennis in a highly competitive era that included some of the greatest female tennis players of all time, such as Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, and Maria Bueno. Despite the fierce competition, she won the 1961 French Championships,[7] beating Margaret Smith, former champion Zsuzsa Körmöczy and Yola Ramírez and reached the final of the 1961 U.S. Championships, beating Wimbledon champion Angela Mortimer, losing to the defending champion Darlene Hard. In 1962, she married Philip F. Jones and played as Ann Haydon-Jones. A debilitating back and neck injury hampered her career in 1964/1965, yet she recovered sufficiently to reach the quarterfinals of the French championships in 1965, yet was controversially unseeded for that year's Wimbledon singles. This led to a fourth-round clash with the top-seeded defending champion Maria Bueno, which many thought was an imbalanced draw.[8] Jones won the French title for a second time in 1966, beating Maria Bueno and Nancy Richey.[7] She also won the Italian championships that year, beating Françoise Dürr and Annette Van Zyl.

At both the Wimbledon Championships and the U.S. Championships in 1967, Jones lost in the final to King.[7][9] Two years later, however, the two again met in the Wimbledon final. This time, Jones took the most coveted title in the sport,[9] making her the first left-handed female player to do so. She rounded off that year's Wimbledon by winning the mixed doubles championship with Australia's Fred Stolle. Her performances resulted in her being voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.[7] Jones made Wimbledon 1969 her last Grand Slam singles event. She was seeded number one for the 1969 US Open but withdrew before the tournament began. She radically reduced her playing schedule for 1970, playing in South Africa where she won the Orange Free State Championships and the Western Province Championships. She then largely played only events in the United Kingdom for the remainder of the year. She returned to the international scene to play the Federation Cup event in Australia, where she partnered Virginia Wade on the British team.[2] In 1971, Jones played on the Virginia Slims circuit, winning the U.S.$10,000 first prize for the event staged in Las Vegas, beating King in the final. Jones more or less retired after this event as she was expecting her first child. However, she continued to play the occasional UK event and was part of the 1975 Wightman Cup team for Great Britain. In 1977, Jones teamed with Winnie Wooldridge to play doubles at Wimbledon.[2]

According to Lance Tingay and Bud Collins, Jones was ranked in the world top 10 from 1957 through 1963 and from 1965 through 1970, reaching a career high of world No. 2 in these rankings in 1967 and 1969.[1]

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

With the dawn of the open era in 1968, Jones joined King and others to organise the first professional female touring group. In 1970, she was hired by the BBC as a guest commentator[7] and worked with it for over three decades, occasionally commentating for tennis coverage on U.S. TV stations. Jones was chairwoman of the Women's International Tennis Council and for many years the British team captain for events such as the Federation and Wightman Cups.[2]

Over her career, she reached six Wimbledon semifinals in addition to her two appearances in the final: in 1958, beating Maria Bueno and losing to defending champion Althea Gibson; 1960, beating Renée Schuurman Haygarth and losingto Sandra Reynolds; 1962, beating Billie Jean Moffitt and losing to eventual champion Karen Hantze Susman; 1963, losing to runner-up Billie Jean Moffitt; 1966, beating Nancy Richey and losing a three-set match to Maria Bueno; and 1968 losing, after leading by a set and a break, to holder Billie Jean King.[10] In the U.S. Nationals, as well as her final appearances in 1961 and 1967, Ann Jones reached three semifinals: in 1959, beating second-seed Sandra Reynolds (Price) and losing to Christine Truman;[11] in 1963, beating second-seed Darlene Hard and losing 9–7 in the third set to eventual winner Maria Bueno;[12] and in 1968, losing to eventual winner Virginia Wade.

As well as winning the French Championships twice, Jones reached three other French finals, beating Annette Van Zyl and losing to Nancy Richey in 1968, and beating Rosemary Casals and Lesley Turner and losing in three sets to Margaret Court in 1969. Of her three losing finals in the French championships, there was one which nearly added to her total of wins: 1963 when she led Lesley Turner 5–2 in the final set.[13] She also reached the semifinals in 1957 aged 18, beating third seed Christiane Mercelis and losing a tough semifinal to Dorothy Head Knode, and in 1962 beating Jan Lehane and losing to Lesley Turner.[14]

In the British Hard Courts championships, after losing in the finals in 1958 to Shirley Bloomer Brasher and 1960 to Christine Truman, she was undefeated from 1963 to 1966, winning finals against Norma Baylon, Jan Lehane, Annette Van Zyl and Virginia Wade. She was a stalwart in the Wightman Cup from 1957 (aged 18, beating Darlene Hard, then Wimbledon finalist) to 1967, 1970 and 1975, winning the deciding match in 1958 against Mimi Arnold when Britain won for the first time since 1930, taking both her singles against Billie Jean Moffitt and Nancy Richey in 1965 and overall winning nine singles and six doubles. Despite playing at a time when there were four other British winners of the French, Australian, US and Wimbledon titles, (Mortimer, Brasher, Truman and Wade), she was ranked no. 1 in the UK on seven occasions. Naturally a baseliner and effective as such on clay (Tiiu Kivi said it was like playing a brick wall that moved),[15] she schooled herself to become a most effective net player, perhaps seen at her best when attacking Margaret Court to defeat in the Wimbledon semifinal of 1969. Apart from Althea Gibson, early in her career, there was not a leading player of her era that she did not beat on several occasions.

Personal life

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In 1971 she published her tennis autobiography A Game to Love.[16]

Jones caused something of a stir on 30 August 1962 when she married businessman Philip "Pip" Jones (1907–1993) who was 31 years her senior and five years older than her father.[4][17] Pip Jones became the first Tour Director of the Virginia Slims Women's Tennis Tour in 1971.[18][19] The couple's names later became a recurring gag on Monty Python's Flying Circus during its series run, wherein the Pythons frequently inserted "Ann Haydon-Jones and her husband Pip" into any sketch where a list of names was being read.[citation needed]

In 1969, West Bromwich Albion commended Ann Jones on her sporting success and stated that she and her husband were supporters of the club.[20]

Awards

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In 1985, Jones was voted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[2] For many years, Jones was chairwoman of the International Women's Tennis Council and has long been a member of Wimbledon's Committee of Management. She became the first 'civilian woman' (i.e., not a member of the British Royal Family) to present the trophies at Wimbledon when she awarded the winners of the Mixed Doubles championship their cup in 2007, a ceremony she now regularly performs. She also has presented the junior girls trophy.

Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), Jones was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to tennis.[21]

The stadium court at the Edgbaston Priory Tennis Club was renamed the Ann Jones Centre Court in 2013.[22]

Grand Slam finals

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Including:[7][9]

Singles: 9 (3–6)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1961 French Championships Clay   Yola Ramírez 6–2, 6–1
Loss 1961 US Championships Grass   Darlene Hard 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1963 French Championships Clay   Lesley Turner 6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Win 1966 French Championships Clay   Nancy Richey 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1967 Wimbledon Grass   Billie Jean King 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1967 US Championships Grass   Billie Jean King 9–11, 4–6
Loss 1968 French Championships Clay   Nancy Richey 7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 1969 French Open Clay   Margaret Court 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 1969 Wimbledon Grass   Billie Jean King 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1960 French Championships Clay   Patricia Ward Hales   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard		 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1960 US Championships Grass   Deidre Catt   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard		 1–6, 1–6
Win 1963 French Championships Clay   Renée Schuurman   Margaret Smith
  Robyn Ebbern		 7–5, 6–4
Win 1968 French Open Clay   Françoise Dürr   Rosie Casals
  Billie Jean King		 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 1968 Wimbledon Grass   Françoise Dürr   Rosie Casals
  Billie Jean King		 11–9, 4–6, 2–6
Win 1969 French Open Clay   Françoise Dürr   Margaret Court
  Nancy Richey		 6–0, 4–6, 7–5

Mixed doubles: 6 (2–4)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1960 French Championships Clay   Roy Emerson   Maria Bueno
  Bob Howe		 6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 1962 Wimbledon Grass   Dennis Ralston   Margaret Osborne duPont
  Neale Fraser		 6–2, 3–6, 11–13
Loss 1966 French Championships Clay   Clark Graebner   Annette Van Zyl
  Frew McMillan		 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1967 French Championships Clay   Ion Țiriac   Billie Jean King
  Owen Davidson		 3–6, 1–6
Win 1969 Wimbledon Grass   Fred Stolle   Judy Tegart
  Tony Roche		 6–2, 6–3
Win 1969 Australian Open Grass   Fred Stolle   Margaret Court
  Marty Riessen		 *Shared, final not played
  • Although both teams shared the 1969 Australian Open mixed doubles title, it is not counted in the official Grand Slam title count.

Grand Slam performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 W–L
Australia A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A SF 3–2
France A SF QF A 3R W SF F A QF W QF F F 44–9
Wimbledon 2R 3R SF QF SF 4R SF SF QF 4R SF F SF W 57–13
United States A QF 3R SF QF F A SF QF QF A F SF A 36–10

Doubles

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Tournament 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970–1974 1975 1976 1977 W–L
Australia A A A A A A A A A QF A A A SF A A A A 4–2
France A 2R SF A F QF SF W A QF SF QF W W A A A A 32–7
Wimbledon 1R 3R 2R QF 3R 3R 2R SF SF 2R SF SF F 3R A A A 3R 33–15
United States A QF SF SF F QF A SF A A A A SF A A 1R A A 17–8

Career finals

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Singles titles (136)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (3)
ILTF World Circuit (119)
ILTF Grand Prix/VS Circuit (17)
Titles by surface
Clay / Outdoor (51)
Grass / Outdoor (44)
Hard / Outdoor (12)
Hard / Indoor (1)
Wood / Indoor (24)
Carpet / Indoor (4)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 1955 Norfolk Championships Grass   Honor Durose 6-0, 6-1
Win 2. 1955 Hunaston Tournament Grass   Mary Harris 6-2, 6-1
Win 3. 1955 Worthing Clay Courts Clay   S C Collett 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win 4. 1956 East Gloucestershire Championships Grass   Viola White 6–1, 5–7, 6–1
Win 5. 1956 Sunderland and Durham Open Championships Grass   Kay Newcombe 6-1. 6-1
Win 6. 1956 Welsh Championships Grass   Daphne Seeney 6–2, 6–3
Win 7. 1956 North of England Championships Grass   Elaine Watson 6–2, 7–5
Win 8. 1956 Worthing Open Grass   Sheila Griffin Bramley 6–2, 7–5
Win 9. 1957 Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships Clay   Rita Bentley 6–2, 6–1
Win 10. 1957 Northumberland County Championships Grass   Karol Fageros 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Win 11. 1957 South of England Championships Grass   Angela Mortimer 6–3, 6–4
Win 12. 1957 Sunderland and Durham Open Championships Grass   Rita Bentley 6–2, 6–2
Win 13. 1957 Worcestershire Championships Grass   Edda Buding 6–2, 6–4
Win 14. 1958 Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships Clay   Rita Bentley 6–2, 6–1
Win 16. 1958 Worcestershire Championships Grass   Edda Buding 6–1, 6–4
Win 17. 1958 Sunderland and Durham Open Championships Grass   Honor Clarke 6–0, 6–0
Win 18. 1959 Pan American Championships Clay   Yola Ramírez 6–0, 6–0
Win 19. 1959 Worcestershire Championships Grass   Sheila Armstrong 6-2, 10-8
Win 20. 1959 Northumberland County Championships Grass   Shirley Bloomer Brasher 6-1, 6-4
Win 21. 1960 Finnish Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Angela Mortimer 6-3, 6-3
Win 22. 1960 Scandinavian Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Angela Mortimer 9–7, 3–6, 6–2
Win 23. 1960 Good Neighbor Championships Clay   Barbara Davidson 6-0, 6-1
Win 24. 1960 Masters Invitational Clay   Donna Floyd 6-1, 6-2
Win 24. 1960 Caribe Hilton Invitational Hard   Maria Bueno 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 25. 1960 St. Andrew International Invitation Grass   Darlene Hard 6-2, 6-3
Win 26. 1960 Caribbean Championships Grass   Darlene Hard divided title
Win 27. 1960 Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships Clay   Heather Cheadle 6–2, 6–1
Win 28. 1960 Sutton Hard Court Championships Clay   Shirley Brasher 6-2, 6-2
Win 29. 1960 Worcestershire Championships Grass   Jill Mills 6-1, 6-2
Win 30. 1960 Cologne Tournament Clay   Sandra Reynolds Default
Win 31. 1960 Essex County Invitation Grass   Darlene Hard 6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Win 32. 1960 Pacific Southwest Championships Hard   Darlene Hard 6-4, 6-3
Win 33. 1960[23] Moroccan International Championships Clay   Jacqueline Rees-Lewis 6-0, 6-2
Win 34. 1960 West German Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Sheila Armstrong 6-3, 6-0
Win 35. 1960 Palace Hotel Covered Courts Championships Wood (i)   Angela Mortimer 6-4, 6-2
Win 36. 1961 Good Neighbor Championships Clay   Suzie Körmöczy 6-0, 6-1
Win 37. 1961 French Championships Clay   Yola Ramírez 6–2, 6–1
Win 38. 1961 Wolverhampton Open Grass   Lynne Hutchings 6-0, 6-1
Win 39. 1961 Lowther Open Grass   Shirley Brasher 6-1, 6-2
Win 40. 1961 Irish Championships Grass   Kathy Chabot 6-0, 6-3
Win 41. 1961 Welsh Championships Grass   Jill Mills 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 42. 1961 Canadian Championships Grass   Ann Barclay 6-4, 6-0
Win 43. 1961 Chilean National Championships Clay   Lea Pericoli 6–4, 7–5
Win 44. 1961 São Paulo International Championships Clay   Lea Pericoli 6-4, 6-1
Win 45. 1962 Western Province Championships Hard   Sandra Reynolds Price 6-4, 6-1
Win 46. 1962 Hulett Natal Sugar Open Championships Hard   Annette Van Zyl 6-2, 6-0
Win 47. 1962 Scandinavian Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Deidre Catt 6-2, 6-4
Win 48. 1962 French Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Rosie Darmon 6-3, 6-1
Win 49. 1962 British Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Christine Truman 6–4, 4–6, 9–7
Win 50. 1962 Cumberland Hard Court Championships Clay   Lorna Cawthorn 6-2, 6-1
Win 51. 1962 Sutton Hard Court Championships Clay   Deidre Catt 6-2, 6-1
Win 52. 1962 London Hard Court Championships Clay   Christine Truman 6-4, 6-1
Win 53. 1962 East Gloucestershire Championships Grass   Renée Schuurman 6-2, 8-6
Win 54. 1962 Midland Counties Championships Grass   Rita Bentley divided title
Win 55. 1962 Welsh Championships Grass   Jill Mills 6-4, 6-3
Win 56. 1962 Palace Tournament Clay   Angela Mortimer 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win 57. 1963 Coupe Pierre Gillou Wood (i)   Michelle Boulle 6-2, 6-1
Win 58. 1963 German Indoor Championships Wood (i)   Christiane Mercelis 6–1, 4–6, 8–6
Win 59. 1963 Scandinavian Indoor Championships Wood (i)   Deidre Catt 6-0, 6-1
Win 60. 1963 French Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Janine Lieffrig 8-6, 6-1
Win 61. 1963 Carlton International Clay   Mary Habicht 6-0, 6-1
Win 62. 1963 Surrey Hard Court Championships Clay   Carol Rosser divided title
Win 63. 1963 British Hard Court Championships Clay   Norma Baylon 6–0, 1–6, 9–7
Win 64. 1963 London Hard Court Championships Clay   Christine Truman 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 65. 1963 Wolverhampton Open Grass   Renée Schuurman 9–7, 1–6, 6–4
Win 66. 1963 East Gloucestershire Championships Grass   Renée Schuurman 7-5, 9-7
Win 67. 1963 Hoylake and West Kirby Open Grass   Jill Blackman 6-2, 6-1
Win 68. 1963 Carlyon Bay Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Deidre Catt 6-4, 6-3
Win 69. 1964 British Hard Court Championships Clay   Jan Lehane 6-2, 12-10
Win 70. 1964 Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Championship Clay   Rita Bentley 1–6, 8–6, 6–4
Win 71. 1964 Surrey Grass Court Championships Grass   Carole Caldwell 6-3, 6-1
Win 72. 1964 Bavarian International Championships Clay   Annette Van Zyl 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 73. 1964 British Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Fay Toyne 6-3, 6-3
Win 74. 1964 Carlyon Bay Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Fay Toyne 9-7, 6-4
Win 75. 1964 Palace Hotel Covered Courts Championships Wood (i)   Deidre Catt 6-3, 7-5
Win 76. 1965 French Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Elizabeth Starkie 6–3, 6–8, 6–2
Win 77. 1965 Dutch Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Fay Toyne 6-0, 6-2
Win 78. 1965 Cumberland Hard Court Championships Clay   Christine Truman 4–6, 6–3, 10-8
Win 79. 1965 Surrey Hard Court Championships Clay   Winnie Shaw 6-3, 6-0
Win 80. 1965 British Hard Court Championships Clay   Annette Van Zyl 7-5, 6-1
Win 81. 1965 British Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Fay Toyne 6-2, 6-1
Win 82. 1965 Carlyon Bay Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Virginia Wade 7-5, 6-2
Win 83. 1965 Palace Hotel Covered Courts Championships Wood (i)   Trish Faulkner 6-1, 6-1
Win 84. 1966 German Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Helga Niessen 7–9, 7–5, 6–3
Win 85. 1966 French Covered Court Championships Wood (i)   Frances MacLennan 6-2, 6-1
Win 86. 1966 Cumberland Hard Court Championships Clay   Elizabeth Starkie 6-2, 6-2
Win 87. 1966 Connaught Hard Court Championships Clay   Virginia Wade 6-4, 6-3
Win 88. 1966 British Hard Court Championships Clay   Virginia Wade 6-3, 6-1
Win 89. 1966 Italian International Championships Clay   Annette Van Zyl 8-6, 6-1
Win 90. 1966 French Championships Clay   Nancy Richey 6–2, 6–1
Win 91. 1966 Moscow International Outdoor Championships Clay   Anna Dmitrieva 6-1, 6-3
Win 92. 1967 German Indoor Championships Wood (i)   Ingrid Loeys 6-1, 6-1
Win 93. 1967 Scandinavian Indoor Championships Wood (i)   Galina Baksheeva 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win 94. 1967 Dixie International Championships Clay   Françoise Dürr 6-4, 8-6
Win 95. 1967 City of Barranquilla Championships Clay   Françoise Dürr 6-3, 6-4
Win 96. 1967 Caracas International Championships Clay   Virginia Wade 6-2, 6-3
Win 97. 1967 Curaçao International Championships Clay   Françoise Dürr 6-1, 6-2
Win 98. 1967 Pan American Championships Clay   Elena Subirats 6-4, 6-3
Win 99. 1967 Caribe Hilton Invitational Clay   Virginia Wade 7-5, 6-1
Win 100. 1967 Masters Invitational Clay   Jan O'Neill 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win 101. 1967 Kent Championships Grass   Virginia Wade 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Win 102. 1967 Essex Championships Grass   Gail Sherriff 6-0, 6-2
Win 103. 1968 Copa Altimira International Invitation Clay   Julie Heldman 6-0, 6-2
Open era
Win 104. 1968 Aix-en-Provence Pros Hard   Françoise Dürr divided title
Win 105. 1968[24] Madison Square Garden Pro Hard (i)   Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-4
Win 106. 1968 London Open Grass Court Championships Grass   Nancy Richey divided title
Win 107. 1968 Colonial Pro Invitation Clay   Billie Jean King 6-1, 6-2
Win 108. 1968 South Texas Invitational Pro Tennis Championship Hard   Rosemary Casals 6-2, 6-2
Win 109. 1968 South American Open Championships Clay   Nancy Richey default
Win 110. 1969 New Zealand Open Grass   Karen Krantzcke 6-1, 6-1
Win 111. 1969 Monte Carlo Open Clay   Virginia Wade 6-1, 6-3
Win 112. 1969 Nagoya Pros Hard   Françoise Dürr 6-3, 6-1
Win 113. 1969 Osaka Pros Hard   Françoise Dürr 6-2, 2-0 ret.
Win 114. 1969 Belgian International Open Clay   Rosie Casals 6-4, 6-0
Win 115. 1969 Rothmans London Grass Court Open Grass   Winnie Shaw 6-0, 6-1
Win 116. 1969 Wimbledon Championships Grass   Billie Jean King 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 117. 1969 Golden Racquet Open Clay   Françoise Dürr 6-1, 6-1
Win 118. 1969 Monte-Carlo Open Championships Clay   Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–3
Win 119. 1969 British Open Indoors Carpet (i)   Billie Jean King 6-1, 6-1
Win 120. 1970 Orange Free State Championships Hard   Peaches Bartkowicz 6-4, 8-6
Win 121. 1970 Western Province Championships Hard   Peaches Bartkowicz 6-1, 6-2
Win 122. 1970 New Zealand Open Grass   Kerry Melville 0–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 123. 1970 Bio-Strath London Hard Court Championships Clay   Joyce Williams 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win 124. 1970 Rothmans Surrey Grass Court Championships Grass   Patti Hogan 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 125. 1970 Chichester International Grass   Joyce Williams 6-4, 6-4
Win 126. 1970 Istanbul International Championships Clay   Winnie Shaw 6-4, 6-1
Win 127. 1970 Dewar Cup Torquay Carpet (i)   Virginia Wade 6-4, 6-1
Win 128. 1971 Caribe Hilton Championships Hard   Nancy Richey Gunter 6-4, 6-4
Win 129. 1971 Caesar's Palace World Pro Championships Hard   Billie Jean King 7-5, 6-4
Win 130. 1974 Slazenger Torquay Open Carpet (i)   Janet Newberry 7-5, 7-6
Win 131. 1975 Slazenger Torquay Open Carpet (i)   Winnie Wooldridge 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 132. 1975 Midland Counties Championships Grass   Inge Korsten 6-0, 6-1
Win 133. 1975 Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships Clay   Julia Lloyd 6-1, 6-3
Win 134. 1977 Red Hackle West of Scotland Championships Grass   Helena Anliot 6-3, 7-5
Win 135. 1977 Essex Championships Grass   Debra Parker 6-3, 7-5
Win 136. 1977 Midland Counties Championships Grass   Corinne Molesworth 6-4, 6-4
Amateur titles Professional titles
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1974 1975 1977
3 5 5 3 3 16 9 12 12 6 8 7 11 7 9 8 2 1 3 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "International Tennis Hall of Fame". 2006 International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  3. ^ "About the AELTC". wimbledon.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b Dodd, Ros. "Interview – Ann Jones: Ann settles out of court," Birmingham (UK) Post, Saturday, June 24, 2000.
  5. ^ World Championship Stockholm SWEDEN 1957. ittf.com
  6. ^ Haydon, Ann (1958) Tackle Table Tennis This Way. S. Paul
  7. ^ a b c d e f "BBC Sport: Ann Jones". BBC Sport. 20 July 2002. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  8. ^ Barrett, John. Wimbledon, The Official History of the Championships. Willow; First edition (4 June 2001). ISBN 978-0007117079
  9. ^ a b c "Today in Sport Archives". 2004–2009 Today in Sport.Com. 12 April 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  10. ^ Wimbledon Players Archive Ann Jones
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  12. ^ British Lawn Tennis, October 1963
  13. ^ British Lawn Tennis, July 1963
  14. ^ British Lawn Tennis, edition July 1959 and 1962
  15. ^ British Lawn Tennis, July 1969
  16. ^ Jones, Ann (1971) A Game to Love. S. Paul
  17. ^ Caffery, Bethia (9 April 1971). "She Has a Ball with Tennis". Evening Independent (St. Petersburg, Florida).
  18. ^ King, Billie Jean. All In: An Autobiography. Knopf. First Edition (August 17, 2021) ISBN 978-1101947333
  19. ^ "1972 Virginia Slims of Denver". YouTube.
  20. ^ West Bromwich Albion v Coventry City football programme, 20 August 1969, p. 9
  21. ^ "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 8.
  22. ^ "Edgbaston Priory Club tennis court named after Ann Jones". BBC News. May 2013.
  23. ^ "Easy win for British girl Ann Haydon". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 31 October 1960. p. 27. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  24. ^ Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York: Viking Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4.
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