1970 in tennis
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Australian Open
Men's singles
Arthur Ashe defeated
Dick Crealy, 6–4, 9–7, 6–2.[1]
- • It was Ashe's 2nd career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st and only title at the Australian Open.
Women's singles
Margaret Court defeated
Kerry Melville, 6–1, 6–3.[2]
- • It was Court's 17th career Grand Slam singles title, her 4th during the Open Era and her 9th title at the Australian Open.
Men's doubles
Robert Lutz /
Stan Smith defeated
John Alexander /
Phil Dent, 8–6, 6–3, 6–4.[3][4]
- • It was Lutz' 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st and only title at the Australian Open.
- • It was Smith's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st and only title at the Australian Open.
Women's doubles
Margaret Court /
Judy Tegart-Dalton defeated
Karen Krantzcke /
Kerry Melville, 6–1, 6–3.[5]
- • It was Court's 13th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 4th during the Open Era and her 6th title at the Australian Open.
- • It was Tegart-Dalton's 6th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 3rd during the Open Era and her 4th and last title at the Australian Open.
Mixed doubles
- No competition between 1970 and 1986.[6]
French Open
Men's singles
Jan Kodeš defeated
Željko Franulović, 6–2, 6–4, 6–0
- • It was Kodeš' 1st career Grand Slam singles title.
Women's singles
Margaret Court defeated
Helga Niessen Masthoff, 6–2, 6–4
- • It was Court's 18th career Grand Slam singles title, her 5th during the Open Era and her 4th title at the French Open.
Men's doubles
Ilie Năstase /
Ion Țiriac defeated
Arthur Ashe /
Charlie Pasarell, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
- • It was Năstase's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st and only doubles title at the French Open.
- • It was Țiriac's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.
Women's doubles
Gail Chanfreau /
Françoise Dürr defeated
Rosemary Casals /
Billie Jean King, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
- • It was Chanfreau's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title, her 1st during the Open Era and her 2nd title at the French Open.
- • It was Dürr's 5th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 4th during the Open Era and her 4th (consecutive) title at the French Open.
Mixed doubles
Billie Jean King /
Bob Hewitt defeated
Françoise Dürr /
Jean-Claude Barclay, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Wimbledon
Men's singles
John Newcombe defeated
Ken Rosewall, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 [7]
- It was Newcombe's 3rd career Grand Slam title (his 1st in the Open Era), and his 2nd Wimbledon title.
Women's singles
Margaret Court defeated
Billie Jean King, 14–12, 11–9 [8]
- It was Court's 19th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd (and last) Wimbledon title.
Men's doubles
John Newcombe /
Tony Roche defeated
Ken Rosewall /
Fred Stolle, 10–8, 6–3, 6–1 [9]
Women's doubles
Rosie Casals /
Billie Jean King defeated
Françoise Dürr /
Virginia Wade, 6–2, 6–3 [10]
Mixed doubles
Ilie Năstase /
Rosie Casals defeated
Alex Metreveli /
Olga Morozova, 6–3, 4–6, 9–7 [11]
US Open
Men's singles
Ken Rosewall defeated
Tony Roche, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(5–2), 6–3 [12]
- • It was Rosewall's 6th career Grand Slam singles title, his 2nd during the Open Era and his 2nd and last at the US Open.
Women's singles
Margaret Court defeated
Rosemary Casals, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 [13]
- • It was Court's 20th career Grand Slam singles title, her 7th during the Open Era and her 4th at the US Open.
- With this title, Court completed the Grand Slam (winning all 4 major tournaments in one calendar year).
Men's doubles
Pierre Barthès /
Nikola Pilić defeated
Roy Emerson /
Rod Laver, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6[14]
- • It was Barthès' 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.
- • It was Pilić's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.
Women's doubles
Margaret Court /
Judy Tegart-Dalton defeated
Rosemary Casals /
Virginia Wade, 6–3, 6–4 [13]
- • It was Court's 10th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 5th during the Open Era and her 3rd at the US Open.
- • It was Tegart Dalton's 7th career Grand Slam doubles title, her 4th during the Open Era and her 1st at the US Open.
Mixed doubles
Margaret Court /
Marty Riessen defeated
Judy Tegart-Dalton /
Frew McMillan, 6–4, 6–4 [13]