The 1970 Australian Open was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 tournament played on Grass court

Grass court

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s at the White City Stadium

White City Stadium (Sydney)

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 in Sydney

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, New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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 from 19 to 27 January. Margaret Smith Court's win in the singles was the first step towards her achieving a Grand Slam.

Men's singles

 United States Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe

Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States...

def.  Australia Dick Crealy

Dick Crealy

Richard Crealy is a former Australian tennis player most notable for reaching the finals of the Australian Open in 1970, being a member of the 1970 Australian Davis Cup Team and winning four Grand Slam titles in doubles....

, 6–4, 9–7, 6–2.

Women's singles

 Australia Margaret Court def.  Australia Kerry Melville Reid, 6–1, 6–3.

Men's doubles

 United States Bob Lutz /  United States Stan Smith

Stan Smith

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def.  Australia John Alexander /  Australia Phil Dent

Phil Dent

Phillip "Phil" Dent, born on 14 February 1950, in Sydney, Australia, is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3...

, 8–6, 6–3, 6–4.

Women's doubles

 Australia Margaret Court /  Australia Judy Tegart Dalton def.  Australia Karen Krantzcke

Karen Krantzcke

Karen Krantzcke was an Australian tennis player who achieved a World Top Ten singles ranking in 1970. In her short career, she made the quarterfinals or better at each of the four Grand Slam championships...

 /  Australia Kerry Melville Reid, 6–1, 6–3.