
Linky Boshoff
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Delina Ann Boshoff-Mortlock (known professionally as Linky Boshoff) was born on 12 November 1956, and is a former professional tennis player who won the 1976 US Open women's doubles
title with her partner Ilana Kloss
. She retired in 1978 and is now married with three children, although she has continued to play the game
at a recreational level.
1976 US Open - Women's Doubles
The tournament was won by the South African's: their only Grand Slam title. Delina Boshoff / Ilana Kloss def. Olga Morozova / Virginia Wade, 6-1, 6-4...
title with her partner Ilana Kloss
Ilana Kloss
Ilana Sheryl Kloss is a former professional tennis player and the commissioner of World Team Tennis.-Tennis career:Kloss was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before turning professional, in 1972 she won the Wimbledon juniors singles title. In 1974 she won U.S...
. She retired in 1978 and is now married with three children, although she has continued to play the game
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...
at a recreational level.
Grand Slam doubles title
Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
1976 | US Open | ![]() Ilana Kloss Ilana Sheryl Kloss is a former professional tennis player and the commissioner of World Team Tennis.-Tennis career:Kloss was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before turning professional, in 1972 she won the Wimbledon juniors singles title. In 1974 she won U.S... |
![]() Olga Morozova Olga Vasilyevna Morozova is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the runner up in singles at the 1974 French Open and 1974 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:... ![]() Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a... |
6–1, 6–4 |
Mixed doubles runner-up
Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
1976 1976 French Open List of the 1976 French Open champions:- Men's singles : Adriano Panatta def. Harold Solomon, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6*It was Panatta's 1st career Grand Slam title.- Women's singles : Susan Barker def... |
French Open | ![]() Colin Dowdeswell Colin Dowdeswell , is a former professional tennis player who represented, at different times, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. During his time on the world tour, he won 1 singles titles and 11 doubles titles... |
![]() Ilana Kloss Ilana Sheryl Kloss is a former professional tennis player and the commissioner of World Team Tennis.-Tennis career:Kloss was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before turning professional, in 1972 she won the Wimbledon juniors singles title. In 1974 she won U.S... ![]() Kim Warwick Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980... |
5–7, 7–6, 6–2 |