Françoise Durr - Other Tournaments and Team Competitions - 1971–1979

1971–1979

• Winner in singles against Wimbledon and French Open champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–4, 6–2) at the Canadian Open, 1971.
• Dürr and Casals defeated Goolagong and Bowrey 6–3, 6–3 to win the Canadian Open Doubles Championship of 1971.
• Winner against Billie Jean King 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 in the 1971 US Clay Courts International Tennis Championship at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
• Winner against Lesley Hunt 6–3, 6–3 in the 1971 Swiss Open in Gstaad (the last of her four Swiss Open wins).
• Winner against Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–0 in the 1971 Benson and Hedges New Zealand International Grass Court Championships in Christchurch.
• Winner against Billie Jean King 6–4, 6–2 in the 1971 Clay Court International Championship at Lake Bluff, Chicago, Illinois.
• Losing finalist 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 to Billie Jean King in the 1971 Embassy British Indoor Championship at Wembley, London.
• Losing finalist 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 to Rosemary Casals in the 1971 Philadelphia Indoor Championship Singles.
• Losing finalist 6–3, 7–5 to Virginia Wade in the 1972 USA Indoor Championship in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Losing finalist 6–2, 6–7, 6–3 to Rosemary Casals in the 1972 Longbeach CA Singles Championship.
• Losing finalist 6–7, 7–6, 6–0 to Rosemary Casals in the 1972 Virginia Slims Columbus Ohio Singles Championship.
• Winner against Rosemary Casals 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 in the 1973 Virginia Slims Championship, Houston. TX.
• Losing finalist in the 1975 Swedish Open in Stockholm to Virginia Wade 6–3, 4–6, 7–5.
• Dürr and Stöve defeated Wade and Goolagong 6–3, 6–4 to win the 1975 Swedish Open Doubles Championship.
• Dürr and Casals defeated Evert and Navratilova to win the 1976 Virginia Slims of Houston Doubles Championship.
• Dürr and Casals defeated Wade and Stöve 6–0, 6–4 to win the 1976 U.S. Indoor Doubles Championship held in Atlanta.
• Losing finalist against Chris Evert at Palm Springs in the Colgate Inaugural Singles Championship 1976. In the semi-final she had beaten Martina Navratilova (who was then ranked number 2 in the world) 6–1, 6–1; four months earlier at Wimbledon Dürr had lost to Navratilova in the 4th Round of the singles 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 having held match points.
• Dürr and Wade won the 1977 Colgate Series Championship Doubles at Palm Springs defeating Helen Gourlay-Cawley and Joanne Russell 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 in the final.
• Dürr and Wade were runners up in the 1977 Family Circle Hiltonhead Doubles won by Casals and Evert 1–6, 6–2, 6–3.
• Dürr and Navratilova were runners up in the 1977 Virginia Slims of Seattle Doubles . Won by Casals and Evert 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.
• Losing finalist with Virginia Wade in the 1978 Virginia Slims of Hollywood CA Doubles won by Casals and Turnbull 6–2, 6–4.
• Dürr lost in the final of the 1978 World Tennis Classic in Montreal to Caroline Stoll 6–3, 6–2 .
• Dürr and Stöve won the 1979 Avon Masters in New York defeating Barker and Kiyomura 7–6, 7–6 .
• Dürr and Stöve won the 1979 Bridgestone World Doubles Championship defeating Barker and Kiyomura 7–5, 7–6.
• Dürr and Stöve were WTA year end Doubles Champions in 1979 .

Dürr won over 60 major doubles titles in her career with various partners and featured in many more finals and semi-finals. Dürr featured in many major singles finals and semi-finals in a career spanning over 20 years . She was French Number 1 for almost all that time. Dürr was an integral member of France's Fed Cup team in 1963–1967, 1970, 1972, and 1977–1979. Her career win-loss record was 16–8 in singles and 15–9 in doubles.

Dürr was the first woman to play 100 events on the Virginia Slims Tour (1978). Dürr, Ann Jones, Billie Jean King and Rosemary Casals were the first women to sign professional contracts and organise their own tours at the start of the open era in 1968. Dürr played consistently on the World Team Tennis circuit 1974–1978.