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An asterisk (*) denotes a tournament title for Chris.
Court surface and seedings listed where available.
Number in [brackets] denotes opponent’s tournament seeding.
Number in (parens) denotes number of points earned by the loser of a tiebreak.
Tournament titles: 16
Match record: 94-6
* Virginia Slims of San Francisco (Jan. 6-11; San Francisco, CA, indoor, seeded 1): 1R def. Ingrid Bentzer 6-2, 6-1; 2R def. Wendy Overton 6-1, 6-0; QF def. Sue Stap 6-1, 6-0; SF def. Martina Navratilova 6-4, 6-3; F def. Billie Jean King [2] 6-1, 6-1
Virginia Slims of Sarasota (Jan. 13-18; Sarasota, FL, indoor, seeded 1): 1R def. Patti Hogan 6-0, 6-0; 2R def. Tine Zwaan 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2; QF def. Raquel Giscafre 6-2, 6-1; SF def. Virginia Wade [4] 6-3, 6-3; F lost to Billie Jean King [2] 6-2, 6-3
Virginia Slims of Washington (Jan. 27-Feb. 2; Washington, DC, indoor, seeded 1): 1R def. Raquel Giscafre 6-3, 6-2; 2R def. Dianne Fromholtz 6-2, 6-3; QF lost to Martina Navratilova [8] 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
* Virginia Slims of Akron (Feb. 3-9; Richfield, OH, indoor, seeded 1): 1R def. Betty Stove 6-0, 7-5; 2R def. Mona Schallau 6-3, 6-1; QF def. Martina Navratilova 6-3, 6-1; SF def. Virginia Wade [5] 7-5, 6-2; F def. Margaret Court [2] 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Virginia Slims of Chicago (Feb. 10-15; Chicago, IL, indoor, seeded 1): 1R def. Sue Stap 6-3, 7-5; 2R def. Kathy Kuykendall 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; QF def. Julie Heldman [8] 6-2, 6-2; SF lost to Martina Navratilova [5] 6-4, 6-0
United States Women’s Indoor Championships (Mar. 3-8; Hingham, MA, indoor, seeded 2): 1R def. Dianne Fromholtz 6-0, 6-3; 2R def. Marina Kroshina 6-2, 6-3; QF def. Sue Stap 6-0, 6-3; SF lost to Evonne Goolagong [3] 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
* Virginia Slims of Houston (Mar. 10-15; Houston, TX, indoor, seeded 2): 1R def. Marcelyn Louie 6-3, 6-2; 2R def. Kathy Kuykendall 6-1, 6-3; QF def. Mona Schallau 6-0, 6-2, SF def. Evonne Goolagong 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3); F def. Margaret Court [1] 6-3, 6-2
Virginia Slims of Philadelphia (Mar. 24-29; Philadelphia, PA, seeded 2): 1R def. Ilana Kloss 6-3, 6-3; 2R def. Betty Stove 6-0, 6-3; QF def. Nancy Richey Gunter 7-6, 6-1; SF def. Martina Navratilova 7-6 (0), 6-4; F lost to Virginia Wade [5] 7-5, 6-4
* Virginia Slims Championships (Apr. 1-5; Los Angeles, CA, seeded 1): 1R. def. Janet Newberry 6-1, 6-0; RR def. Marcelyn Louie 6-0, 6-1; RR def. Olga Morozova 6-2, 6-0; RR def. Evonne Goolagong 6-1, 6-4; F def. Martina Navratilova 6-4, 6-2
* L’Eggs World Series of Tennis (Apr. 18-19; Austin/Lakeway, TX, hard): SF def. Olga Morozova 6-4, 6-0; F def. Billie Jean King 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
* Family Circle Magazine Cup (Apr. 21-26; Amelia Island, FL, clay, seeded 1): 1R def. Carrie Meyer 6-0, 6-0; 2R def. Rosemary Casals 6-1, 6-0; QF def. Françoise Durr 6-2, 6-0; SF def. Evonne Goolagong [5] 6-1, 6-1; F def. Martina Navratilova [2] 7-5, 6-4
* Italian Open Championships (May 26-June 1; Rome, Italy, clay, seeded 1): 2R def. Rosalba Vido 6-0, 6-2; 3R def. Sue Barker 6-1, 6-3; QF def. Fiorella Bonicelli 6-1, 6-3; SF def. Mima Jausovec 6-2, 6-0; F def. Martina Navratilova [2] 6-1, 6-0
* French Open Championships (June 2-14; Paris, France, clay, seeded 1): 2R def. Carmen Perea 6-2, 6-2; 3R def. Mima Jausovec 6-2, 6-3; 4R def. Renata Tomanova 6-3, 6-2; QF def. Kazuko Sawamatsu 6-2, 6-2; SF def. Olga Morozova [3] 6-4, 6-0; F def. Martina Navratilova [2] 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
All-England Championships (June 23-July 4; Wimbledon, England, grass, seeded 1): 1R def. Chris O’Neil 6-0, 6-2; 2R def. Elly Appel 6-0, 6-1; 3R def. Kazuko Sawamatsu 6-2, 6-2; 4R def. Lindsey Beaven 6-2, 6-4; QF def. Betty Stove 5-7, 7-5, 6-0; SF lost to Billie Jean King [3] 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
* United States Clay Court Championships (Aug. 4-10; Indianapolis, IN, clay, seeded 1): 2R def. Paulina Peisachov 6-0, 6-2; 3R def. Glynis Coles 6-2, 6-0; QF def. Donna Ganz 6-1, 6-2; SF def. Nancy Richey Gunter [4] 6-7, 7-5, 4-2 ret.; F def. Dianne Fromholtz 6-3, 6-4
* Medi-Quick Open (Aug. 18-25; Rye, NY, clay, seeded 1): 1R def. Gail Chanfreau 6-2, 6-1; 2R def. Mima Jausovec w/o; QF def. Mona Schallau 6-0, 6-4; SF def. Margaret Court 6-3, 6-3; F def. Virginia Wade 6-0, 6-1
* United States Open Championships (Aug. 27-Sept. 7; Forest Hills, NY, clay, seeded 1): 1R def. Lesley Hunt 6-1, 6-0; 2R def. Natasha Chmyreva 6-0, 6-3; 3R def. Wendy Overton 6-0, 6-1; QF def. Kerry Melville Reid 6-2, 6-1; SF def. Martina Navratilova [3] 6-4, 6-4; F. def. Evonne Goolagong [4] 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
Wightman Cup (Sept. 12-14; Cleveland, OH, hard): def. Glynis Coles 6-4, 6-1; def. Virginia Wade 6-3, 7-5. Great Britain def. U.S. 5-2.
* Little Mo Classic (Sept. 15-21; Atlanta, GA, indoor, seeded 1): 1R def. Sharon Walsh 6-0, 6-3; 2R def. Sue Mappin 6-0, 6-3; QF def. Brigitte Cuypers 6-0, 6-3, SF def. Françoise Durr 7-6, 6-1; F def. Martina Navratilova [3] 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 .
* Virginia Slims of Mission Viejo (Sept. 29-Oct. 5; Palm Springs, CA, hard, seeded 1): 1R def. Lea Antonoplis 6-1, 6-1; 2R def. Janet Newberry 7-6, 6-1; QF def. Sue Barker [5] 6-1, 6-0; SF def. Dianne Fromholtz 6-0, 6-1; F def. Cynthia Sieler Doerner 6-1, 6-3
* Barnett Bank Classic (Oct. 13-19; Orlando, FL, clay, seeded 1): 1R def. Janet Newberry 6-1, 6-2; 2R def. Isabel Fernandez 6-1, 6-4; QF def. Linky Boshoff 6-2, 6-2; SF def. Rosemary Casals [3] 6-0, 6-2; F def. Martina Navratilova w/o. When Martina defaulted the final, Chris played an exhibition match against Althea Gibson!
* World Invitational (Oct. 20-24; Hilton Head, SC, clay): SF def. Rosemary Casals 6-0, 6-1; F def. Evonne Goolagong 6-1, 6-1
* Gunze World Open (Nov. 28-30; Tokyo, Japan, indoor): 1R def. Kerry Melville Reid w/o; SF def. Olga Morozova 6-1, 6-2; F def. Françoise Durr 6-2, 6-1