1970 Australian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
1970 Australian Open
Champion	Margaret Court
Runner-up	Kerry Melville
Final score	6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw	43
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women WC Singles WC Doubles Legends
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First-seeded Margaret Court was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Kerry Melville in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1970 Australian Open. This was Court's ninth Australian Open title, her second consecutive Grand Slam title and her seventeenth Grand Slam overall. Court went on to win the remaining three majors of the year, becoming the first woman to win a Grand Slam in the Open era.

Seeds[]

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

Draw[]

Key[]

Finals[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Margaret Court	6	6
		Evonne Goolagong	3	1
								1	Margaret Court	6	6
								4	Karen Krantzcke	1	3
	4	Karen Krantzcke	8	11
	5	Judy Dalton	6	9
															1	Margaret Court	6	6
															2	Kerry Melville	3	1
	7	Lesley Hunt	4	3
	3	Winnie Shaw	6	6
								3	Winnie Shaw	6	4
								2	Kerry Melville	8	6
	6	Christina Sandberg	0	2
	2	Kerry Melville	6	6

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	M Court	6	6
			6	6						0	0
		S Irvine	3	2											1	M Court	6	6
																K Wilkinson	0	1
									H Kayser	4	6	5
									K Wilkinson	6	3	7
																						1	M Court	6	6
																							E Goolagong	3	1
								8	K Harris	6	8
			0	3					H Amos	3	6
		H Amos	6	6											8	K Harris	8	0
																E Goolagong	10	6
									E Goolagong	6	6
		N Marsh	6	7					N Marsh	4	4
			2	5

Section 2[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								4	K Krantzcke	6	6
			1	1					V Lancaster	3	2
		V Lancaster	6	6											4	K Krantzcke	6	6
																L Liem	1	4
									L Liem	6	6
										3	3
																						4	K Krantzcke	8	11
																						5	J Dalton	6	9
								5	J Dalton	6	6
		S Walsham	7	6					S Walsham	3	2
			5	4											5	J Dalton	6	6
																L Kaligis	1	3
									L Kaligis	6	6
									J Whyte	4	3

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		S Hole	6	6
			3	0					S Hole	2	3
									J Young	6	6
																J Young	6	3
			6	3	6										7	L Hunt	8	6
		M Morgan	3	6	3					0	2
								7	L Hunt	6	6
																						7	L Hunt	6	6
																						3	W Shaw	4	3
									W Turnbull	4	2
									W Gilchrist	6	6
																W Gilchrist	1	3
			6	4	3										3	W Shaw	6	6
		C Sieler	4	6	6				C Sieler	1	3
								3	W Shaw	6	6

Section 4[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
			w/o							1	0
									J O'Neill	6	6
																J O'Neill	6	5
		K Hogarth	5	9											6	C Sandberg	8	7
		H Sheedy	7	11					H Sheedy	0	3
								6	C Sandberg	6	6
																						6	C Sandberg	0	2
																						2	K Melville	6	6
									S Alexander	6	8
									M Tesch	4	6
																S Alexander	0	2
		J Fallis	6	3	3										2	K Melville	6	6
			1	6	6					3	2
								2	K Melville	6	6

External links[]

• 1970 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation