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Last Grand Slam winner with wood tennis racquet?
Who was the last male and female player to win a Grand Slam title with a wood tennis racquet? Who, when, where and with what racquet?
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On women’s side?
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1-The last male player to use a wooden racquet and win a major was YannicK Noah of France who won the French open 1983 using a wooden racquet named Le coq Sportif TCO, remember Noah is the last player male or female to win a major using a wooden racquet.
2-Among female players though i am not 100% sure but it has to be Chris Evert winning who the Australian open 1982, and French open 1983, using a wooden racquet, Wilson Chris Evert Pro Staff, remember Australian open was held in december back then and was the last slam of the year.
Chris Evert had a great 20-3 record against Martina navratilova and dominated every one as long as the game was played with wooden racquets.
However as soon as Martina Navratilova switched to the metalic Yonex R-7 racquet, she started dominating Evert and had a 13 match win streak against her, from 1983 to 1985
Evert on the other hand carried on with her wooden racquets for a couple more years, this could be because she used a metal racquet in an exhibition match against Pam Shriver and lost the match, therefore she wasnt comfortable with the metal racquets to start with, but her defeat at the hands of after Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–3 in the the Us open 1983 final brought a change of mind and she too switched to metal racquet named PS85.
As most dominant players of the 80s had switched to metal racquets before 1983 evert winning The US open 1982, and French open 1983 with a wooden racquet has to the last such case.
Now taking in to cnsideration that Noah is the last player male or female to win a major using a wooden racquet, and it happened at french open 1983, we have to look at majors before that to find the answer for ladies tennis.
Navratilova won 3 majors in 1983, Australian open Wimbledon and US open, the only major between US open 1982 and French open 1983 is the Australian open 1983, that was won by Martina Navratilova using metal racquets.
As Chris Evert also won the French open 1983, and turned to metalic racquets after losing to Navratilova in US open final 1983, its safe to say she was the last female player to win a major using a wooden racquet.
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