1964 French Championships (tennis) 7–5 Margaret Smith / Lesley Turner Bowrey defeated Norma Baylon / Helga Schultze 6–3, 6–1 Margaret Smith / Ken Fletcher defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey / Fred Stolle 6–3, 4–6, 8–6 1964 French Championships (tennis) The 1964 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 19 May until 30 May. It was the 68th staging of the French Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1964. Manuel Santana and Margaret Smith won the singles titles. Manuel
U.S. Pro Tennis Championships Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where it was held from 1964 to 1999. It became part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour shortly after the advent of open tennis in 1968. Between 1970 and 1977 it was a prominent tournament of the Grand Prix Super Series. It then became a tennis event within the ATP Tour with reorganization of the top tier of pro tour tennis. The tournament was later played on Har-Tru clay courts and was initially an important tune-up event for the U.S. Open. But when this Grand Slam tournament moved to hardcourts in 1978, the U.S.