[Rollo]

Week of Feb 7-13

February 3-13 8th Annual La Jolla Beach Invitation La Jolla, CA, US (Hard)

2R Pat Canning Todd d Barbara Green 6-0 6-0
2R Bev Baker d Shirley Brockman 6-1 6-2
2R Gussie Moran d Gladys Heldman 6-1 6-4
2R Helen Pastall Perez d Pat Yeomans 6-2 6-3

QF Todd d Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher 6-2 6-2
QF Bev Baker d Mo Connolly 6-3 6-4
QF Moran d Betty Struthers 6-3 10-8
QF Perez d Nancy Chaffee 6-3 6-3

SF Todd d Baker 4-6 9-7 6-3
SF Moran d Perez 6-1 8-6

FI Pat Todd d Gussie Moran 6-3 6-4

Mixed Final: Todd/Bill Canning led Moran/Hugh Stewart 6-2 2-2 when rain stopped play.

Todd was on a mission to prove the USTA rankings wrong. She had blasted the USTA for ranking her behinf Baker and Moran in 1948. Pat beat them both to prove her point.

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February 7-13 Austin Smith Championships Fort Lauderdale Florida (Clay)

QF Helen Pedersen Rihbany d Lois Miller 6-0 6-0
QF Jean French d Melba Hires 7-5 6-2
QF Gloria Rustum d Ewing Mcallister 6-3 6-0
QF Virginia Lee Boyer d Joan Woodberry 6-0 6-0

SF Rihbany d French 6-0 6-0
SF Boyer d Rustum 6-2 5-7 6-3

FI Helen Pedersen Rihbany d Virginia Lee Boyer 6-2 6-1

*The NYT mistakenly calls Boyer "Jean".