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DE MENDOZA, ZOE
Cuba
Born 05 July 1939 in Cuba
Died 04 September 2015 at West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States
Married Lee Norton
[Active in 1957 and 1958]

From Havana. Zoe played the 1957 Florida winter ans spring circuit. In 1957 she entered Forest Hills.

[From her obituary]

Zoe Lee Norton of West Yarmouth died at home on Sept. 4 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by Marie Giso and her many friends.

Zoe was and internationally awarded artist, an accomplished classical guitarist, a Triple Crown tennis champion. She had a passion for surf fishing, and golf, even achieving a hole-in-one.

She will be dearly missed.

A Celebration of Zoe's life will be held on Sept. 21 at O'Shea's, 348 Main St. Rte. 28, So. Dennis MA at noon.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Zoe's name to VNA of Cape Cod, 434 Route 134, Suite D-3, S. Dennis, MA 02660. Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod

Sources:

Obituary for Zoe Lee (De Mendoza) Norton

[Thanks to Rosamund for this information]

 

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BUXTON-KNIGHT,"MEG" (Margaretta Buxton-Knight)
Egypt/Great Britain
Born Q1 (January to March) 1922 in Chichester, England
Married William J. Wilson on 24 March 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt
[Active 1947-1949]

Represented England at the 1948 British Open Squash Championships.
Played singles Wimbledon from 1947 to 1949, representing Egypt. Playing qualifying on all 3 occasions, Meg made the main draw in 1949.

On staff of English Girls College at Alexandria, Egypt 1950.

Son William George born 23rd September 1952 Alexandria.

Sources

Google
Ancestry? | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scor...B/scores/draws/archive/pdfs/players/e5d940fd-20b2-4883-a5b8-4f86e91d808c_LS.pdf
http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scor...B/scores/draws/archive/pdfs/players/e5d940fd-20b2-4883-a5b8-4f86e91d808c_MX.pdf

[Thanks to Rosamund for this information]

 

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LAING, VIOLET, (nee Violet Mary Howett)
United Kingdom/Malaya
Born 6 August 1900
Died 20 January 1989
Married John D. Laing on 23 October 1926 in Church of Saint John The Evangelist, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (modern Malaysia)
[Active circa 1924-38]

Several times lawn tennis champion of both Singapore and Malaya, Violet Laing also won the women's Golf Championships in Singapore in 1935.

[Thanks to Newmark for this information]

 

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SWINCHATT, EFFIE (nee Effie Irene Ellis)
United States
Born 29 November 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died 20 September 2003 in Norway, Maine, United States
Married Percival Harry Swinchatt on 2 December 1931 in Bangkok, Siam (modern Thailand)
[Active circa 1930-39]

Effie Swinchatt enjoyed success at some of the Malayan lawn tennis tournaments in the 1930s.

[Thanks to Newmark for this information]

 

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BUCKNELL, ELEANOR (nee Eleanor Serita Glynn)
South Africa
Born in 1897 in Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Died ????
Married Archibald Charles Bucknell on 27 November 1922 in Pretoria
[Active circa 1930-40]

In the 1930's, Eleanor Bucknell enjoyed a good deal of success at some of the Malayan lawn tennis tournaments, especially in the doubles events. Contemporary sources usually list her as Mrs A.C. Bucknell.

[Thanks to Newmark for this information]

 

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MORRIS, MARY KAY
United States
Born 20 October 1932 in Pasadena, California
Died 05 April 2015 in Houston, Texas
[Active 1954-1967]

Played singles 1954 French, Wimbledon, US Championships and 1967 French Championships.

Educated Pasadena Junior College and University of Arizona.

Seems to have been known under various surnames.

Played tennis as Mary Kay Morris
AKA Mary Kay Forst
Mary Kay Huntington (mothers maiden name)
Married(1) John E. Shlaudeman 17th May 1958 Los Angeles
(2) Ian Morley Duck May 1963 Los Angeles
Divorced 13th June 1973 Harris Texas.

Lived in Texas for over 50 years and worked as a draftsman for Mosbacher Energy and Cambe Maps.

Sources:

Ancestry? | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records
Obituary Mary Huntington Obituary - Bellaire, TX | Houston Chronicle

Daughter Sarah's blog on French website
archivesdutennisfeminin

 

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WIMPLE, RENEE (nee Renée Marguerite Émilie de Morsier)
Switzerland/United Kingdom
Born in 1892
Died 11 January 1964 in Hampstead, London
Married Leonard Harding Wimble in first quarter of 1920 in Kensington, London
[Active 1917-1921]

Swiss International winner in 1917 as Nlle de Morsier. She may also have won some closed Swiss titles.

Mrs L.H.Wimble played Wimbledon in 1920 and 1921. An Australian newspaper article calls her 'four times champion of Switzerland.' While there is no proof of this, her maiden name makes a Swiss origin a good possibility.

Sources:

13 Sep 1920 - Lawn Tennis - Trove

Archive - Draws Archive : L.H. Wimble - 2015 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM

[Thanks to Jimbo, Newmark, and Rollo for this information]

 

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SCOTT, JOAN (Joan Margaret Scott)
South Africa
Born 27 December 1927
Died 02 January 1994 in Johannesburg
[Active from at least 1953 to 1960]

Played all 3 events at Wimbledon 1953 and 1954 and ladies doubles in 1960.

Described as cash machine operator.

Source: www.gendatabase.com

[Thanks to Rosamund for this information]

 

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BOWYER, JOAN (Joan E. Bowyer)
Rhodesia
Born 12 May 1935
Married Joseph John Herbert Walker on 05 October 1957
[Active in 1953]

Played singles at Wimbledon 1953 and also girls junior singles.
As at 4th April 1953 had won junior singles of Rhodesia for previous 3 years.

UK Incoming Passenger arrived 12th March 1953 sailing from Durban to Southampton on Edinburgh Castle; she is described as a shorthand typist.

Source:
gendatabase.com for South Africa [For exact DOB and DOM]

Probably the same player who was #2 in Rhodesia in 1961 and 1962 and played Federation Cup for Rhodesia in 1966 as Mrs. Joan Walker.

[Thanks to Rosamund for this information]

 

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BILSE, AUDREY (Audrey I Bilse)
South Africa
Born 27 May 1927 in South Africa
Died 31 January 2017 [living in Tzaneen, Zimbabwe in 2016]
Married a Mr Wilson
[Active from at least 1947 to 1954]

Played singles at Wimbledon 1954.

Ranked number 10 in South Africa in 1947.

Living in Kensington in 1954 according to London Electoral Register.

[From online article Tzaneen resident played tennis at Wimbledon published 03 August 2016 by Marianco Snyman]

Audrey sold all her belongings and gave up her job as a clerk-typist to sail to England.

With a friend, Joan Scott, they participated in British and continental tennis tournaments as two of five “unofficial” South African representatives in overseas tennis.

She was only six years old when she won her first tennis tournament.
The now 90-year old Audrey has made her dreams come true by playing on Wimbledon’s courts.

“I loved it. The atmosphere was terrific and the organisation absolutely wonderful. I met people from all over the world,” Audrey said about Wimbledon.

She also said that they had a special place to sit when they visited.

According to Audrey she received a commemorative trophy from the British queen.The queen’s coronation took place in 1953 which makes the trophy very special.

Of the South Africans who received trophies like these, Audrey is the only person who is still alive.

With other South African tennis players, the tennis star sailed around Africa on different boats.

Her favourite places she has visited include Norway and Swedan.
“Going on the boat, I didn’t want to just play tennis all the time. I wanted to tour as well,” said Audrey.

Audrey has been housed at God’s Haven in Tzaneen for the last year.

Audrey (on left) with other players at Monte Carlo in 1953

Audrey at Harrowgate

Sources:

Tzaneen resident played tennis at Wimbledon | Letaba Herald

Archive - Draws Archive : Audrey Bilse - 2015 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM

gendatabase.com for South Africa [for dates of birth and death]

[Thanks to Rollo and Rosamund for this information]

 

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STAP, "SUE" (Susan Stap)
United States
Born 06 March 1954 in Phoenixville, Pensylvania.
Married Kust
Played with a two-handed backhand
[Active 1969-1979]

From her Linkedin account:

1969-1979 Professional tennis player, played USTA circuit, Virginia Slims and all the majors, Newcomer of the Year 1973. Ranked as high as #13 on the Virginia Slims circuit.

From Deerfield, Illinois. She entered Wimbledon from 1972 to 1974. Her most impressive win was over Martina Navratilova.

Her father Jake Stap was a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. He was her tennis coach. Jake ran tennis camps in Wisconsin in the 1960s. He is credited with inventing tennis ball hoppers. Sue and younger sister Sandy grew up in Deerfield, Illinois.
http://www.tennisforum.com/69893961-post3987.html
Once ranked as high as #34, she was off the tour for two years due to injury in 1977 and 1978, making her return in 1979. Her sister Sandy, two years younger, was less successful on the tour. For Sandy see Biographies of Female Tennis Players


Stap (on right) vs Chris Evert in 1975

Sources:

1977 World of Tennis. Page 323.

Two sisters:
http://tribappstest.s3-website-us-ea...-starlets#text

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/ma...pper.html?_r=0
https://about.me/kacikust
https://about.me/kacikust

https://news.google.com/newspapers?...s?nid=1946&dat=19790201&id=3pQuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7108,5499939&hl=en

Archive - Draws Archive : Sue Stap - 2015 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanstapkust

 

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STARK, ROBERTA
United States
Born 02 July 1956
[Active 1974-1976]

On the tour in her teens, injuries forced her retirement at the age of 20. She ended 1975 ranked #91 on the WTA computer. Stark moved up as high as #73 in December of 1976.

In post-tennis life Stark became an artist. Her paintings and photographs focus on the natural beauty of her native Florida.

Sources:

"Tennis Pro Turns Artist", Tampa Bay Magazine, November-December 1994. Pages 25-26

The Championships, Wimbledon 2018 - Official Site by IBM

[Thanks to Rollo for this information]

 

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OVERTON, WENDY
United States
Born 31 March 1947 in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York.
[Active 1967-1979]

As a pro she was based in Florida, where she graduated from Rollins College with a degree is history. She was coached by Ed Faulkner and former champion Doris Hart.

Overton turned pro in 1971. Some ranked her #10 in the world for 1972, largely based on her results on the relatively new Virginia Slims tour. She was also on the winning US Wightman Cup team that year in the #2 doubles slot with Val Ziegenfuss. In 1973 she upset Billie Jean King at a Slims stop in Jacksonville.

Ranked as high as #13 when the WTA computer debuted in November of 1975. This was her best computer ranking.

An arm injury first suffered in late 1975 ended her career prematurely only four years later. From 1976 she spent as much time courtside as a TV announcer than on court playing.

Wendy was a net rusher who favored the serve and volley style. This aided her in winning several doubles titles.

Sources:

Hedges, Martin. The Concise Dictionary of Tennis. 1978. Page 186.

Overton, Wendy. Tennis for Women. 1973. 245 pages. (an instruction book with many illustrations).

1977 World of Tennis. Pages 313-314.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Overton (the matches won-lost are not to be trusted though)

Archive - Draws Archive : Wendy Overton - 2015 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM

https://news.google.com/newspapers?...s?nid=1982&dat=19730423&id=nIFGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IDANAAAAIBAJ&pg=1955,3981151&hl=en

 

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FOROOD, LELE
United States
Born 09 October 1956 in San Francisco, California.
[Active 1975-1983]

Career high ranking: #30 in June of 1979.

Lele held dual American-Iranian citizenship due to her father's Persian origin.

Won a minor event at Mexico City in 1975. A doubles semifinalist at the 1976 US Open.

A serve and volleyer, Lele upset Virginia Wade at the 1978 US Open in the 3R . She won in an outfit borrowed from Cynthia Doerner because her own clothes were unwashed. In the 4R she lost to Lesley Hunt 6-3 3-6 6-3. At the time she was based out of Ft Lauderdale, Florida.

In the 1980s she became involved in the WTA as its treasurer (1983-1987).

Forood is the coach for women's tennis at Stanford, a position she has held since 2001, leading the team to 7 NCAA titles. She had graduated from Stanford in 1978.

Sources:

Bodo, Peter. Inside tennis – a season on the pro tour. 1979. Pages 267-268.

1980 World of Tennis. Page 311.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lele_Forood

1978: The US Open Moves To Flushing Meadows | Tennis Buzz

Halle Cioffi et Lele Forood - Le blog des archives du tennis feminin

Archive - Draws Archive : Lele Forood - 2015 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lele_Forood

 

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CACERES, VIRGINIA
Peru
Born 19 July 1941
[Active from at the late 1950s to 1968]

Played singles 1962 US Championships and 1968 French Championships. She was already 5 times national champion of Peru when she entered Forest Hills in 1962.

Source Date of Birth Live sport, real-time sport news, live match coverage - Eurosport

[Thanks to Rosamund for this information]

 

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GREENHILL, MARGARET [nee Margaret Irene Stokes]
United Kingdom
Born 13 May 1921
Married Alexander Greenhill by 1948
[Active circa 1948-55]

Mrs Margaret Greenhill notably won the ‘triple crown’ (singles/doubles/mixed) at the Singapore Championships in 1950.

[Thanks to Newmark for this information]

 

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VRANCOVICH, MABEL
Argentina
Born 10 February 1946
[Active 1961-1971]

Played singles at the 1967 French Championships. Mabel failed to qualify for Wimbledon in 1967, but made the main draw in doubles in 1968. By 1969 she is absent from the Argentine ranking list.

As of 2016 plays seniors tennis. Her middle name is probably Isolina.

Argentine Top Ten Rankings

1961: #10
1962: #10
1963: #10
1965: #4
1966: #3
1967: #2
1971: #3

Sources:

www.itftennis.com

National and Sectional Rankings
HISTORIA DEL TENIS ARGENTINO - Tenisay

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/score...4fe/index.html

Archive - Draws Archive : M. Vrancovich - 2015 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM

HISTORIA DEL TENIS ARGENTINO - Tenisay

[Thanks to Rosamund for this information]

 

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HOLDSWORTH, SALLY
United Kingdom
Born 10 February 1944 in Huddersfield, England
[Active from 1963-1971]

From the north of England.

On how she got into tennis

"Initially I began riding horses but picked up quite a few injuries after falling off. My parents were keen to keep my feet firmly on the ground and avoid more injuries, so gave me a tennis racquet and I was hooked." -Sally Holdsworth

Played singles at Wimbledon 5 times between 1963 and 1971, French 3 times between 1964 and 1967 and US Championships 1970 and 1971 but only ever won 1 match (at French 1964).

"My great success was in 1973 when myself and my mixed doubles partner, commentator John Barrett, made it through to the second week. I never got to play on Centre Court but I did play on the old No.1 court." -Holdsworth on her finest year at Wimbledon.

Career also included modelling, TV advertising, working for Slazengers , teaching tennis in Hollywood and hotelier in Barbados.
Between 1986 and 1999 was director of the ITF. She began the 'Last Eight' Club at Wimbledon. Singles quarterfinalists and doubles semifinalists belong to the club-an idea now copied by other slams.

2004 living in Wimbledon.

Sources DOB from Live sport, real-time sport news, live match coverage - Eurosport
Interview 2004
Sally's love game- Free Online Library 14th July 2004
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sally's+love+game.-a0119375588

Modeling a Ted Tinling dress at the Hurlingham pre-Wimbledon party.

[Thanks to Rosamund for this information]

 

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CORBETT, Mrs EILEEN (nee Eileen Catherine Veronica ????)
Australia (New South Wales)
Born ????
Died ????
Married Maxwell Campbell Corbett by 1930
[Active circa 1930-35]

Runner-up in the women’s singles event at the Malayan Championships in 1933.

She also participated in the 1934 Australian Championships.

Her maiden name is not yet known.

[Thanks to LKK, Newmark, and Rollo for this information]

 

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PIERREPONT, KATHLEEN (Kathleen Audrey Pierrepont)
Singapore/Canada
Born 12 January 1918
Died 18 October 2011 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Married Henry George Beverley
[Active circa 1934-39]

Kathleen Pierrepont enjoyed some success at some of the lawn tennis tournaments held in Singapore/Malaya in the 1930s.

[Thanks to Newmark for this information]