Dorothy Alice Weisel Hack (March 7, 1910 – June 17, 1963) was an amateur American tennis player in the 1920s and 1930s. She was ranked as high as No. 3 in the U.S. rankings during her career.

Career

Dorothy Weisel was from Sacramento, California, the daughter of Theodore Jasper Weisel and Ethel D. Weisel. She won the Oregon state singles title in 1929. In the same tournament, she was paired with Golda Gross and reached the doubles final. She was California state women's tennis champion in 1930, and a two-time singles quarterfinalist (1930 and 1931) at the U.S. Nationals. In 1930, she beat fourth-seeded

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en route to the quarters where she lost to Betty Nuthall. She reached the final of the California state tournament in 1931, but lost to

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. Also in 1931, she lost to

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in the semifinals of a tournament at the Essex Country Club in Manchester-by-the-Sea. Hack won the Western Indoor championships in 1932. In the same year, at the tournament in Cincinnati, she won the singles title over

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, and was a doubles finalist with Helen Fulton. However, this pair were defeated in the finals match by Zinke and Ruth Oexman.

Personal life

In 1932, Hack married fellow Sacramento native

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, a former third baseman and manager of the

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. They had a son, Stanley Jr. Hack died in 1963, at the age of 53, in Sacramento.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hack, Dorothy Weisel American female tennis players Sportspeople from Sacramento, California Tennis players from California 1910 births 1963 deaths 20th-century American women 20th-century American people