Julia Ann Sampson Hayward (née Sampson; February 2, 1934 – December 27, 2011) was a female
tennis
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player from the United States who was active in the 1950s. She won two
Grand Slam titles in doubles.
Tennis career
As the second seeded foreign player, Sampson reached the singles final of the 1953
Australian Championships, losing to
Maureen Connolly in straight sets.
Sampson and
Rex Hartwig teamed to win the mixed doubles title at the 1953 Australian Championships, defeating Connolly and
in the final 6–4, 6–3. Sampson and Hartwig reached the mixed doubles final at the 1953 U.S. Championships, losing to
Doris Hart and
Vic Seixas 6–2, 4–6, 6–4.
Connolly and Sampson teamed to win the women's doubles title at the 1953 Australian Championships, defeating
Mary Bevis Hawton and
Beryl Penrose in the final 6–4, 6–2. At both the
French Championships and
Wimbledon
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in 1953, Connolly and Sampson lost in the final to Doris Hart and
Shirley Fry Irvin. The score in the Wimbledon final was 6–0, 6–0, which was the only double bagel in the history of Wimbledon women's doubles finals until the 2017 championships. At the 1953
U.S. Championships, Connolly and Sampson once more lost to Hart and Irvin, again in the final 6–4, 6–3.
Sampson was ranked tenth in the year-end rankings issued by the
United States Lawn Tennis Association for 1952 and 1953.
Personal life
She married Daniel Hayward in 1958 and the couple, who later divorced, had three children.
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Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
Doubles (1 title - 2 runner-up)
Mixed doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
See also
* Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References
External links
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American female tennis players
Australian Championships (tennis) champions
Tennis players from Los Angeles
1934 births
2011 deaths
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
21st-century American women
20th-century American sportswomen