Contents
1 Early life
2
Tennis
Tennis career
3 Retirement
4 Legacy
5 Grand Slam finals
5.1 Singles (5 titles) 5.2 Doubles (6 titles)
6 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline 7 See also 8 References 9 Sources 10 External links
Early life[edit]
Born in the small town of Beckwourth, Plumas County, California,
Marble moved with her family at the age of five to San Francisco. A
tomboy, she excelled in many sports, including baseball; but her
brother persuaded her to try tennis.[1] She quickly mastered the game,
playing in Golden Gate Park, and by age 15 won several California
junior tournaments.
Tennis
Tennis career[edit]
At the U.S. Championships, Marble won the singles title in 1936 and
from 1938 to 1940, the women's doubles title with Sarah Palfrey Cooke
from 1937 to 1940, and the mixed doubles title with
Gene Mako in 1936,
Don Budge
Don Budge in 1938,
Harry Hopman
Harry Hopman in 1939, and
Bobby Riggs
Bobby Riggs in 1940.
At Wimbledon, Marble won the singles title in 1939; the women's
doubles title with Cooke in 1938 and 1939, and the mixed doubles title
with Budge in 1937 and 1938 as well as the mixed doubles title with
Riggs in 1939.
In
Wightman Cup
Wightman Cup team competition, Marble lost only one singles and one
doubles match in the years she competed (1933, 1937–39).
According to
A. Wallis Myers
A. Wallis Myers and
John Olliff
John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph
and the Daily Mail, Marble was ranked in the world top ten from 1936
to 1939 (no rankings issued 1940–45), reaching a career high in
those rankings of world No. 1 in 1939.[2] Marble was included in the
year-end top ten rankings issued by the
United States
United States Lawn Tennis
Association in 1932–33 and 1936–40. She was the top-ranked U.S.
player from 1936 to 1940.[3]
Marble was the
Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 1939 and 1940.
After capping a stellar amateur career in 1940, Marble turned
professional and earned more than $100,000, travelling around playing
exhibition tournaments.[1]
Retirement[edit]
For a brief time after retirement, she worked on the editorial
advisory board of
DC Comics
DC Comics and was credited as an Associate Editor on
Wonder Woman. She created the "Wonder Women of History" feature for
the comics, which told the stories of prominent women of history in
comic form.
During World War II, Marble was married to Joe Crowley, a pilot, who
was killed in action over Germany. Only days before his death, she
miscarried their child following a car accident. After an attempt to
kill herself, she recuperated and, in 1945, agreed to spy for U.S.
intelligence. Her mission involved renewing contact with a former
lover, a Swiss banker, and obtaining Nazi financial data. The
operation ended when a Nazi agent shot her in the back, but she
recovered. Few details of the operation ever emerged.
Marble greatly contributed to the desegregation of American tennis by
writing an editorial in support of
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson for the July 1, 1950,
issue of American Lawn
Tennis
Tennis Magazine. The article read, in part,
"Miss Gibson is over a very cunningly wrought barrel, and I can only
hope to loosen a few of its staves with one lone opinion. If tennis is
a game for ladies and gentlemen, it's also time we acted a little more
like gentle-people and less like sanctimonious hypocrites.... If
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson represents a challenge to the present crop of women
players, it's only fair that they should meet that challenge on the
courts." Marble said that, if Gibson were not given the opportunity to
compete, "then there is an ineradicable mark against a game to which I
have devoted most of my life, and I would be bitterly ashamed."
Gibson, age 23, was given entry into the 1950 U.S. Championships,
becoming the first African-American player, man or woman, to compete
in a Grand Slam event.
In 1964, Marble was inducted into the International
Tennis
Tennis Hall of
Fame. She then settled in Palm Desert, California, where she taught
tennis until her death.[4]
Weakened by pernicious anaemia, Marble died at a hospital in Palm
Springs, California.[5]
Legacy[edit]
Alice Marble
Alice Marble
Tennis
Tennis Courts, providing a panoramic view of the Pacific
Ocean and the
Golden Gate bridge
Golden Gate bridge from the top of
Russian Hill
Russian Hill in San
Francisco, is named in honor of her.
Grand Slam finals[edit]
Singles (5 titles)[edit]
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1936 U.S. Championships Grass Helen Jacobs 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 1938 U.S. Championships (2) Grass Nancye Wynne 6–0, 6–3
Winner 1939 Wimbledon Grass Kay Stammers 6–2, 6–0
Winner 1939 U.S. Championships (3) Grass Helen Jacobs 6–0, 8–10, 6–4
Winner 1940 U.S. Championships (4) Grass Helen Jacobs 6–2, 6–3
Doubles (6 titles)[edit]
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1937 U.S. National Championships Grass Sarah Palfrey Cooke Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn Carolin Babcock 7–5, 6–4
Winner 1938 Wimbledon Championships Grass Sarah Palfrey Cooke Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke 6–2, 6–3
Winner 1938 U.S. National Championships Grass Sarah Palfrey Cooke Simonne Mathieu Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–8, 6–4, 6–3
Winner 1939 Wimbledon Championships Grass Sarah Palfrey Cooke Helen Jacobs Billie Yorke 6–1, 6–0
Winner 1939 U.S. National Championships Grass Sarah Palfrey Cooke Kay Stammers Freda Hammersley 7–5, 8–6
Winner 1940 U.S. National Championships Grass Sarah Palfrey Cooke Dorothy Bundy Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn 6–4, 6–3
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline[edit]
Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held.
Tournament 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Career SR
Australia A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
France A A A 2R A A A A A NH 0 / 1
Wimbledon A A A A A A SF SF W NH 1 / 3
United States 1R 3R QF A A W QF W W W 4 / 8
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 5 / 12
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number played. See also[edit]
Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References[edit]
^ a b Julie Cart (December 14, 1990). "Women's pioneer Alice Marble
dies : Tennis: As a national champion in the '30s, she played a
serve-and-volley game". The Los Angeles Times.
^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An
Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter
Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.
^
United States
United States
Tennis
Tennis Association (1988). 1988 Official USTA Tennis
Yearbook. Lynn, Massachusetts: H.O. Zimman, Inc. p. 260.
^ Julianne Cicarelli (2002). "Marble, Alice." Scribner Encyclopedia of
American Lives, Thematic Series: Sports Figures. Charles Scribner's
Sons. Retrieved January 06, 2013, from HighBeam Research
^ Rogers, Thomas (December 14, 1990). "Obituary - Alice Marble, 77,
top U.S. tennis star of 1930's". The New York Times.
Sources[edit]
Leary, Kevin. (December 14, 1990). "Ex-
Tennis
Tennis Champ Alice Marble". San
Francisco Chronicle, p. B7.
Marble, Alice with Dale Leatherman. Courting Danger. New York: St.
Martin's Press. 1991.
Rogers, Thomas. (December 14, 1990). "Alice Marble, 77, Top U.S.
Tennis
Tennis Star of 1930s". New York Times, p. D23.
Yardley, Jonathan. (June 12, 1991). "Sizzling Serves" Washington Post,
p. F2.
External links[edit]
International
Tennis
Tennis Hall of Fame
Alice Marble
Alice Marble in the Grand Slam Tournaments
v t e
Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies' singles champions
(1884) Maud Watson
(1885) Maud Watson
(1886) Blanche Bingley
(1887) Lottie Dod
(1888) Lottie Dod
(1889)
Blanche Bingley
Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1890) Lena Rice
(1891) Lottie Dod
(1892) Lottie Dod
(1893) Lottie Dod
(1894)
Blanche Bingley
Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1895) Charlotte Cooper
(1896) Charlotte Cooper
(1897)
Blanche Bingley
Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1898) Charlotte Cooper
(1899)
Blanche Bingley
Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1900)
Blanche Bingley
Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1901) Charlotte Sterry
(1902) Muriel Robb
(1903) Dorothea Douglass
(1904) Dorothea Douglass
(1905) May Sutton
(1906) Dorothea Lambert Chambers
(1907) May Sutton
(1908) Charlotte Sterry
(1909) Dora Boothby
(1910) Dorothea Lambert Chambers
(1912) Dorethea Lambert Chambers
(1913) Ethel Thomson Larcombe
(1914) Dorothea Lambert Chambers
(1915) Dorothea Lambert Chambers
(1915-18) No competition (due to World War I)
(1919) Suzanne Lenglen
(1920) Suzanne Lenglen
(1921) Suzanne Lenglen
(1922) Suzanne Lenglen
(1923) Suzanne Lenglen
(1924) Kathleen McKane
(1925) Suzanne Lenglen
(1926) Kathleen McKane Godfree
(1927) Helen Wills
(1928) Helen Wills
(1929) Helen Wills
(1930)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody
(1931) Cilly Aussem
(1932)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody
(1933)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody
(1934) Dorothy Round
(1935)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody
(1936) Helen Jacobs
(1937) Dorothy Round
(1938)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody
(1939) Alice Marble
(1940–45) No competition (due to World War II)
(1946) Pauline Addie
(1947) Margaret Osborne
(1948) Louise Brough
(1949) Louise Brough
(1950) Louise Brough
(1951) Doris Hart
(1952) Maureen Connolly
(1953) Maureen Connolly
(1954) Maureen Connolly
(1955) Louise Brough
(1956) Shirley Fry
(1957) Althea Gibson
(1958) Althea Gibson
(1959) Maria Bueno
(1960) Maria Bueno
(1961) Angela Mortimer
(1962) Karen Hantze Susman
(1963) Margaret Smith
(1964) Maria Bueno
(1965) Margaret Smith
(1966) Billie Jean King
(1967) Billie Jean King
v t e
U.S. National Championships women's singles champions
(1887) Ellen Hansell
(1888) Bertha Townsend
(1889) Bertha Townsend
(1890) Ellen Roosevelt
(1891) Mabel Cahill
(1892) Mabel Cahill
(1893) Aline Terry
(1894) Helen Hellwig
(1895) Juliette Atkinson
(1896) Elisabeth Moore
(1897) Juliette Atkinson
(1898) Juliette Atkinson
(1899) Marion Jones
(1900) Myrtle McAteer
(1901) Elisabeth Moore
(1902) Marion Jones
(1903) Elisabeth Moore
(1904) May Sutton
(1905) Elisabeth Moore
(1906) Helen Homans
(1907) Evelyn Sears
(1908) Maud Barger-Wallach
(1909) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
(1910) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
(1911) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
(1912) Mary Browne
(1913) Mary Browne
(1914) Mary Browne
(1915) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
(1916) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
(1917) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
(1918) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
(1919) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
(1920) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
(1921) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
(1922) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
(1923) Helen Wills
(1924) Helen Wills
(1925) Helen Wills
(1926) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
(1927) Helen Wills
(1928) Helen Wills
(1929) Helen Wills
(1930)
Betty Nuthall
Betty Nuthall Shoemaker
(1931)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody
(1932) Helen Jacobs
(1933) Helen Jacobs
(1934) Helen Jacobs
(1935) Helen Jacobs
(1936) Alice Marble
(1937) Anita Lizana
(1938) Alice Marble
(1939) Alice Marble
(1940) Alice Marble
(1941) Sarah Palfrey Cooke
(1942)
Pauline Betz
Pauline Betz Addie
(1943)
Pauline Betz
Pauline Betz Addie
(1944)
Pauline Betz
Pauline Betz Addie
(1945) Sarah Palfrey Cooke
(1946)
Pauline Betz
Pauline Betz Addie
(1947)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp
(1948) Margaret Osborne duPont
(1949) Margaret Osborne duPont
(1950) Margaret Osborne duPont
(1951) Maureen Connolly
(1952) Maureen Connolly
(1953) Maureen Connolly
(1954) Doris Hart
(1955) Doris Hart
(1956)
Shirley Fry
Shirley Fry Irvin
(1957) Althea Gibson
(1958) Althea Gibson
(1959) Maria Bueno
(1960) Darlene Hard
(1961) Darlene Hard
(1962) Margaret Court
(1963) Maria Bueno
(1964) Maria Bueno
(1965) Margaret Court
(1966) Maria Bueno
(1967) Billie Jean King
v t e
Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies' doubles champions
(1913)
Winifred McNair / Dora Boothby
(1914)
Agnes Morton / Elizabeth Ryan
(1915-18) No competition (due to World War I)
(1919)
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
(1920)
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
(1921)
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
(1922)
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
(1923)
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
(1924)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills
(1925)
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
(1926)
Mary Browne
Mary Browne / Elizabeth Ryan
(1927)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills / Elizabeth Ryan
(1928) Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
(1929) Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
(1930)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan
(1931) Phyllis Mudford / Dorothy S. Barron
(1932)
Doris Metaxa / Josane Sigart
(1933)
Simonne Mathieu
Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
(1934)
Simonne Mathieu
Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
(1935)
Freda James
Freda James / Kay Stammers
(1936)
Freda James
Freda James / Kay Stammers
(1937)
Simonne Mathieu
Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke
(1938)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
(1939)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
(1940-45) No competition (due to World War II)
(1946)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1947)
Patricia Canning Todd / Doris Hart
(1948)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1949)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1950)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1951)
Doris Hart
Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
(1952)
Doris Hart
Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
(1953)
Doris Hart
Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
(1954)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1955)
Angela Mortimer Barrett / Anne Shilcock
(1956)
Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson
(1957)
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard
(1958)
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson
(1959)
Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
(1960)
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
(1961)
Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
(1962)
Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
(1963)
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
(1964)
Margaret Court
Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey
(1965)
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno / Billie Jean Moffitt
(1966)
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey
(1967)
Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
v t e
U.S. National Championships women's doubles champions
(1889)
Margarette Ballard / Bertha Townsend
(1890)
Ellen Roosevelt
Ellen Roosevelt / Grace Roosevelt
(1891)
Mabel Cahill
Mabel Cahill / Emma Leavitt Morgan
(1892)
Mabel Cahill
Mabel Cahill / Adeline McKinlay
(1893)
Aline Terry
Aline Terry / Harriet Butler
(1894)
Helen Hellwig / Juliette Atkinson
(1895)
Helen Hellwig / Juliette Atkinson
(1896)
Elisabeth Moore
Elisabeth Moore / Juliette Atkinson
(1897)
Juliette Atkinson / Kathleen Atkinson
(1898)
Juliette Atkinson / Kathleen Atkinson
(1899)
Jane Craven / Myrtle McAteer
(1900)
Edith Parker / Hallie Champlin
(1901)
Juliette Atkinson / Myrtle McAteer
(1902)
Juliette Atkinson / Marion Jones
(1903)
Elisabeth Moore
Elisabeth Moore / Carrie Neely
(1904)
May Sutton
May Sutton Bundy / Miriam Hall
(1905)
Helen Homans / Carrie Neely
(1906)
Ann Burdette Coe / Ethel Bliss Platt
(1907)
Marie Wimer / Carrie Neely
(1908)
Evelyn Sears / Margaret Curtis
(1909)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Edith Rotch
(1910)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Edith Rotch
(1911)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Eleonora Sears
(1912) Dorothy Green / Mary Browne
(1913)
Mary Browne
Mary Browne / Louise Riddell Williams
(1914)
Mary Browne
Mary Browne / Louise Riddell Williams
(1915)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Eleonora Sears
(1916) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Eleonora Sears
(1917) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Eleonora Sears
(1918)
Marion Jessup
Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss
(1919)
Marion Jessup
Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss
(1920)
Marion Jessup
Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss
(1921)
Mary Browne
Mary Browne / Louise Riddell Williams
(1922)
Marion Jessup
Marion Jessup / Helen Wills
(1923)
Kathleen McKane Godfree
Kathleen McKane Godfree / Phyllis Howkins Covell
(1924)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills
(1925)
Mary Browne
Mary Browne / Helen Wills
(1926)
Elizabeth Ryan
Elizabeth Ryan / Eleanor Goss
(1927)
Kathleen McKane Godfree
Kathleen McKane Godfree / Ermyntrude Harvey
(1928)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills
(1929)
Phoebe Holcroft Watson
Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Peggy Mitchell
(1930)
Betty Nuthall
Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
(1931)
Betty Nuthall
Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
(1932)
Helen Jacobs
Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
(1933) Betthy Nutthall Shoemaker / Freda James
(1934)
Helen Jacobs
Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
(1935)
Helen Jacobs
Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
(1936)
Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn /
Carolin Babcock Stark
(1937)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
(1938)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
(1939)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
(1940)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
(1941)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1942)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1943)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1944)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1945)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1946)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1947)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1948)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1949)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1950)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1951)
Shirley Fry Irvin
Shirley Fry Irvin / Doris Hart
(1952)
Shirley Fry Irvin
Shirley Fry Irvin / Doris Hart
(1953)
Shirley Fry Irvin
Shirley Fry Irvin / Doris Hart
(1954)
Shirley Fry Irvin
Shirley Fry Irvin / Doris Hart
(1955)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1956)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1957)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1958)
Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
(1959)
Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
(1960)
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
(1961)
Darlene Hard / Lesley Turner Bowrey
(1962)
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
(1963)
Robyn Ebbern
Robyn Ebbern / Margaret Smith
(1964) Billie Jean Moffitt / Karen Hantze Susman
(1965)
Carole Caldwell Graebner
Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey
(1966)
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey
(1967)
Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
v t e
Pre Open Era Wimbledon mixed doubles champions
1913:
Hope Crisp / Agnes Tuckey
1914: James Parke / Ethel Thomson Larcombe
1915–18: No competition (due to World War I)
1919:
Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan
1920:
Gerald Patterson
Gerald Patterson / Suzanne Lenglen
1921:
Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan
1922:
Pat O'Hara Wood
Pat O'Hara Wood / Suzanne Lenglen
1923:
Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan
1924: John Gilbert / Kathleen McKane Godfree
1925:
Jean Borotra
Jean Borotra / Suzanne Lenglen
1926:
Leslie Godfree / Kathleen McKane Godfree
1927:
Francis Hunter
Francis Hunter / Elizabeth Ryan
1928:
Patrick Spence
Patrick Spence / Elizabeth Ryan
1929: Frank Hunter / Helen Wills
1930: Jack Crawford / Elizabeth Ryan
1931:
George Lott / Anna McCune Harper
1932:
Enrique Maier
Enrique Maier / Elizabeth Ryan
1933:
Gottfried von Cramm
Gottfried von Cramm / Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
1934:
Ryuki Miki
Ryuki Miki /
Dorothy Round
Dorothy Round Little
1935:
Fred Perry
Fred Perry /
Dorothy Round
Dorothy Round Little
1936:
Fred Perry
Fred Perry /
Dorothy Round
Dorothy Round Little
1937:
Don Budge
Don Budge / Alice Marble
1938:
Don Budge
Don Budge / Alice Marble
1939:
Bobby Riggs
Bobby Riggs / Alice Marble
1940–45: No competition (due to World War II)
1946: Tom Brown /
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp
1947:
John Bromwich
John Bromwich /
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp
1948:
John Bromwich
John Bromwich /
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp
1949:
Eric Sturgess / Sheila Piercey Summers
1950:
Eric Sturgess /
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp
1951:
Frank Sedgman
Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart
1952:
Frank Sedgman
Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart
1953:
Vic Seixas
Vic Seixas / Doris Hart
1954:
Vic Seixas
Vic Seixas / Doris Hart
1955:
Vic Seixas
Vic Seixas / Doris Hart
1956:
Vic Seixas
Vic Seixas /
Shirley Fry
Shirley Fry Irvin
1957:
Mervyn Rose
Mervyn Rose / Darlene Hard
1958: Robert Howe /
Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
1959:
Rod Laver
Rod Laver / Darlene Hard
1960:
Rod Laver
Rod Laver / Darlene Hard
1961:
Fred Stolle / Lesley Turner Bowrey
1962:
Neale Fraser
Neale Fraser / Margaret Osborne duPont
1963:
Ken Fletcher
Ken Fletcher / Margaret Smith
1964:
Fred Stolle / Lesley Turner Bowrey
1965:
Ken Fletcher
Ken Fletcher / Margaret Smith
1966:
Ken Fletcher
Ken Fletcher / Margaret Smith
1967:
Owen Davidson
Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King
v t e
U.S. National Championships mixed doubles champions
(1892)
Mabel Cahill
Mabel Cahill / Clarence Hobart
(1893)
Ellen Roosevelt
Ellen Roosevelt / Clarence Hobart
(1894)
Juliette Atkinson / Edwin P. Fischer
(1895)
Juliette Atkinson / Edwin P. Fischer
(1896)
Juliette Atkinson / Edwin P. Fischer
(1897) Laura Henson / D.L. Magruder
(1898)
Carrie Neely
Carrie Neely / Edwin P. Fischer
(1899)
Elizabeth Rastall / Albert Hoskins
(1900) Margaret Hunnewell / Alfred Codman
(1901)
Marion Jones
Marion Jones / Raymond Little
(1902)
Elisabeth Moore
Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant
(1903) Helen Chapman / Harry Allen
(1904)
Elisabeth Moore
Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant
(1905)
Augusta Schultz Hobart / Clarence Hobart
(1906) Sarah Coffin / Edward Dewhurst
(1907) May Sayers / Wallace Johnson
(1908)
Edith Rotch / Nathaniel Niles
(1909)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson
(1910)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Joseph Carpenter, Jr.
(1911)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson
(1912)
Mary Browne
Mary Browne / R. Norris Williams
(1913)
Mary Browne
Mary Browne / Bill Tilden
(1914)
Mary Browne
Mary Browne / Bill Tilden
(1915)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Harry Johnson
(1916)
Eleonora Sears
Eleonora Sears / Willis E. Davis
(1917) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Irving Wright
(1918)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Irving Wright
(1919)
Marion Jessup
Marion Jessup / Vincent Richards
(1920)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson
(1921)
Mary Browne
Mary Browne / Bill Johnston
(1922) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden
(1923) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden
(1924)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills / Vincent Richards
(1925)
Kathleen McKane Godfree
Kathleen McKane Godfree / John Hawkes
(1926)
Elizabeth Ryan
Elizabeth Ryan / Jean Borotra
(1927)
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Henri Cochet
(1928)
Helen Wills
Helen Wills / John Hawkes
(1929)
Betty Nuthall
Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott
(1930)
Edith Cross / Wilmer Allison
(1931)
Betty Nuthall
Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott
(1932)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Fred Perry
(1933)
Elizabeth Ryan
Elizabeth Ryan / Ellsworth Vines
(1934)
Helen Jacobs
Helen Jacobs / George Lott
(1935)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Enrique Maier
(1936)
Alice Marble
Alice Marble / Gene Mako
(1937)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Don Budge
(1938)
Alice Marble
Alice Marble / Don Budge
(1939)
Alice Marble
Alice Marble / Harry Hopman
(1940)
Alice Marble
Alice Marble / Bobby Riggs
(1941)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Jack Kramer
(1942)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Ted Schroeder
(1943)
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert
(1944)
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert
(1945)
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert
(1946)
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert
(1947)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / John Bromwich
(1948)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Tom Brown
(1949)
Louise Brough
Louise Brough Clapp / Eric Sturgess
(1950)
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken McGregor
(1951)
Doris Hart
Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
(1952)
Doris Hart
Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
(1953)
Doris Hart
Doris Hart / Vic Seixas
(1954)
Doris Hart
Doris Hart / Vic Seixas
(1955)
Doris Hart
Doris Hart / Vic Seixas
(1956)
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken Rosewall
(1957)
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson / Kurt Nielsen
(1958)
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser
(1959)
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser
(1960)
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser
(1961) Margaret Smith / Bob Mark
(1962) Margaret Smith / Fred Stolle
(1963) Margaret Smith / Ken Fletcher
(1964) Margaret Smith / John Newcombe
(1965) Margaret Smith / Fred Stolle
(1966)
Donna Floyd Fales / Owen Davidson
(1967)
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson
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Women's tennis players who won two or more Grand Slam singles titles in one calendar year
Four wins
1953:
Maureen Connolly
Maureen Connolly Brinker
1970: Margaret Court
1988: Steffi Graf
Three wins
1928:
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI&US)
1929:
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI&US)
1962:
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (AO&FO&US)
1965:
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (AO&WI&US)
1969:
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (AO&FO&US)
1972:
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King (FO&WI&US)
1973:
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (AO&FO&US)
1983:
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (AO&WI&US)
1984:
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (FO&WI&US)
1989:
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf (AO&WI&US)
1991:
Monica Seles
Monica Seles (AO&FO&US)
1992:
Monica Seles
Monica Seles (AO&FO&US)
1993:
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf (FO&WI&US)
1995:
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf (FO&WI&US)
1996:
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf (FO&WI&US)
1997:
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (AO&WI&US)
2002:
Serena Williams
Serena Williams (FO&WI&US)
2015:
Serena Williams
Serena Williams (AO&FO&WI)
Two wins
1925:
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen (FO&WI)
1927:
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody (WI&US)
1930:
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI)
1931:
Cilly Aussem
Cilly Aussem (FO&WI)
1932:
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI)
1939:
Alice Marble
Alice Marble (WI&US)
1946:
Pauline Betz
Pauline Betz Addie (WI&US)
1949:
Margaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Osborne duPont (FO&US)
1950: Louise Bough Clapp (AO&WI)
1952:
Maureen Connolly
Maureen Connolly Brinker (WI&US)
1954:
Maureen Connolly
Maureen Connolly Brinker (FO&WI)
1956:
Shirley Fry Irvin
Shirley Fry Irvin (WI&US)
1957:
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson (WI&US)
1958:
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson (WI&US)
1959:
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno (WI&US)
1960:
Darlene Hard (FO&US)
1963:
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (AO&WI)
1964:
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (AO&FO)
1964:
Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno (WI&US)
1967:
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King (WI&US)
1968:
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King (AO&WI)
1971:
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Evonne Goolagong Cawley (FO&WI)
1974:
Chris Evert
Chris Evert (FO&WI)
1975:
Chris Evert
Chris Evert (FO&US)
1976:
Chris Evert
Chris Evert (WI&US)
1980:
Chris Evert
Chris Evert (FO&US)
1982:
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (FO&WI)
1982:
Chris Evert
Chris Evert (AO&US)
1985:
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (AO&WI)
1986:
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (WI&US)
1987:
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (WI&US)
1994:
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (FO&US)
2000:
Venus Williams
Venus Williams (WI&US)
2001:
Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Capriati (AO&FO)
2001:
Venus Williams
Venus Williams (WI&US)
2003:
Serena Williams
Serena Williams (AO&WI)
2003:
Justine Henin
Justine Henin (FO&US)
2006:
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo (AO&WI)
2007:
Justine Henin
Justine Henin (FO&US)
2009:
Serena Williams
Serena Williams (AO&WI)
2010:
Serena Williams
Serena Williams (AO&WI)
2012:
Serena Williams
Serena Williams (WI&US)
2013:
Serena Williams
Serena Williams (FO&US)
2016:
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber (AO&US)
AO=Australian Open, FO=French Open, WI=Wimbledon, US=US Open
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Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
1931: Helene Madison
1932: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1933: Helen Jacobs
1934: Virginia Van Wie
1935: Helen Wills
1936: Helen Stephens
1937: Katherine Rawls
1938: Patty Berg
1939: Alice Marble
1940: Alice Marble
1941: Betty Hicks
1942: Gloria Callen
1943: Patty Berg
1944: Ann Curtis
1945: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1946: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1947: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen
1949: Marlene Hagge
1950: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1951: Maureen Connolly
1952: Maureen Connolly
1953: Maureen Connolly
1954: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1955: Patty Berg
1956: Pat McCormick
1957: Althea Gibson
1958: Althea Gibson
1959: Maria Bueno
1960: Wilma Rudolph
1961: Wilma Rudolph
1962: Dawn Fraser
1963: Mickey Wright
1964: Mickey Wright
1965: Kathy Whitworth
1966: Kathy Whitworth
1967: Billie Jean King
1968: Peggy Fleming
1969: Debbie Meyer
1970: Chi Cheng
1971: Evonne Goolagong
1972: Olga Korbut
1973: Billie Jean King
1974: Chris Evert
1975: Chris Evert
1976: Nadia Comăneci
1977: Chris Evert
1978: Nancy Lopez
1979: Tracy Austin
1980: Chris Evert
1981: Tracy Austin
1982: Mary Decker
1983: Martina Navratilova
1984: Mary Lou Retton
1985: Nancy Lopez
1986: Martina Navratilova
1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1988: Florence Griffith Joyner
1989: Steffi Graf
1990: Beth Daniel
1991: Monica Seles
1992: Monica Seles
1993: Sheryl Swoopes
1994: Bonnie Blair
1995: Rebecca Lobo
1996: Amy Van Dyken
1997: Martina Hingis
1998: Pak Se-ri
1999:
United States
United States women's national soccer team
2000: Marion Jones
2001: Jennifer Capriati
2002: Serena Williams
2003: Annika Sörenstam
2004: Annika Sörenstam
2005: Annika Sörenstam
2006: Lorena Ochoa
2007: Lorena Ochoa
2008: Candace Parker
2009: Serena Williams
2010: Lindsey Vonn
2011: Abby Wambach
2012: Gabby Douglas
2013: Serena Williams
2014: Mo'ne Davis
2015: Serena Williams
2016: Simone Biles
2017: Katie Ledecky
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