Julia Ann Sampson Hayward (née Sampson; February 2, 1934 – December 27, 2011) was a female

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player from the United States who was active in the 1950s. She won two

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titles in doubles.

Tennis career

As the second seeded foreign player, Sampson reached the singles final of the 1953

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, losing to

Maureen Connolly Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker (née Connolly; September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win ...

in straight sets. Sampson and

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teamed to win the mixed doubles title at the 1953 Australian Championships, defeating Connolly and

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in the final 6–4, 6–3. Sampson and Hartwig reached the mixed doubles final at the 1953 U.S. Championships, losing to

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and

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6–2, 4–6, 6–4. Connolly and Sampson teamed to win the women's doubles title at the 1953 Australian Championships, defeating

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and

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in the final 6–4, 6–2. At both the

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and Wimbledon in 1953, Connolly and Sampson lost in the final to Doris Hart and

Shirley Fry Irvin Shirley June Fry Irvin (née Fry; June 30, 1927 – July 13, 2021) was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 do ...

. 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. 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

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for 1952 and 1953.

Personal life

She married Daniel Hayward in 1958 and the couple, who later divorced, had three children.

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hayward, Julia Sampson 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