Mary Arnold Prentiss (née Arnold; October 26, 1916 – January 26, 1975)"Mary Prentiss, Former Tennis Champ, Dies" ''

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'', January 29, 1975 was an amateur American adult

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player from September 1934 through May 1968. She also participated in United States National Seniors Championships through 1972. She was educated at the Los Angeles City College where she became a member of the Los Angeles Olympia L.T.C. She participated in the

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, the women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. She won a doubles match partnering with Dorothy Bundy Cheney and helped the U.S. team to a 5–2 victory. She was coached by Eleanor Tennant from 1939 through 1941. Arnold was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 from 1939 through 1947. Her highest ranking was fifth in both 1942 and 1944. At the 1948

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, she paired with future

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inductee

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to reach the women's doubles final. She also played at the

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that year and reached the third round in singles and women's doubles and the quarterfinals in mixed doubles. At the Tri-State Tennis Tournament, she reached five finals, winning three doubles titles: 1940, 1944 and 1946. She also was a singles finalist in 1941 (losing to Pauline Betz), and was a women's doubles finalist in 1945 (with Fry). Her women's doubles titles there were in partnership with

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in 1940, Dorothy Bundy Cheney in 1944, and Fry in 1946.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Mary 1916 births 1975 deaths American female tennis players Tennis players from Los Angeles 20th-century American sportswomen