World Tennis Masters
A multi-cultural extravaganza of talent Brazilian captured the championship at Wimbledon in 1959, ‘60 and ‘64 and at Forest Hills in 1959, ‘63, ‘64 and ‘66, and achieved a doubles Grand Slam in 1960 with Christine Truman in Australia and with Darlene Hard in the French, Wimbledon and US Championships. She collected a total of 63 titles during a career which spanned 20 years but was effectively cut short by an elbow injury in 1967. In 1983, the Brazilian Tennis Federation donated the Maria Esther Bueno Cup for women players in the fifty age category. This was the first Women’s Team Competition the inaugural event was held in Pörtschach, Austria. The 2010 event took place from 29 March - 3 April in Mexico City, Mexico, where the United States team were victorious over Great Britain. The 2011 competition will feature some fantastic games of tennis. The names and country of origin of these players is listed below. Name Pat SINCLAIR Michelle KARIS Cora WILLS Beatrica BALME-BERGER Catherine SUIRE Betty MICHEL Perrine DUPUY Dagmar ANWAR Gabriele JARECKI Ellen NEUMANN Anthea STEWART Christine FRENCH Susan BARTLETT Anne CLARK Annelies SIMONS
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Karien THEEUWES Josephine VAN DER STROOM Felicity OXNEVAD Helen LITT Penny SMITH Muriel CHERRY Melrise UNGERER Moira GOLDEN Ann-Sofie STERNAS Petra TEDROFF Lisbeth ANDERSSON Yvette FISCHLI Barbara VON OPPERSDORFF Silvia SCHUETZ Nese ASLAN Aysun UZ Diane FISHBURNE Susan WRIGHT Joanne RUSSELL Kathy VICK Ros BALODIS Kerrie DOUGLAS Leanne SWAYSLAND
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exciting, with many countries hoping to knock the United States from the top perch. The names and country of origin of these players is listed below.
Maureen Connolly Cup Women 55 Maureen Connolly, known as “Little Mo”, was one of the most remarkably successful champions the game has known. Extremely determined and with a high degree of concentration, she won the US singles title at the age of 16 in 1951 and thereafter lost only four singles matches -- two to Doris Hart, one to Shirley Fry and one to Beverley Fleitz before she broke her leg in a riding accident in 1954. The first woman to achieve a Grand Slam of the four major championships in a calendar year, a feat she achieved in 1953.
Carolyn Nichols of the United States The Maureen Connolly Brinker Foundation donated the Maureen Connolly Cup through the United States Tennis Association for women players in the 55 age category. The inaugural event was played in 1992 in Tyler, Texas. The 2010 event took place from 29 March - 3 April in Mexico City, Mexico. The United States of America won the title for the fourth consecutive year, beating the Netherlands in the final.The 2011 competition will prove to be
Name Country Frances CRITCHLEY Canada Michelle HALL Canada Janice HOLLOWAY Canada Pamela ROSENBAUM Canada Benedicte LE GRAND France Brigitte CADORET France Caroline GLASZMANN France Martine DELORME France Frances CANDY Great Britain Pauline FISHER Great Britain Sally FREEMAN Great Britain Patricia WIRE Great Britain Annelies VAN DER ZWEEP-PRINS Netherlands Thea RIETVELD-ESSER Netherlands Sylvia LIEVERS-KRONENBURG Netherlands Robyn LEGGE-HUNT New Zealand Lynette DUNCAN New Zealand Trish CRAVEN New Zealand Jenny CERFF South Africa Sonja BOTHA South Africa Martella MEYER South Africa Gunilla BERG-SANDBERG Sweden Maria LAFTMAN Sweden Edith NORDIN Sweden Aysel ERTUG Turkey Tulay Seyhan MUNGAN Turkey Nilgun KEGECI Turkey Carolyn NICHOLS United States Tina KARWASKY United States Mary GINNARD United States Sherri BRONSON United States Lyn MORTIMER Australia Robin WALKER Australia Sara GODDARD Australia
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