Dorothy Head Knode

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Dorothy Head Knode is an American tennis player who reached the women's singles final of the French Championships in 1955 and 1957 and the semifinals of six other Grand Slam singles tournaments from 1952 through 1957.

Knode won the singles title at the German Championships in 1950, 1952, and 1953. She also won the singles title at the U.S. Clay Court Championships in 1951, 1955, 1958, and 1960 and the bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. She and her partner Darlene Hard were the runner-ups in women's doubles at the 1956 French Championships, losing to the team of Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton 6-8, 8-6, 6-1.

Knode continues to be active in international and national senior events, winning the 80-and-over Super-Seniors World Individual Championships in Antalya, Turkey in 2005.

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Tournament 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Career SR
Australian Championships NH NH NH A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
France R R A A A A A 3R A SF SF A F 3R F QF A A A A A A A 3R 1R A 1R 0 / 10
Wimbledon NH NH NH A A A A 4R A 4R SF A QF 2R SF 2R A 3R A A 3R A A 2R 1R A A 0 / 11
U.S. Championships QF 2R 1R QF QF 3R 2R A 3R A A 1R SF QF SF QF QF A A 4R A A A A A A A 0 / 15
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 36

NH = tournament not held.

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

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