Carole Caldwell Graebner
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Carole Caldwell Graebner (born June 24, 1943) was an American tennis player. She was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 in singles from 1961 through 1965 and again in 1967. She was ranked U.S. No. 1 in doubles in 1963.
Graebner paired with Nancy Richey Gunter to win doubles titles at the U.S. Championships in 1965 (defeating Billie Jean King and Karen Hantze Susman in the final) and the Australian Championships in 1966 (defeating Margaret Smith Court and Lesley Turner Bowrey in the final).
Graebner lost to Maria Bueno in the singles final of the 1964 U.S. Championships.
Graebner won the doubles title at the U.S. Clay Court Championships in 1964 and 1965.
In 1961 at the tournament in Cincinnati, Graebner won the doubles title with Cathie Gagel and lost the singles final to Peachy Kellmeyer.
Graebner won the Pacific Southwest singles title in 1962 and 1965 and won a gold medal in doubles at the 1963 Pan American Games.
Graebner was on the first U.S. Fed Cup team and attended California State University at Los Angeles.
After her playing career ended, Graebner has been a radio and television commentator and a vice president with Tennis Week magazine. She also has served in sales and administration with Sports Investors, Inc.
Graebner has served the United States Tennis Association (USTA) by chairing the Fed Cup Committee and being vice chair of the Wightman Cup Committee. She was the recipient of the USTA Service Bowl Award in 1989 and the Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award in 1991. She was named Eastern Tennis Association Woman of the Year in 1989.
[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | SF | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 |
| French Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | 4R | 2R | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 8 |
| United States | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | F | QF | A | 4R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 12 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 23 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
