Louise Brough

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Althea Louise Brough Clapp (born March 11, 1923) was an American female tennis player who was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.

She was one of the greatest volleyers in history and won 13 Wimbledon titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles and 16 at the U.S. championships.

She was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1967.

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[edit] Grand Slam record

  • Wimbledon Championships
    • Singles champion: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955
    • Singles finalist: 1946, 1952, 1954
    • Women's Doubles champion: 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954
    • Women's Doubles finalist: 1947, 1951, 1952
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950
    • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1949, 1955
  • U.S. Championships
    • Singles champion: 1947
    • Singles finalist: 1942, 1943, 1948, 1954, 1957
    • Women's Doubles champion: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957
    • Women's Doubles finalist: 1952, 1953, 1954
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1942, 1947, 1948, 1949
    • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1946

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (6)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1947 U.S. Championships Margaret Osborne duPont 8-6, 4-6, 6-1
1948 Wimbledon Doris Hart 6-3, 8-6
1949 Wimbledon (2) Margaret Osborne duPont 10-8, 1-6, 10-8
1950 Australian Championships Doris Hart 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1950 Wimbledon (3) Margaret Osborne duPont 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
1955 Wimbledon (4) Beverly Fleitz 7-5, 8-6

[edit] Runner-ups (8)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1942 U.S. Championships Pauline Betz Addie 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
1943 U.S. Championships Pauline Betz Addie 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1946 Wimbledon Pauline Betz Addie 6-2, 6-4
1948 U.S. Championships Margaret Osborne duPont 4-6, 6-4, 15-13
1952 Wimbledon Maureen Connolly Brinker 6-4, 6-3
1954 Wimbledon Maureen Connolly Brinker 6-2, 7-5
1954 U.S. Championships Doris Hart 6-8, 6-1, 8-6
1957 U.S. Championships Althea Gibson 6-3, 6-2

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Career SR
Australian Championships A A NH NH NH NH NH A A A A W A A A A A A A A A 1 / 1
French Championships A NH R R R R A SF SF A 3R SF A A A A A A A A A 0 / 4
Wimbledon A NH NH NH NH NH NH F SF W W W SF F A F W SF QF A A 4 / 11
U.S. Championships 1R 1R 2R F F SF SF QF W F SF 3R A SF SF F 3R QF F QF QF 1 / 20
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 6 / 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.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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