Margaret Osborne duPont

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Margaret Evelyn Osborne duPont (born on March 4, 1918, in Joseph, Oregon, United States) is a former American female tennis player.

DuPont won a total of 37 singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, which places her fourth on the all-time list despite never entering the Australian Championships. She won 25 of her Grand Slam titles at the U.S. Championships.

DuPont teamed with Louise Brough Clapp to win 20 Grand Slam women's doubles titles. They won nine consecutive titles at the U.S. Championships from 1942 through 1950. They won that tournament 12 of the 14 years they entered as a team.

DuPont was ranked in the U.S. top 10 (seventh) for the first time in 1938. Her last U.S. top 10 ranking (fifth) was in 1958. Over that 21 year period, she was ranked in the U.S. top 10 fourteen times.

DuPont was undefeated in ten Wightman Cup competitions, winning her ten singles and nine doubles matches. She also captained the U.S. team nine times, winning eight.

DuPont married William duPont in 1947 and later interrupted her career to give birth to a son. She was one of the few women to win a major title after childbirth.

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

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[edit] Grand Slam record

  • French Championships (5)
    • Singles champion (2): 1946, 1949
    • Women's Doubles champion (3): 1946, 1947, 1949
    • Women's Doubles finalist: 1950
  • Wimbledon (7)
    • Singles champion: 1947
    • Singles finalist (2): 1949, 1950
    • Women's Doubles champion (5): 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954
    • Women's Doubles finalist (3): 1947, 1951, 1958
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1962
    • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1954
  • U.S. Championships (25)
    • Singles champion (3): 1948, 1949, 1950
    • Singles finalist (2): 1944, 1947
    • Women's Doubles champion (13): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957
    • Women's Doubles finalist (2): 1953, 1954
    • Mixed Doubles champion (9): 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960
    • Mixed Doubles finalist (3): 1948, 1949, 1954

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (6)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1946 French Championships Pauline Betz Addie 1-6, 8-6, 7-5
1947 Wimbledon Doris Hart 6-2, 6-4
1948 U.S. Championships Louise Brough Clapp 4-6, 6-4, 15-13
1949 French Championships (2) Nelly Adamson-Landry 7-5, 6-2
1949 U.S. Championships (2) Doris Hart 6-3, 6-1
1950 U.S. Championships (3) Doris Hart 6-4, 6-3

[edit] Runner-ups (4)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1944 U.S. Championships Pauline Betz Addie 6-3, 8-6
1947 U.S. Championships Louise Brough Clapp 8-6, 4-6, 6-1
1949 Wimbledon Louise Brough Clapp 10-8, 1-6, 10-8
1950 Wimbledon Louise Brough Clapp 6-1, 3-6, 6-1

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 Career SR
Australia A A A NH NH NH NH NH A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
France A A NH R R R R A W SF A W QF SF A A A A A A A A A A A 2 / 5
Wimbledon A A NH NH NH NH NH NH SF W SF F F QF A A QF A A A QF A A A 1R 1 / 9
United States 2R A 3R SF SF QF F QF QF F W W W A A QF 3R A QF A 3R A 1R A A 3 / 17
SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 6 / 31

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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