Zsuzsa Körmöczy
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Zsuzsa Körmöczy (August 25, 1924 - September 16, 2006) was a female tennis player from Hungary. She is best remembered for her singles title at the 1958 French Championships, reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1958, and being ranked second in the world at the end of 1958.
She retired from competition in 1964 to work as a coach for Vasas (the Ironworker Union's Sports Club) and act as the national tennis association's manager. After the fall of communism, she was decorated by new democratic governments in 1994 and 2003.
[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 - 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
French Championships | QF | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | QF | W | F | 3R | SF | 4R | 1R | 3R | 1 / 12 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 4R | A | 3R | QF | A | QF | 4R | 2R | SF | A | 2R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 13 |
U.S. Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 |
SR | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 26 |
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
Preceded by New Award |
Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 1958 |
Succeeded by Jenőné Pap |