Anita Lizana

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Anita Lizana de Ellis (November 19, 1915 in Santiago - August 21, 1994) was a tennis player from Chile and the first Latin American female to win a Grand Slam singles championship. She won the U.S. Championships in 1937, defeating Jadwiga Jedrzejowska of Poland in the final 6–4, 6–2.

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941 - 1944	1945	1946	1947	Career SR
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	NH	A	A	0 / 0
French Championships	3R	A	A	A	A	NH	R	A	A	A	0 / 1
Wimbledon	3R	QF	QF	2R	2R	NH	NH	NH	A	2R	0 / 6
U.S. Championships	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 1
SR	0 / 2	0 / 1	1 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 8

NH = not held

R = 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

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

[edit] External links

• Tennischile.com (Spanish site: her basic biography)