Pauline Betz
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | August 6, 1919 |
| Country |  United States |
| Grand Slam singles championships (5) | |
| Wimbledon | 1946 |
| U.S. Championships | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946 |
Pauline May Betz Addie (born August 6, 1919 in Dayton, Ohio) was an American female tennis player. She won five Grand Slam singles titles and was the runner-up on three other occasions. Jack Kramer has called her the second best female tennis player he ever saw, just behind Helen Wills Moody.
Addie won the Wimbledon singles title in 1946 without losing a set. Her amateur career ended when she explored the possibilities of turning professional.
Addie was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1965.
Addie attended Rollins College, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, at the same time as Kramer. She was married to sportswriter Bob Addie and is the mother of author Kim Addonizio.
The Pauline Betz Addie Tennis Center at Cabin John Regional Park in Potomac, Maryland was renamed in her honor on May 1, 2008. Addie, Allie Ritzenberg, and Stanley Hoffberger founded the center in 1972.
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[edit] Grand Slam record
- French Championships
- Singles finalist: 1946
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1946
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1946
- Wimbledon
- Singles champion: 1946
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1946
- U.S. Championships
- Singles champion: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946
- Singles finalist: 1941, 1945
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1941, 1943
[edit] Grand Slam singles finals
[edit] Wins (5)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1942 | U.S. Championships |  Louise Brough Clapp |
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1943 | U.S. Championships (2) | Louise Brough Clapp |
6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 1944 | U.S. Championships (3) | Margaret Osborne duPont |
6–3, 8–6 |
| 1946 | Wimbledon | Louise Brough Clapp |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 1946 | U.S. Championships (4) | Doris Hart |
11–9, 6–3 |
[edit] Runner-ups (3)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1941 | U.S. Championships | Sarah Palfrey Cooke |
7–5, 6–2 |
| 1945 | U.S. Championships | Sarah Palfrey Cooke |
3–6,, 8–6, 6–4 |
| 1946 | French Championships | Margaret Osborne duPont |
1–6, 8–6, 7–5 |
[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Championships | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | 0 / 0 |
| French Championships | A | NH | R | R | R | R | A | F | 0 / 1 |
| Wimbledon | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | W | 1 / 1 |
| U.S. Championships | 1R | QF | F | W | W | W | F | W | 4 / 8 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 3 | 5 / 10 |
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
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