Zsuzsa Körmöczy

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The native form of this personal name is Körmöczy Zsuzsa. This article uses the Western name order.

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.

Contents 1 Grand Slam singles finals (2) 1.1 Win (1) 1.2 Runner-up (1) 2 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline 2.1 See also

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals (2)

[edit] Win (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1958	French Championships	Shirley Bloomer Brasher	6–4, 1–6, 6–2

[edit] Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1959	French Championships	Christine Truman Janes	6–4, 7–5

[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
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

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

Awards
Preceded by New Award	Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 1958	Succeeded by Jenőné Pap