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Maureen Connolly

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Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker (née Connolly; September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969) known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine Grand Slam singles titles in the early 1950s. [1]

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Alice Marble

Alice Marble (September 28, 1913 – December 13, 1990) was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships (1936–40): five in singles, six in women's doubles, and seven in mixed doubles.

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Amateur

An amateur (French amateur "lover of", from Old French and ultimately from Latin amatorem nom. amator, "lover") is generally considered a person who pursues a particular activity or field of study independently from their source of income.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Associated Press Athlete of the Year

The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP) in 1931.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Open

The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia.

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Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, (Baylor Dallas or BUMC) is a not-for-profit hospital in Dallas, Texas.

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Beryl Penrose

Beryl Penrose (born 22 December 1930) is an Australian former international tennis player.

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Biographical film

A biographical film, or biopic (abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people.

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Bobby Riggs

Robert Larimore Riggs (February 25, 1918 – October 25, 1995) was an American tennis champion who was the World No. 1 or the World co-No.

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Bone fracture

A bone fracture (sometimes abbreviated FRX or Fx, Fx, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of the bone.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is a person involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis.

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Don Budge

John Donald ("Don" or "Donnie") Budge (June 13, 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis player.

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Doris Hart

Doris Hart (June 20, 1925 – May 29, 2015) was a World No.

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Eleanor Tennant

Eleanor "Teach" Tennant (1895 – May 11, 1974) was an American tennis player and tennis coach notable for the being the first female player to turn professional.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

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Fibula

The fibula or calf bone is a leg bone located on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below.

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French Open

The French Open (Championnats Internationaux de France de Tennis), officially called Roland-Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France.

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Ginette Bucaille

Ginette Bucaille (née Jucker) is a female tennis player from France.

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Glynnis O'Connor

Glynnis O'Connor (born November 19, 1956) is an American actress of television, film, radio, and theater.

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Google News Archive

Google News Archive is an extension of Google News that provides free access to scanned archives of newspapers and links to other newspaper archives on the web, both free and paid.

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Grand Slam (tennis)

The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most important annual tennis events.

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Ham Richardson

Hamilton Farrar Richardson (August 24, 1933 – November 5, 2006) was an American tennis player, who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Harry Hopman

Henry Christian "Harry" Hopman CBE (12 August 1906 – 27 December 1985) was a world-acclaimed Australian tennis player and coach.

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International Tennis Hall of Fame

The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

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International Women's Sports Hall of Fame

This is a list of female sports athletes who have been inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame, which recognizes the athletic and coaching achievements of women.

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Jacqueline Patorni

Jacqueline Patorni (15 May 1917– 12 March 2002) was a French tennis player.

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Julia Sampson Hayward

Julia Ann Sampson Hayward (née Sampson; February 2, 1934 – December 27, 2011) was a female tennis player from the United States who was active in the 1950s.

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Lew Hoad

Lewis Alan Hoad (23 November 1934 – 3 July 1994) was an Australian World No. 1 tennis player.

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Little Mo (1978 film)

Little Mo is a 1978 biographical American television film telling the life story of Maureen Connolly Brinker (September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), the 1950s American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year, before an accident ended her tennis career at age 19.

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Louise Brough

Althea Louise Brough Clapp (née Brough; March 11, 1923 – February 3, 2014) was an American tennis player.

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Mary Hawton

Mary Renetta Hawton (née Bevis; 4 September 1924 – 18 January 1981) was a tennis player from Australia.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Melvin Belli

Melvin Mouron Belli (July 29, 1907 – July 9, 1996) was a prominent American lawyer known as "The King of Torts" and by insurance companies as "Melvin Bellicose." He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry, Muhammad Ali, The Rolling Stones, Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker, Martha Mitchell, Maureen Connolly, Lana Turner, Tony Curtis, and Mae West.

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Mervyn Rose

Mervyn Gordon Rose AM (23 January 1930 – 23 July 2017) was an Australian male tennis player who won 7 Grand Slam titles (singles, doubles and mixed doubles).

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Nell Hall Hopman

Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman (née Hall; 9 March 1909 – 10 January 1968) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s.

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New London, Connecticut

New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States.

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Norman E. Brinker

Norman Eugene Brinker (June 3, 1931 – June 9, 2009) was an American restaurateur who was responsible for the creation of new business concepts within the restaurant field, such as the salad bar.

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Ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is a cancer that forms in or on an ovary.

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Phil S. Gibson

Phil Sheridan Gibson (November 28, 1888 – April 28, 1984) was the 22nd Chief Justice of California for more than 24 years.

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Pittsburgh Press

The Pittsburgh Press (formerly known as The Pittsburg Press), published from 1884 to 1992, was a major afternoon daily newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.

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Plano, Texas

Plano is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located approximately twenty miles north of downtown Dallas.

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Rex Hartwig

Rex Noel Hartwig (born 2 September 1929) is an Australian former tennis player.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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Shirley Fry

Shirley June Fry Irvin (née Fry; born June 30, 1927) is a former world No.

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Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University (commonly referred to as SMU) is a private research university in metropolitan Dallas, with its main campus spanning portions of the town of Highland Park and the cities of University Park and Dallas.

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Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery

Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 7405 West Northwest Highway in North Dallas, Texas (USA).

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Stomach cancer

Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is cancer developing from the lining of the stomach.

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Supreme Court of California

The Supreme Court of California is the court of last resort in the courts of the State of California.

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Television film

A television film (also known as a TV movie, TV film, television movie, telefilm, telemovie, made-for-television movie, made-for-television film, direct-to-TV movie, direct-to-TV film, movie of the week, feature-length drama, single drama and original movie) is a feature-length motion picture that is produced for, and originally distributed by or to, a television network, in contrast to theatrical films, which are made explicitly for initial showing in movie theaters.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)

The Blade, also known as the Toledo Blade, is a daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, in the United States, first published on December 19, 1835.

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The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Union-Tribune is an American metropolitan daily newspaper, published in San Diego, California. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, The San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The name changed to U-T San Diego in 2012 but was changed again to The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015. In 2015, it was acquired by Tribune Publishing, later renamed tronc. In February 2018 it was announced to be sold, along with the Los Angeles Times, to Patrick Soon-Shiong's investment firm Nant Capital LLC for $500 million plus $90m in pension liabilities. The sale closed on June 18, 2018.

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United States Tennis Association

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States.

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US Open (tennis)

The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hard court tennis tournament.

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USS Missouri (BB-63)

USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is a United States Navy and was the third ship of the U.S. Navy to be named after the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Vic Seixas

Elias Victor Seixas Jr. (pronounced SAY-shus; born August 30, 1923) Los Angeles Times.

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Wightman Cup

The Wightman Cup was an annual team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 (except during World War II) between teams from the United States and Great Britain.

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1949 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

Second-seeded Margaret Osborne duPont defeated Doris Hart 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1949 U.S. National Championships.

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1950 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

First-seeded Margaret Osborne duPont defeated Doris Hart 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1950 U.S. National Championships.

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1951 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

Fourth-seeded Maureen Connolly defeated Shirley Fry 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1951 U.S. National Championships.

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1951 Wightman Cup

The 1951 Wightman Cup was the 23rd edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain.

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1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics (Kesäolympialaiset 1952; Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952.

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1952 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

The 1952 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York, United States.

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1952 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

First-seeded and defending champion Maureen Connolly defeated Doris Hart 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1952 U.S. National Championships.

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1952 Wightman Cup

The 1952 Wightman Cup was the 24th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain.

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1952 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Shirley Fry and Doris Hart successfully defended their title, defeating Louise Brough and Maureen Connolly in the final, 8–6, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships.

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1952 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Doris Hart was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Pat Todd.

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1953 Australian Championships

The 1953 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia from 9 January to 17 January.

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1953 Australian Championships – Women's Singles

Maureen Connolly defeated Julie Sampson 6-3, 6-2 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1953 Australian Championships.

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1953 French Championships (tennis)

The 1953 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France.

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1953 French Championships – Women's Singles

Maureen Connolly defeated Doris Hart 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1953 French Championships.

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1953 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

First-seeded Maureen Connolly defeated Doris Hart 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1953 U.S. National Championships.

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1953 Wightman Cup

The 1953 Wightman Cup was the 25th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain.

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1953 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Shirley Fry and Doris Hart successfully defended their title, defeating Maureen Connolly and Julia Sampson in the final, 6–0, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1953 Wimbledon Championships.

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1953 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Maureen Connolly successfully defended her title, defeating Doris Hart in the final, 8–6, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1953 Wimbledon Championships.

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1954 French Championships (tennis)

The 1954 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France.

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1954 French Championships – Women's Singles

Maureen Connolly defeated Ginette Bucaille 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1954 French Championships.

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1954 Wightman Cup

The 1954 Wightman Cup was the 26th edition of the annual competition between the United States and Great Britain.

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1954 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Maureen Connolly successfully defended her title, defeating Louise Brough in the final, 6–2, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1954 Wimbledon Championships.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Connolly

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