COURT, MARGARET SMITH


Meaning of COURT, MARGARET SMITH in English

orig. Margaret Smith

born July 16, 1942, Albury, N.S.W., Austl.

Australian tennis player.

She dominated women's tennis in the 1960s, winning 66 grand-slam championships in her career, more than any other person. In 1970 she became the second woman (after Maureen Connolly ) to win the grand-slam (the Wimbledon, U.S., Australian, and French singles titles). In 1963, with fellow Australian Kenneth Fletcher, she became the only player to achieve the grand-slam in doubles as well as singles.

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