Court, Margaret Smith

Court, Margaret Smith
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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