Margaret Smith Court

Margaret Smith Court 1942-, Australian tennis player. Playing tennis from age eight, she rose to prominence in the early 1960s. Ranked first in world standings six times beginning in 1962, she retired in 1966, but returned to the game in 1968, and in 1970 became the second woman (Maureen Connolly was the first) to win the grand slam. In 1973 she lost a nationally televised match to Bobby Riggs , setting the stage for Riggs's match with Billie Jean King , which gave women's tennis greater prominence. She won her fifth U.S. Open championship that year.

Court, Margaret Smith (1942– ) Australian tennis player. She won more Grand Slam titles (62) than any other player in the history of women's tennis. Her singles titles include the US Open (1962, 1965, 1969–70, 1973), Wimbledon (1963, 1965, 1970), the Australian Open (1960–66 1969–71, 1973) and the French Open (1962, 1964, 1969–70, 1973). In 1970, Court became only the second woman (after Maureen Connolly) to complete the Grand Slam.