Hart, Doris (1925–)

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Hart, Doris (1925–)

American tennis player. Born Doris J. Hart, June 1925, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Won Australian singles title (1949); won French Open singles title (1950, 1952); won French Open doubles championship with P.C. Todd (1948) and with Shirley Fry (1950–53); won singles championship at Wimbledon (1951); won US Open (1954, 1955); won US Open doubles championships with Shirley Fry (1951, 1954); won US Open mixed doubles with Frank Sedgman (1951–52), and with Vic Seixas (1953−55); won Italian singles (1951, 1953); won South African singles and doubles (1952).

See also Women in World History.

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