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''' Margaret Evelyn Osborne duPont ''' (born March 4, 1918) is a former American ]. ''' Margaret Evelyn Osborne duPont ''' (born ], ]) is a former American ].


DuPont won a total of 37 singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles ] titles, which places her fourth on the all-time list despite never entering the ]. She won 25 of her Grand Slam titles at the ], which is an all-time record. DuPont won a total of 37 singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles ] titles, which places her fourth on the all-time list despite never entering the ]. She won 25 of her Grand Slam titles at the ], which is an all-time record.


==Career== ==Career==
DuPont won 6 Grand Slam singles titles, saving match points in the finals of the 1946 ] (versus ]) and 1948 U.S. Championships (versus ]). In terms of games played, the 1948 final at the U.S. Championships is the longest women's singles final ever played at that tournament (48 games). DuPont won 6 Grand Slam singles titles, saving match points in the finals of the 1946 ] (versus ]) and 1948 U.S. Championships (versus ]). In terms of games played, the 1948 final at the U.S. Championships is the longest women's singles final ever played at that tournament (48 games).


DuPont teamed with Brough Clapp to win 20 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, which ties ] and ] for the most Grand Slam titles ever won by a women's doubles team. DuPont and Brough Clapp won nine consecutive titles at the U.S. Championships from 1942 through 1950. They won that tournament 12 of the 14 years they entered as a team. Their 12 titles is an all-time record for a women's doubles team at the U.S. Championships, easily surpassing the four career titles won by the teams of Navratilova and Shriver, ] and ], and ] and ]. DuPont won a total of 13 women's doubles titles at the U.S. Championships, which also is an all-time record, as is her 10 consecutive women's doubles titles at the U.S. Championships from 1941 through 1950. DuPont teamed with Brough Clapp to win 20 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, which ties ] and ] for the most Grand Slam titles ever won by a women's doubles team. DuPont and Brough Clapp won nine consecutive titles at the U.S. Championships from 1942 through 1950. They won that tournament 12 of the 14 years they entered as a team. Their 12 titles is an all-time record for a women's doubles team at the U.S. Championships, easily surpassing the four career titles won by the teams of Navratilova and Shriver, ] and ], and ] and ]. DuPont won a total of 13 women's doubles titles at the U.S. Championships, which also is an all-time record, as is her 10 consecutive women's doubles titles at the U.S. Championships from 1941 through 1950.


DuPont won more mixed doubles titles at the U.S. Championships than any other player. She won nine titles, including four with ] (a record for a mixed doubles team at the U.S. Championships) and three with ]. DuPont was ranked in the U.S. top 10 (seventh) for the first time in 1938. Her last U.S. top 10 ranking (fifth) was in 1958. Over that 21 year period, she was ranked in the U.S. top 10 fourteen times and went undefeated in ten ] competitions, winning her ten singles and nine doubles matches. She also captained the U.S. team nine times, winning eight. DuPont won more mixed doubles titles at the U.S. Championships than any other player. She won nine titles, including four with ] (a record for a mixed doubles team at the U.S. Championships) and three with ].
DuPont was ranked in the U.S. top 10 (seventh) for the first time in 1938. Her last U.S. top 10 ranking (fifth) was in 1958. Over that 21 year period, she was ranked in the U.S. top 10 fourteen times and went undefeated in ten ] competitions, winning her ten singles and nine doubles matches. She also captained the U.S. team nine times, winning eight.


DuPont married ] in 1947 and later interrupted her career to give birth to a son. She was one of the few women to win a major title after childbirth but never played the Australian Championships because her husband would not let her. "They didn't start to invite people down there and pay their expenses until I got married, and that was wintertime and Will's vacation time, and I just never got to go. He threatened to divorce me if I went to Australia, so I never went. He had that respiratory trouble, and he wanted me to come to California with him. He thought I should be with him. That was that."<ref>{{cite book |author=] with Cynthia Starr |title=We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=1988 |pages= 70|isbn=0-07-034625-9 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref> DuPont married ] in 1947 and later interrupted her career to give birth to a son. She was one of the few women to win a major title after childbirth but never played the Australian Championships because her husband would not let her. "They didn't start to invite people down there and pay their expenses until I got married, and that was wintertime and Will's vacation time, and I just never got to go. He threatened to divorce me if I went to Australia, so I never went. He had that respiratory trouble, and he wanted me to come to California with him. He thought I should be with him. That was that."<ref>{{cite book |author=] with Cynthia Starr |title=We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=1988 |pages= 70|isbn=0-07-034625-9 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref>
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Revision as of 08:44, 16 October 2008

Margaret Evelyn Osborne duPont
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-03-04) March 4, 1918 (age 106)
Place of birth Oregon Joseph, Oregon, United States
Grand Slam singles championships (6)
French Championships 1946, 1949
Wimbledon 1947
U.S. Championships 1948, 1949, 1950

Margaret Evelyn Osborne duPont (born March 4, 1918) is a former American female tennis player.

DuPont won a total of 37 singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, which places her fourth on the all-time list despite never entering the Australian Championships. She won 25 of her Grand Slam titles at the U.S. Championships, which is an all-time record.

Career

DuPont won 6 Grand Slam singles titles, saving match points in the finals of the 1946 French Championships (versus Pauline Betz Addie) and 1948 U.S. Championships (versus Louise Brough Clapp). In terms of games played, the 1948 final at the U.S. Championships is the longest women's singles final ever played at that tournament (48 games).

DuPont teamed with Brough Clapp to win 20 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, which ties Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver for the most Grand Slam titles ever won by a women's doubles team. DuPont and Brough Clapp won nine consecutive titles at the U.S. Championships from 1942 through 1950. They won that tournament 12 of the 14 years they entered as a team. Their 12 titles is an all-time record for a women's doubles team at the U.S. Championships, easily surpassing the four career titles won by the teams of Navratilova and Shriver, Doris Hart and Shirley Fry Irvin, and Sarah Palfrey Cooke and Alice Marble. DuPont won a total of 13 women's doubles titles at the U.S. Championships, which also is an all-time record, as is her 10 consecutive women's doubles titles at the U.S. Championships from 1941 through 1950.

DuPont won more mixed doubles titles at the U.S. Championships than any other player. She won nine titles, including four with William Talbert (a record for a mixed doubles team at the U.S. Championships) and three with Neale Fraser.

DuPont was ranked in the U.S. top 10 (seventh) for the first time in 1938. Her last U.S. top 10 ranking (fifth) was in 1958. Over that 21 year period, she was ranked in the U.S. top 10 fourteen times and went undefeated in ten Wightman Cup competitions, winning her ten singles and nine doubles matches. She also captained the U.S. team nine times, winning eight.

DuPont married William duPont in 1947 and later interrupted her career to give birth to a son. She was one of the few women to win a major title after childbirth but never played the Australian Championships because her husband would not let her. "They didn't start to invite people down there and pay their expenses until I got married, and that was wintertime and Will's vacation time, and I just never got to go. He threatened to divorce me if I went to Australia, so I never went. He had that respiratory trouble, and he wanted me to come to California with him. He thought I should be with him. That was that."

She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1967.

Grand Slam record

  • French Championships (5)
    • Singles champion (2): 1946, 1949
    • Women's Doubles champion (3): 1946, 1947, 1949
    • Women's Doubles runner-up: 1950
  • Wimbledon (7)
    • Singles champion: 1947
    • Singles runner-up (2): 1949, 1950
    • Women's Doubles champion (5): 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954
    • Women's Doubles runner-up (3): 1947, 1951, 1958
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1962
    • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1954
  • U.S. Championships (25)
    • Singles champion (3): 1948, 1949, 1950
    • Singles runner-up (2): 1944, 1947
    • Women's Doubles champion (13): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957
    • Women's Doubles runner-up (2): 1953, 1954
    • Mixed Doubles champion (9): 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960
    • Mixed Doubles runner-up (3): 1948, 1949, 1954

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (6)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1946 French Championships Pauline Betz Addie 1–6, 8–6, 7–5
1947 Wimbledon Doris Hart 6–2, 6–4
1948 U.S. Championships Louise Brough Clapp 4–6, 6–4, 15–13
1949 French Championships (2) Nelly Adamson-Landry 7–5, 6–2
1949 U.S. Championships (2) Doris Hart 6–3, 6–1
1950 U.S. Championships (3) Doris Hart 6–4, 6–3

Runner-ups (4)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1944 U.S. Championships Pauline Betz Addie 6–3, 8–6
1947 U.S. Championships Louise Brough Clapp 8–6, 4–6, 6–1
1949 Wimbledon Louise Brough Clapp 10–8, 1–6, 10–8
1950 Wimbledon Louise Brough Clapp 6–1, 3–6, 6–1

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 Career SR
Australia A A A NH NH NH NH NH A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
France A A NH R R R R A W SF A W QF SF A A A A A A A A A A A 2 / 5
Wimbledon A A NH NH NH NH NH NH SF W SF F F QF A A QF A A A QF A A A 1R 1 / 9
United States 2R A 3R SF SF QF F QF QF F W W W A A QF 3R A QF A 3R A 1R A A 3 / 17
SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 6 / 31

NH = tournament not held.

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

See also

External links

References

  1. Billie Jean King with Cynthia Starr (1988). We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 70. ISBN 0-07-034625-9.
Wimbledon women's singles champions
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Wimbledon mixed doubles champions
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