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| '''Althea Louise Brough Clapp''' (born |
'''Althea Louise Brough Clapp''' (born March 11, 1923) was an American female tennis player who was born in ], United States. | ||
| She was one of the greatest volleyers in history and won 13 Wimbledon titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles and 16 at the U.S. championships. | She was one of the greatest volleyers in history and won 13 Wimbledon titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles and 16 at the U.S. championships. | ||
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Althea Louise Brough Clapp (born March 11, 1923) was an American female tennis player who was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
She was one of the greatest volleyers in history and won 13 Wimbledon titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles and 16 at the U.S. championships.
She was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1967.
Grand Slam record
- Australian championships
- Singles champion: 1950
- Women's Doubles champion: 1950
- French Championships
- Women's Doubles champion: 1946, 1947, 1949
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1950
- Wimbledon
- Singles champion: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955
- Singles finalist: 1946, 1952, 1954
- Women's Doubles champion: 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1947, 1951, 1952
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1949, 1955
- U.S. Championships
- Singles champion: 1947
- Singles finalist: 1942, 1943, 1948, 1954, 1957
- Women's Doubles champion: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1952, 1953, 1954
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1942, 1947, 1948, 1949
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1946
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (6)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1947 | U.S. Championships |  Margaret Osborne duPont |
8–6, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1948 | Wimbledon | Doris Hart |
6–3, 8–6 |
| 1949 | Wimbledon (2) | Margaret Osborne duPont |
10–8, 1–6, 10–8 |
| 1950 | Australian Championships | Doris Hart |
6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1950 | Wimbledon (3) | Margaret Osborne duPont |
6–1, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 1955 | Wimbledon (4) | Beverly Fleitz |
7–5, 8–6 |
Runner-ups (8)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1942 | U.S. Championships | Pauline Betz Addie |
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1943 | U.S. Championships | Pauline Betz Addie |
6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 1946 | Wimbledon | Pauline Betz Addie |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 1948 | U.S. Championships | Margaret Osborne duPont |
4–6, 6–4, 15–13 |
| 1952 | Wimbledon | Maureen Connolly Brinker |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 1954 | Wimbledon | Maureen Connolly Brinker |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 1954 | U.S. Championships | Doris Hart |
6–8, 6–1, 8–6 |
| 1957 | U.S. Championships | Althea Gibson |
6–3, 6–2 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Championships | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 1 |
| French Championships | A | NH | R | R | R | R | A | SF | SF | A | 3R | SF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 |
| Wimbledon | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | F | SF | W | W | W | SF | F | A | F | W | SF | QF | A | A | 4 / 11 |
| U.S. Championships | 1R | 1R | 2R | F | F | SF | SF | QF | W | F | SF | 3R | A | SF | SF | F | 3R | QF | F | QF | QF | 1 / 20 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 6 / 36 |
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.