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Althea Louise Brough Clapp (March 11, 1923 – February 3, 2014) was an American tennis player, once ranked world no. 1.[1]
She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma but moved to Beverly Hills, California when she was four years old.[2]
Brough Clapp appeared in six singles finals at the U.S. Championships, but won only in 1947. She had a match point at 6–5 in the third set of the 1948 final against duPont.[1][3] She also had three match points in the 1954 final against Hart, the first at 5–4 in the third set and two more at 6–5 in that set.[1][4]
She was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1967.
Brough died at her home in Vista, California, on February 3, 2014, at the age of 90.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Billie Jean King with Cynthia Starr (1988). We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 65. ISBN 0-07-034625-9.
- ↑ Billie Jean King with Cynthia Starr (1988). We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 64. ISBN 0-07-034625-9.
- ↑ Billie Jean King with Cynthia Starr (1988). We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 67. ISBN 0-07-034625-9.
- ↑ Billie Jean King with Cynthia Starr (1988). We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 89. ISBN 0-07-034625-9.
- ↑ "Tennis Hall of Famer Louise Brough Clapp Dies at 90". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
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