Darlene Hard

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Darlene Hard
Personal information
Date of birth January 6 1936 (1936-01-06) (age 73)
Place of birth Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of California.svg Los Angeles, CA
Medal record
Competitor for Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Women's Tennis
Pan American Games
Bronze 1963 São Paulo Singles
Gold 1963 São Paulo Doubles

Darlene Hard (born January 6, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was a tennis player known for her volleying ability and strong serves. She captured singles titles at the French Championships in 1960 and the U.S. Championships in 1960 and 1961.

With eight different partners, she won a total of 13 doubles titles in Grand Slam tournaments. Her last doubles title, at the age of 33 at the 1969 U.S. Open, came six years after she had retired from serious competition to become a tennis instructor. She was enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1973.

Hard once said, "I was the last of the amateurs. In our day, I won Forest Hills and got my airfare from New York to Los Angeles. Whoopee." But, she added, "I was happy. I loved it. I loved tennis."

She has worked for the University of Southern California since 1981.[1]

Contents

[edit] Grand Slam record

  • French Championships
    • Singles champion: 1960
    • Women's Doubles champion: 1955, 1957, 1960
    • Women's Doubles finalist: 1956, 1961
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1955, 1961
    • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1956
  • Wimbledon
    • Singles finalist: 1957, 1959
    • Women's Doubles champion: 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1957, 1959, 1960
    • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1963
  • U.S. Championships/Open
    • Singles champion: 1960, 1961
    • Singles finalist: 1958, 1962
    • Women's Doubles champion: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1969
    • Women's Doubles finalist: 1957, 1963
    • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1956, 1957, 1961

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (3)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1960 French Championships Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Yola Ramírez Ochoa 6-3, 6-4
1960 U.S. Championships Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Maria Bueno 6-4, 10-12, 6-4
1961 U.S. Championships Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ann Haydon Jones 6-3, 6-4

[edit] Runner-ups (4)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1957 Wimbledon Image:Flag of the United States.svg Althea Gibson 6-3, 6-2
1958 U.S. Championships Image:Flag of the United States.svg Althea Gibson 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
1959 Wimbledon Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Maria Bueno 6-4, 6-3
1962 U.S. Championships Image:Flag of Australia.svg Margaret Smith Court 9-7, 6-4

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 - 1968 1969 1970 Career SR
Australian Championships A A A A A A A A A QF A A A A 0 / 1
French Championships A A 2R 3R QF A A W 4R A 2R A A A 1 / 6
Wimbledon A A SF 3R F A F QF A QF SF A A A 0 / 7
United States 2R SF 3R QF SF F SF W W F QF A 2R 2R 2 / 13
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 3 / 27

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.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

fr:Darlene Hard nl:Darlene Hard ja:ダーリーン・ハード pl:Darlene Hard sv:Darlene Hard

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