LOUISE BROUGH

'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.

Contents

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (6)

Runner-ups (8)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

See also

External links

Grand Slam record

★ Australian championships

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★ 'Singles champion': '1950'

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★ 'Women's Doubles champion': '1950'

★ French Championships

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★ 'Women's Doubles champion': '1946', '1947', '1949'

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★ Women's Doubles finalist: 1950

★ Wimbledon

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★ 'Singles champion': '1948', '1949', '1950', '1955'

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★ Singles finalist: 1946, 1952, 1954

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★ 'Women's Doubles champion': '1946', '1948', '1949', '1950', '1954'

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★ Women's Doubles finalist: 1947, 1951, 1952

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★ 'Mixed Doubles champion': '1946', '1947', '1948', '1950'

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★ Mixed Doubles finalist: 1949, 1955

★ U.S. Championships

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★ 'Singles champion': '1947'

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★ Singles finalist: 1942, 1943, 1948, 1954, 1957

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★ 'Women's Doubles champion': '1942', '1943', '1944', '1945', '1946', '1947', '1948', '1949', '1950', '1955', '1956', '1957'

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★ Women's Doubles finalist: 1952, 1953, 1954

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★ 'Mixed Doubles champion': '1942', '1947', '1948', '1949'

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★ 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.

See also

★ Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

External links

★ International Tennis Hall of Fame profile (Class of 1967)