Darlene Hard
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Darlene Hard (born January 6, 1936 in Los Angeles, California) 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 14 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.
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."
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[edit] Grand Slam record
- Australian Championships
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1962
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1962
- 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 finalist: 1956
- Wimbledon
- Singles finalist: 1957, 1959
- Women's Doubles champion: 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963
- 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
- Tennis
- Sports
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
[edit] External links
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