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Connolly, Maureen
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Connolly, Maureen (Catherine) (1934–1969)

US tennis player, nicknamed ‘Little Mo’ because she was just 157 cm/5 ft 2 in tall. In 1953 she became the first woman to win in the same year the four major championships that comprise the Grand Slam of tennis: the US, Australian, British, and French titles.

Career highlights

Wimbledon

singles: 1952–54

US Open

singles: 1951–53

French Open

singles: 1953–54; doubles: 1954 mixed: 1954

Australian Open

singles: 1953; doubles: 1953

All her singles titles (won at nine major championships) and her Grand Slam titles were won between 1951 and 1954. She also represented the USA in the Wightman Cup. Her career ended in 1954 after a riding accident.



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