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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. |
Wimbledon singles: 1952–54 |
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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| and Penn State Lehigh Valley), also a tennis coach, offers short profiles of the careers of 35 female tennis stars, including Suzanne Lenglen, Helen Wills Moody, Maureen Connolly, Althea Gibson, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, Venus and Serena Williams, and Justine Henin. Birmingham and Solihull Women's Aid's chief executive Maureen Connolly said: "We want to make sure that children living in refuges get the best support they can. John and Maureen Connolly of the Aisling Gallery brought in artist Vincent Crotty to help make the repairs. |
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