Louise Brough Clapp Dies at 90

[Vensai]

Sadly, one of the great female tennis players has recently passed away. Hopefully her contributions to tennis will never be forgotten.

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/s...gh-clapp-tennis-champion-dies-at-90.html?_r=0

 

[BobbyOne]

Sadly, one of the great female tennis players has recently passed away. Hopefully her contributions to tennis will never be forgotten.

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/s...gh-clapp-tennis-champion-dies-at-90.html?_r=0

Vensai, Thanks. Yes, a great player. She won 35 Grand Slam tournaments thus being No.5 in the all-time list.

 

[Vensai]

Here's some articles on the former 35 Grand Slam champion:

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2014...uise-brough-clapp-dies-90/50527/#.UvV9EnmprwI

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/s...gh-clapp-tennis-champion-dies-at-90.html?_r=0

http://gantdaily.com/2014/02/06/former-world-no-1-tennis-player-louise-clapp-dead-at-90/

 

[winstonlim8]

I always wished that I could have seen more of her game than the very few videos at Youtube. And of course, her Doubles games with Margaret Osborne DuPont. They were both all court players who, together with Doris Hart, Pauline Betz, Shirley Fry and later, Maureen Connolly, ruled the courts across the continents for a whole generation.

 

[AngieB]

She accumulated quite a treasure trove of championships in spite of her missed opportunities in grand slam play during the 1940's because of World War 2. Lived quite a long life, as did Margaret. As well it should end.

AngieB

 

[kiki]

Her era is, like in the men´s tour, one of the hardest to play on.Marble,Dupont,Brought,Fry,Hart and Gibson with GOAT candidate Mo Connolly on top.

 

[Mustard]

R.I.P. Louise.

 

[PDJ]

It's nice to see the lady & her accomplishments honoured in this thread.