1. Pauline Betz Addie was an American professional tennis player.
16 Facts About Pauline Betz
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Pauline Betz won five Grand Slam singles titles and was the runner-up on three other occasions.
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Pauline Betz continued her tennis and education at Rollins College, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
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Pauline Betz won the Eastern Clay Court Championships in 1941 and won the Eastern Grass Court Championships that same year with a close win in the final against Sarah Palfrey Cooke.
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Pauline Betz won the Dixie International Championships three times.
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Pauline Betz defeated Louise Brough in a close final in both 1942 and 1943.
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Pauline Betz won the Wimbledon singles title in 1946, defeating Louise Brough in the final, the only time she entered the tournament, without losing a set.
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Pauline Betz was included in the year-end top 10 rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association from 1939 through 1946.
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Pauline Betz was the top ranked US player from 1942 through 1944 and in 1946.
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Pauline Betz played two professional tours of matches against Sarah Palfrey Cooke and Gussie Moran.
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Pauline Betz won the Cleveland Women's World Professional Championships in 1953,1955, and 1956, defeating Doris Hart, the reigning US champion, in the 1956 final.
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Pauline Betz died of complications related to Parkinson's disease on May 31,2011.
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Pauline Betz is buried with her husband Bob Addie in a double plot in St Gabriel Cemetery in Potomac, Maryland.
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On September 2,1946, Pauline Betz appeared on the cover of TIME magazine.
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Pauline Betz was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1965.
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In 1949, Pauline Betz published an autobiography titled Wings on my Tennis Shoes.