Rosemary "Rosie" Casals was born on September 16,1948 and is an American former professional tennis player.
22 Facts About Rosemary Casals
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Rosemary Casals was born in 1948 in San Francisco, to poor parents who had immigrated to the United States from El Salvador.
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Less than a year after Rosemary Casals was born, her parents decided they could not care for her and her older sister, Victoria.
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Rosemary Casals became the only coach Casals would ever have.
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Rosemary Casals was the teacher of many ranking junior players, including Jeoff Brown, national junior doubles champ, and others at Arden Hills club, Sacramento, California, where Mark Spitz trained.
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Rosemary Casals used a continental forehand like he did, with the power in it that all his students had, using the "racket back, step, and hit" method.
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Rosemary Casals hated the tradition of younger players competing only against each other on the junior circuit.
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Junior tennis was the first of several obstacles Rosemary Casals faced during her tennis career.
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Unfamiliarity with country club manners made Rosemary Casals feel different from the other players.
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Rosemary Casals believed in working hard to perfect her game and expected the crowd to show its appreciation for her extra efforts.
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The frustrations Rosemary Casals endured due to her size and background affected her playing style.
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Rosemary Casals was a successful individual player, ranking third among US women during this period.
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Rosemary Casals soon became involved in another innovation: World Team Tennis.
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Rosemary Casals later played for the St Louis Eagles in 1984, the Chicago Fyre in 1985, the Miami Beach Breakers in 1986, and the Fresno Sun-Nets in 1988.
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Rosemary Casals won 112 professional doubles tournaments, the second most in history behind Martina Navratilova.
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Rosemary Casals played in a total of 685 singles and doubles tournaments during her career.
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Together with Billie Jean King, Rosemary Casals challenged the large difference in prize monies awarded to male and female players.
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Rosemary Casals underwent knee surgery in 1978 and was forced to change career directions.
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Rosemary Casals began the Midnight Productions television company and has broadened her own sporting activities to include golf.
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Rosemary Casals was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Rosemary Casals's wife is former WTA Tour trainer Connie Spooner.
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Rosemary Casals was originally seeded 14th for the 1978 Wimbledon Championships, but a knee injury forced her withdrawal before the draw was made.