biography
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Connolly, Maureen (Catherine)
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nickname Little Mo
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1934–69)
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| biography:
| Tennis player, born in San Diego, California, USA. She won the US championship in 1951 at the age of 16, and thereafter lost only four matches in her career. She won the Wimbledon singles title (1952–4), the US title (1951–3), the French Open (1953–4), and the Australian title (1953), thus becoming the first woman to win all four major titles in the same year (1953). She married Norman Brinker in 1954, broke her leg in a riding accident the same year, and was forced to retire. She died of cancer. |
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