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Maria Bueno

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Also known as Maria Esther Andion Bueno, Maria Esther Bueno

Brazilian tennis player (1939-2018)

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Maria Bueno was a Brazilian tennis player who competed professionally from 1950 to 1977. Born in São Paulo on October 11, 1939, she was a right-handed player who represented Brazil in the Billie Jean King Cup. She won the women's singles titles at the U.S. National Championships in 1959, 1963, 1964, and 1966. Her accolades include the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the Associated Press Athlete of the Year award.

Bueno resided in São Paulo, where she died of natural causes on June 8, 2018. Her official website is mariabueno.org.

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Type
Person
Country
DO
Active from
1963-09-06

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Listeners
30
Total plays
284

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Key facts

Full name
Maria Esther Andion Bueno
Country sports
Brazil
Born
( 1939-10-11 ) 11 October 1939, São Paulo , Brazil
Died
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08) (aged 78), São Paulo, Brazil
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int tennis hof
1978 ( member page )
Official website
www.mariabueno.org
Career record
652–168 (80%)
Highest ranking
No. 1 (1959)
Australian open
F ( 1965 )
French open
F ( 1964 )
Wimbledon
W ( 1959 , 1960 , 1964 )
Us open
W ( 1959 , 1963 , 1964 , 1966 )

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Sports profile

Sport
Tennis
Team
_Deceased Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
Brazil

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Official website

Home

Home page of Maria Bueno's official website for the definitive story of a great tennis champion. Follow her on-court success and her fashion triumphs.

mariabueno.org

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Maria
Gender
female
Citizenship
Brazil
Place of birth
São Paulo
Place of death
São Paulo
Occupation
tennis player
Languages spoken
Portuguese
Sport
tennis
Country for sport
Brazil
Official website
www.mariabueno.org
Image
Maria Bueno 2016.jpg
Residence
São Paulo
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date of birth
1939-10-11
playing hand
right-handedness
Commons category
Maria Esther Bueno
date of death
2018-06-08
doubles record
0–0
manner of death
natural causes
end of work period
1977-00-00
start of work period
1950-00-00
singles record
0–0
name in native language
Maria Esther Andion Bueno
place of burial
Consolação Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview

Maria Esther Andion Bueno (11 October 1939 – 8 June 2018) was a Brazilian professional tennis player. During her 11-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, she won 19 major titles (seven in women's singles, 11 in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles), making her the most successful South American tennis player in history and the only one ever to win Wimbledon in singles. Bueno was the year-end No. 1 female player in 1959 and 1960 and was known for her graceful style of play, that earned her the nickname "tennis ballerina".

In 1960, Bueno became the first woman to win the Grand Slam in doubles (all four majors in a year), three of them partnering Darlene Hard and one with Christine Truman.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maria Bueno” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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