Maureen Connolly
Sign in to saveAlso known as Maureen Catherine Connolly, Maureen Catherine Connolly Brinker, Muareen Connolly Brinker, Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker
American tennis player (1934-1969)
Key facts
- Full name
- Maureen Catherine Connolly
- Country sports
- United States
- Born
- ( 1934-09-17 ) September 17, 1934, San Diego , California, US
- Died
- June 21, 1969 (1969-06-21) (aged 34), Dallas , Texas, US
- Height
- 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
- Turned pro
- Amateur
- Retired
- February 1955 (age 20)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- College
- Southern Methodist University , (1964–196x)
- Int tennis hof
- 1968 ( member page )
- Official website
- mcbtennis.org
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (1952)
- Australian open
- W ( 1953 )
- French open
- W ( 1953 , 1954 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1952 , 1953 , 1954 )
- Us open
- W ( 1951 , 1952 , 1953 )
- Wightman cup
- ( 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maureen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Diego
- Place of death
- Dallas
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Educated at
- Southern Methodist University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- tennis
- Country for sport
- United States
- Official website
- mcbtennis.org/default.aspx
- Image
- Maureen Connolly 1953.jpg
- Height
- 1.65
Show 11 more facts
- competition won
- 1953 Wimbledon Championships – women's singles
- date of birth
- 1934-09-17
- date of death
- 1969-06-21
- cause of death
- ovarian cancer
- handedness
- right-handedness
- Commons category
- Maureen Connolly
- manner of death
- natural causes
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- head coach
- Harry Hopman
- end of work period
- 1955-02-00
- nickname
- Little Mo
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker (née Connolly; September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win a Grand Slam (all four major tournaments during the same calendar year). She is also the only player in history to win a title without losing a set at all four major championships. The following year, in July 1954, a horseback riding accident seriously injured her right leg and ended her competitive tennis career at age 19. She died of ovarian cancer at the age of 34.
Early years
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maureen Connolly” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.