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Maureen Connolly

1934 - 1969

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maureen Connolly is the 93rd most popular tennis player (down from 78th in 2019), the 3,912th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,641st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Maureen Connolly ranks 93 out of 1,569. Before her are Karen Hantze Susman, Marat Safin, Andy Murray, Jannik Sinner, Sidney Wood, and Michael Chang. After her are Adriano Panatta, André Prévost, Maurice Germot, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Frank Parker, and William Clothier.

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Among people born in 1934, Maureen Connolly ranks 185. Before her are Eddie Fenech Adami, Robert D. Hare, Vernon Dobtcheff, George Hilton, Peter Berling, and Elgin Baylor. After her are Eva Mozes Kor, Steve Lacy, Fou Ts'ong, Giancarlo Baghetti, Lev Polugaevsky, and Luis Héctor Villalba. Among people deceased in 1969, Maureen Connolly ranks 103. Before her are John Wyndham, Eduardo Mondlane, Carlos Marighella, José María Arguedas, Johannes Dieckmann, and Nicolas Grunitzky. After her are Leonard Woolf, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Angelina Beloff, Ismail al-Azhari, Josef Beran, and Constantin Ion Parhon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maureen Connolly ranks 3,912 out of 20,380. Before her are Christopher Connelly (1941), Elgin Baylor (1934), Clyde Cessna (1879), James B. Donovan (1916), Walter Cronkite (1916), and Nadia Cassini (1949). After her are Richard Carlson (1912), Suzanne Somers (1946), Cecil Andrus (1931), Don Simpson (1943), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), and Steve Lacy (1934).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Maureen Connolly ranks 22. Before her are Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), Doris Hart (1925), Richard Sears (1861), Karen Hantze Susman (1942), Sidney Wood (1911), and Michael Chang (1972). After her are Frank Parker (1916), William Clothier (1881), William Larned (1872), Maurice McLoughlin (1890), Vincent Richards (1903), and Bobby Riggs (1918).

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