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Pauline Betz Addie (née Pauline May Betz, August 6, 1919 – May 31, 2011) was an American professional tennis player. She won five Grand Slam singles titles and was the runner-up on three other occasions. Jack Kramer called her the second best female tennis player he ever saw, behind Helen Wills Moody. [2]
Aug 29, 2023 · Pauline Betz played a significant role in making future generations of female players realize what might be possible, decades before women received equal prize at the 1973 US Open.
Jun 2, 2011 · June 2, 2011. Pauline Betz Addie, a dominant American tennis champion who at the height of her amateur career was abruptly barred from the sport in 1947 because she had openly considered...
Oct 8, 2022 · Pauline Betz [USA] Born: 6 August 1919. Died: 31 May 2011. Career: 1938-51. Played: Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Peak rank: 1 (1946) Peak Elo rating: 2,226 (1st place, 1947) Major singles titles: 5. Total singles titles: 70. * * * United States tennis emerged from World War II in remarkably good shape.
Aug 30, 2024 · Pauline Betz was one of the greatest midcentury women tennis players. In her victory at Wimbledon, the only time she competed in the tournament, she won every match in straight sets.
Betz played briefly on the Wightman Cup team in 1946, going 3-0. In 1939 Betz became the first female awarded a tennis scholarship from Florida-based Rollins College, and in a fascinating historical tidbit, she played No. 4 on the men’s team with Jack Kramer holding down the No.1 position.
Jul 11, 2024 · The Pauline Betz Addie Cup for senior women, 40 and over, is appropriately named in honor of one of the greatest tennis players of our time. The first U.S. senior women’s cup competition was the idea of Carol Bentley of the Middle Atlantic team.
BETZ, Pauline May. (b. 6 August 1919 in Dayton, Ohio), renowned tennis star during World War II who won the U.S. Championship in 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1946 and the 1946 Wimbledon Championship. Betz's family moved from Dayton to Los Angeles when she was eight years old, and she grew up in a climate that enabled her to play sports year-round.
Pauline Betz Addie (b.1919), four-time U.S. singles champion in the 1940’s, was renowned for her peerless backhand and ‘killer instinct’. When international play resumed after World War II, Betz became one of a handful of champions to win on her first try at Wimbledon in 1946.
Aug 27, 2024 · The US Open Court of Champions—which celebrates the greatest singles titlists in the history of the tournament—welcomes Pauline Betz Addie to its prestigious fraternity at the 2024 US Open.
