HARD, DARLENE 21 GRAND SLAM TITLES 1955-69 ORIGINAL INK TENNIS AUTOGRAPH
Darlene
Hard (January
6th 1936 – December 2nd 2021) was an American former
amateur tennis player. Known for her volleying ability and strong serves, she
captured singles titles at the French Championships in 1960 and the U.S.
Championships in 1960 and 1961. With eight different partners, she won a total
of 13 women's doubles titles in Grand Slam tournaments. Her last doubles title,
at the age of 33 at the 1969 US Open, came six years after she had retired from
serious competition to become a tennis instructor. According to Lance Tingay of
the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Hard was ranked among the
top ten in the world from 1957 through 1963, reaching a career high of number 2
in those rankings in 1957, 1960, and 1961.
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