Betz, Pauline
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Birthname | Pauline May Betz | ||||
born on | 6 August 1919 at 02:50 (= 02:50 AM ) | ||||
Place | Dayton, Ohio, 39n46, 84w12 | ||||
Timezone | CWT h5w (is war time) | ||||
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Biography
American tennis player and champion of the Wimbledon Women's Singles in 1946. She won five Grand Slam singles titles and was the runner-up on three other occasions.
She was ranked World No. 1 in 1946. She was the top ranked U.S. player from 1942 through 1944 and in 1946.
In 1949 Betz published an autobiography, Wings on my Tennis Shoes. That same year she married Bob Addie, a sportswriter for the Washington Times-Herald and Washington Post. The couple had five children, including poet and novelist Kim Addonizio, Rusty, Gary, Jon and Rick. Her granddaughter Aya Cash is an actress. Pauline Betz Addie died in her sleep on 31 May 2011, aged 91, in Potomac, Maryland.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Moran, Gussie (born 8 September 1923)
- lover relationship with Riggs, Bobby (born 25 February 1918). Notes: Dated
Events
- Work : Prize 1946 (Wimbledon Women's Singles championship)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1949 (Autobiography, "Wings on my Tennis Shoes")
- Relationship : Marriage 1949 (Bob Addie)
Source Notes
Frank C. Clifford quotes B.C., Data Plus July 1998
Categories
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Five)
- Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted
- Lifestyle : Work : Travel for work (International competitions)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 91)
- Vocation : Sports : Tennis (Singles pro and champion)
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
- Notable : Awards : Sports Championship (Wimbledon Women's Singles)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession (Tennis World No. 1)
Categories:
- 1919 births
- Birthday 6 August
- Birthplace Dayton, OH (US)
- Sun 12 Leo
- Moon 9 Sagittarius
- Asc 7 Cancer
- 2011 deaths
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3
- Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted
- Lifestyle : Work : Travel for work
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Sports : Tennis
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
- Notable : Awards : Sports Championship
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession