.jpg) Louise Brough in 1948 | |
| Full name | Althea Louise Brough |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Born | March 11, 1923 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Died | February 3, 2014 (aged 90) Vista, California |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Retired | 1959 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1967 (member page) (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 614-134 (82.10%) |
| Career titles | 59 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1955, Lance Tingay)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1950) |
| French Open | SF (1946, 1947, 1950) |
| Wimbledon | W (1948, 1949, 1950, 1955) |
| US Open | W (1947) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1946) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1950) |
| French Open | W (1946, 1947, 1949) |
| Wimbledon | W (1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954) |
| US Open | W (1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | W (1946, 1947, 1948, 1950) |
| US Open | W (1942, 1947, 1948, 1949) |
| Team competitions | |
| Wightman Cup | W (1946, 1947, 1948, 1950) |
Althea Louise Brough Clapp (née Brough; March 11, 1923 – February 3, 2014) was an American tennis player. In her career between 1939 and 1959, she won six Grand Slam titles in singles as well as numerous doubles and mixed-doubles titles. At the end of the 1955 tennis season, Lance Tingay of the London Daily Telegraph ranked her world No. 1 for the year.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702–3. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.