Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher

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Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher (born July 2, 1914 , † October 11, 1980 in Los Angeles ) was an American tennis player .

Life

Gracyn Weymouth Wheeler grew up in Santa Monica and played tennis in the local high school . From 1932 she studied at the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Los Angeles . She also attended the University of Southern California .

In 1932 she became national champion in junior doubles with Katherine Winthrop . In 1932 and 1933 she won the Oregon State Championships , 1933 the Canadian Lawn Tennis Championships in Vancouver and 1934 she was victorious at the Tri States Tennis Tournament in Cincinnati . From 1935 she took part in the US National Championships . Her best result there she reached in 1936 when she reached the quarterfinals against Alice Marble . But she beat them in the final at the Pacific Southwest Championships in Los Angeles that same year .

In 1938 and 1939 she undertook several months of tennis trips through Europe, during which she also achieved several tournament victories, for example in Rome in 1938. In 1938 she also took part in Wimbledon for the first time . In 1939 she won both singles and doubles with Thilde Dietz at the International German Indoor Tennis Championships in Bremen . At the International Tennis Championships in Germany , she secured the mixed competition with her compatriot Gene Smith . In Paris she played mixed with Bobby Riggs , otherwise a lot with Henner Henkel , including at Wimbledon .

In 1940 she married the tennis player and lawyer Robert J. Kelleher . They had two children, R. Jeffrey (* 1945) and Karen Kathleen. In 1947 she won the Canadian Lawn Tennis Championships again . In 1955 she traveled with her husband again to Wimbledon to take part in the mixed competition with him. With Mary Terán de Weiss , she also competed in the women's doubles, in which she was beaten in the first round by Inge Pohmann and Erika Vollmer .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to the Social Security Death Index
  2. ↑ According to the university register of 1932, available on Google books.
  3. ↑ Master list on www.ustagirlsnationals.com.
  4. ↑ List of winners on https://oregontennishistory.com
personal data
SURNAME Wheeler Kelleher, Gracyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wheeler, Gracyn Weymouth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1914
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1980
Place of death los Angeles