Maria Bueno

Maria Bueno

Maria Esther Andion Bueno (born October 11, 1939 in São Paulo ; † June 8, 2018 there ) was a Brazilian tennis player .

Career

Grand Slam winner in tennis

year	Tennis player	competition
1938	Don Budge	Men's singles
1951	Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman	Men's doubles
1953	Maureen Connolly	Ladies singles
1960	Maria Bueno with various partners	Ladies doubles
1962	Rod Laver	Men's singles
1963	Margaret Smith Ken Fletcher	Mixed
1965	Margaret Smith with various partners	Mixed
1967	Owen Davidson with various partners	Mixed
1969	Rod Laver	Men's singles
1970	Margaret Court	Ladies singles
1984	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Ladies doubles
1988	Steffi Graf	Ladies singles
1998	Martina Hingis with various partners	Ladies doubles
 with various partners   Golden Slam

Maria Bueno (2016)

Bueno started playing tennis at an early age and won her first tournament at the age of 12 without having previously taken part in regular tennis training. At the age of 14 she became the Brazilian champion. In 1958 she won her first major tournament in singles with the Italian Open and her first grand slam title in doubles with Althea Gibson . The next year she won her first individual title at Wimbledon when she defeated the American Darlene Hard 6: 4 and 6: 3. After that, she also won the US Open and became number 1 in women's tennis. That same year she was honored with the Associated Press' Athlete of the Year award .

Maria Bueno was number 1 in 1959, 1960, 1964 and 1966. During this time she won the title at Wimbledon three times and the US Open four times. She was also in the finals of the Australian Open and the French Open . She lost both finals to Margaret Smith , her greatest rival in those years.

In 1960 she won the Grand Slam in doubles . In 1978 Maria Bueno was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

She died at 78 in a hospital in her hometown of São Paulo from the effects of cancer . She was posthumously awarded the Diploma Bertha Lutz in 2019 .

Others

The main square of the Centro Olímpico de Tênis in Rio de Janeiro is named after her.

Grand Slam title

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	1959	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Darlene Hard	6: 4, 6: 3
2.	1959	US National Championships	Grand Slam	race	Christine Truman	6: 1, 6: 4
3.	1960	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Sandra Reynolds	8: 6, 6: 0
4th	1963	US National Championships	Grand Slam	race	Margaret Smith	7: 5, 6: 4
5.	1964	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Margaret Smith	6: 4, 7: 9, 6: 3
6th	1964	US National Championships	Grand Slam	race	Carole Caldwell Graebner	6: 1, 6: 0
7th	1966	US National Championships	Grand Slam	race	Nancy Richey	6: 3, 6: 1

Double

No.	year	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	1958	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Althea Gibson	Margaret du Pont Margaret Varner	6: 3, 7: 5
2.	1960	Australian Championships	Grand Slam	race	Christine Truman	Lorraine Robinson Margaret Smith	6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 2
3.	1960	International French tennis championships	Grand Slam	sand	Darlene Hard	Pat Ward Hales Ann Haydon	6: 2, 7: 5
4th	1960	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Darlene Hard	Sandra Reynolds Renée Schuurman	6: 4, 6: 0
5.	1960	US National Championships	Grand Slam	race	Darlene Hard	Ann Haydon Deidre Catt	6: 1, 6: 1
6th	1962	US National Championships	Grand Slam	race	Darlene Hard	Karen Susman Billie Jean Moffitt	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
7th	1963	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Darlene Hard	Robyn Ebbern Margaret Smith	8: 6, 9: 7
8th.	1965	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Billie Jean Moffitt	Françoise Dürr Jeanine Lieffrig	6: 2, 7: 5
9.	1966	US National Championships	Grand Slam	race	Nancy Richey	Billie Jean King Rosie Casals	6: 3, 6: 4
10.	1966	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Nancy Richey	Margaret Smith Judy Tegart	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
11.	1968	US Open	Grand Slam	race	Margaret Smith	Billie Jean King Rosie Casals	4: 6, 9: 7, 8: 6

Mixed

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1960	International French tennis championships	Grand Slam	sand	Bob Howe	Ann Haydon Roy Emerson	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2

Web links

Commons : Maria Bueno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Maria Bueno (English)
• ITF profile Maria Bueno (English)
• Fed Cup Stats Maria Bueno (English)
• Maria Bueno in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tennis world mourns the passing of Maria Esther Bueno. In: wtatennis.com. June 9, 2018, accessed June 9, 2018 .