Nancy Jeffett

Nancy Pearce Jeffett (born July 16, 1928 in St. Louis , Missouri , † July 6, 2017 in Dallas , Texas ) was an American tennis player and one of the most influential personalities in tennis.

Player career

Nancy Jeffett was listed as number 10 on the USTA Junior Rankings in 1946 . In 1948 she won both singles, doubles and mixed competitions at the USTA / Missouri .

Founder and initiator of associations and tennis tournaments

• In 1954 she founded the Texas Tennis Association .
• 1960–1982 Chair of the "Texas Tennis Junior Development Program"
• In 1968 she co-founded the “ Maureen Connolly Brinker Foundation” to promote young tennis players and is president to this day.
• 1969 "Maureen Connolly Brinker Outstanding Junior Girl Award, presented by the USTA"
• 1969 "Maureen Connolly Brinker Memorial Tournament" , the first women's tennis tournament, which was broadcast on TV in 1972 and distributed the prize money to the winner.
• 1972 "Maureen Connolly Brinker Girls' 14 national championships"
• 1973 Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy , a competition for women under 19, United States versus United Kingdom
• 1975–1989 " Virginia Slims Tournament of Dallas " , successor of the "Maureen Connolly Brinker Memorial Tournament" and for a long time the most important women's tournament on the WTA Tour
• 1976 "ITF Connolly Continental Cup" for women under 18 years of age (age groups U14, U16 and U18 of the juniors)
• 1977–1991 "Bonne Bell Maureen Connolly Brinker Cup" for women under 18 years of age (age groups U14, U16 and U18 of the juniors)
• 1992 "ITF Maureen Connolly Cup" for women over 55 years

Memberships

• 1973–1994: Member of the "USTA Executive Committee"
• 1978–1990: Head of the " Wightman Cup "
• 1981–1990: Head of the " Fed Cup "
• 1988–1996: Member of the " ITF Federation Cup Committee"
• 1976 until today: "Honorary Life Director" of the "International Tennis Hall of Fame"
• 1983 Admission to the "Texas Tennis Hall of Fame"
• In 1995 she was accepted as a member of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club as the only American tennis player who never won Wimbledon .
• 1999 Admission to the "St. Louis Tennis Hall of Fame"
• In 2015 she was inducted into the " International Tennis Hall of Fame " because of her work for the worldwide development and establishment of women's tennis .
• 2016 inducted into the "T Bar M Hall of Fame" in Dallas by the "Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation (MCB)" and the "Dallas Tennis Association (DTA)" .

Awards

• 1970 winner of the "USTA Service Bowl"
• 1970 Texas Tennis Association WT Caswell Award
• "Service to Tennis Awards" :
  • 1983 "World Championship Tennis"
  • 1993 "Chuck McKinley"
  • 1994 "International Tennis Federation"
  • 1996 "Virginia Slims"
• 1992 "USTA Samuel Hardy Award"
• 1995 Dallas Tennis Association Lifetime Achievement Award , now given as the Nancy Jeffett Lifetime Achievement Award .
• 1999 "Girls, Inc. 'She Knows Where She's Going' Award"
• 2007 "Golden Achievement Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Federation"

Personal

Jeffet grew up in St. Louis and studied at Washington University . In 1956 she married the businessman Frank Jeffet. The two have two children, a son William Jeffet and a daughter Elizabetzh (Sissy) Jeffet .

Quotes

Billie Jean King said of Nancy Jeffett when she was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame :

"Nancy's impact on all of tennis - especially women's tennis - has been huge. For the professional players she created a tournament in Dallas that set the standard by which all US tournaments were measured during the lengthy and historic run of the event. "

Jeffet himself regarding the first staging of the tennis tournament for women in Dallas with prize money:

"I told them I was going to give them $ 40,000, and I didn't have a penny of it. It was pretty gutsy when I look back on it. They believed in me. They had no guarantees that I would produce. "

Filmography

• "Unforgettable: The Little Mo Connolly Story (2003)" , 58 min, documentary and biography, sports, April 24, 2003 (USA)

Web links

• Nancy Jeffett in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
• Profile at the "ITA Hall of Fame"
• Profile at the "Texas Tennis Museum & Hall of Fame"
• Profile in the IMDB

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In Memoriam: Hall of Famer Nancy Jeffett (tennisfame.com July 7, 2017, accessed July 10, 2017)
2. ↑ International Tennis Hall of Famer Nancy Jeffett Dies . nytimes.com, accessed July 18, 2017.
3. ↑ Nancy Pearce Jeffet on the website of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (itahalloffame.org, accessed October 2, 2016)
4. ↑ Greenway Parks resident inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame (dallasnews.com August 6, 2015, accessed October 2, 2016)
5. ↑ Profile at the Texas Tennis Museum & Hall of Fame (texastennismuseum.org, accessed October 2, 2016)
6. ^ Nancy Jeffett - president and chairman emeritus of MCB inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI (mcbtennis.org, July 15, 2015, accessed October 2, 2016)
7. ^ Nancy Jeffett Hall of Fame Induction (dta.org January 26, 2016, accessed October 2, 2016)
8. ↑ Amelie Mauresmo, David Hall, Nancy Jeffett inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (whatsupnewp.com on July 18, 2015, accessed October 2, 2016) 
9. ^ WT Caswell Service Award (texas.usta.com, accessed October 2, 2016)
10. ↑ National Senior's Woman's Tennis Association: AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (nswta.org, accessed October 2, 2016)
11. ↑ Meghan O´Malley awarded Sportsmanchip Award (austintennisacademy.com, accessed October 2, 2016)
12. ↑ Kirk Dooley: Nancy Jeffett served another major tennis honor (dallasnews of January 30, 2015, accessed October 2, 2016)
13. ^ Jeffett Heads to Tennis Hall of Fame (parkcitiespeople.com, July 17, 2015, accessed October 2, 2016)