Patricia Todd (tennis player)

Patricia Canning Todd

Nickname:

Patient

Nation:

United States

Birthday:

July 22, 1922

1st professional season:

1938

Resignation:

1957

singles

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	-
French Open	S (1947)
Wimbledon	HF (1948, 1949, 1950, 1952)
US Open	HF (1946, 1948)

Double

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 2

Australian Open	-
French Open	S (1948)
Wimbledon	S (1947)
US Open	F (1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951)

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	-
French Open	S (1948)
Wimbledon	F (1950)
US Open	F (1942)

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Patricia "Pat" Canning Todd (born July 22, 1922 in San Francisco , † September 5, 2015 in Encinitas , California ) was an American tennis player .

Career

She was one of the best players of the post-war period and won a total of four Grand Slam titles in 1947 and 1948 , one in singles, two in doubles and one in mixed.

In 1947 she won the women's singles at the French championships when she defeated Doris Hart 6: 3, 3: 6 and 6: 4 in the final. In doubles, with her final opponent Hart as a partner, she lost to doubles Louise Brough Clapp and Margaret Osborne duPont 5: 7, 2: 6.

In 1948 she won the French Open with her permanent doubles partner Hart in the double final against Shirley Fry Irvin and Mary Arnold Prentiss 6: 4, 6: 2 and was also able to win the mixed title 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3 the side of her Czech mixed partner Jaroslav Drobný against her doubles partner Hart, who played with Frank Sedgman .

Todd stood between 1942 and 1951 a further 12 times in a Grand Slam final, including once in singles ( French Open 1950 ), eight times in doubles (1943-1951, including four times on the side of Doris Hart), and three times in mixed (1942, 2 × 1950). What is remarkable here is the fact that Todd lost seven times in doubles with her partners from the eight lost Grand Slam finals against the women's doubles Brought Clapp and Osborne duPont.

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
French Open	-	-	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	3	S.	HF	-	F.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	S.
Wimbledon	-	-	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	3	VF	HF	HF	HF	-	HF	-	-	-	-	-	HF
US Open	1	1	3	3	2	-	2	VF	HF	VF	HF	VF	VF	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	HF

Double

competition	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
French Open	-	-	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	HF	F.	S.	-	HF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	S.
Wimbledon	-	-	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	HF	S.	F.	F.	VF	-	HF	-	-	-	-	-	S.
US Open	-	-	-	-	-	F.	-	-	F.	F.	F.	-	-	F.	-	-	-	-	-	-	F.

Mixed

competition	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
French Open	-	-	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	-	-	S.	-	F.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	S.
Wimbledon	-	-	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	n / A	-	-	-	-	F.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	F.
US Open	-	-	-	-	F.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	F.

Individual evidence

↑ Patricia Canning Todd, Tennis Champion Who Refused to Play on Side Court, Is Dead at 93.
↑ Professional women born from 1920–1929. Tennis players, sorted by year.
↑ Australian Open, French Open and US Open Men and Women Champions. Complete list of the winners of the four Grand Slam tournaments since the US Open began in 1881.

personal data
SURNAME	Todd, Patricia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Todd, Patricia Canning (full name); Todd, Pat Canning (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 22, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Francisco , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH	5th September 2015
Place of death	Encinitas , California , United States

[1] Patricia Canning Todd, Tennis Champion Who Refused to Play on Side Court, Is Dead at 93.

[2] Professional women born from 1920–1929. Tennis players, sorted by year.

[3] Australian Open, French Open and US Open Men and Women Champions. Complete list of the winners of the four Grand Slam tournaments since the US Open began in 1881.