Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson in 1956.
Country  United States
Date of birth August 25, 1927(1927-08-25)
Place of birth Clarendon County, South Carolina
Date of death September 28, 2003(2003-09-28) (aged 76)
Place of death East Orange, NJ
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays tennis
Singles
Grand Slam results
Australian Open F (1957)
French Open W (1956)
Wimbledon W (1957, 1958)
US Open W (1957, 1958)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (1957)
French Open W (1956)
Wimbledon W (1956, 1957, 1958)
US Open W (1957)

Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the "color barrier." Gibson was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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Biography

Born at 9:00 am EDT on August 25, 1927 in Silver, Clarendon County, South Carolina to Daniel and Annie Bell Gibson, Althea had two siblings, a brother, Daniel Jr. (known as "Bubba"), and a sister, Mildred.

Gibson continued to improve her tennis game while pursuing an education. In 1946 she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, to work on her tennis game with Dr. Hubert A. Eaton and enrolled at Williston High School.

In 1958, Gibson retired from amateur tennis. Before the open era began, there was no prize money, other than an expense allowance, and no endorsement deals. To begin earning prize money, tennis players had to give up their amateur status. As there was no professional tour for women, Gibson was limited to playing in a series of exhibition tours.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Gibson was ranked in the world top ten from 1956 through 1958, reaching a career high of No. 1 in those rankings in 1957 and 1958.[1] Gibson was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Tennis Association in 1952 and 1953 and from 1955 through 1958. She was the top-ranked U.S. player in 1957 and 1958.[2] In 1958, she appeared as the celebrity challenger on the TV panel show "What's My Line?".

In retirement, Gibson wrote her autobiography and in 1959 recorded an album, Althea Gibson Sings, as well as appearing in the motion picture, The Horse Soldiers. In 1964, she became the first African American woman to play in the Ladies Professional Golf Association. However, she was too old to be successful and only played for a few years.

In 1971, Gibson was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and in 1975, she was appointed the New Jersey state commissioner of athletics. After 10 years on the job, she went on to work in other public service positions, including serving on the governor's council on physical fitness. In later years, she suffered two cerebral aneurysms and a stroke.

Tennis players made no money in the 1950s, and Gibson’s finances worsened over the years. In 1992, she suffered a stroke. A few years later, Gibson called her former rival and partner Angela Buxton and told her she was on the brink of suicide. Gibson was living on welfare and unable to pay for rent or medication. Buxton arranged for a letter to appear in a tennis magazine. Buxton told Gibson nothing about the letter, but Gibson figured it out when her mailbox started to bulge with envelopes full of checks from around the world. In total, nearly US$1 million came in.[3]

Gibson was married twice. Her first marriage to William Darben took place on October 17, 1965 and the couple was divorced in 1976. Darben died in 1995. She was also married to Sydney Llewellyn on April 11, 1983 and was divorced from him in 1988.

On September 28, 2003, at the age of 76, Gibson died in East Orange, New Jersey due to circulatory failure and was interred there in the Rosedale Cemetery.

On the opening night of the 2007 US Open, the 50th anniversary of Gibson's victory at the U.S. Championships in 1now the US Open), Gibson was inducted into US Open Court of Champions.[4][5] She was a 1994 inductee of the Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey and 2009 inductee of the New Jersey Hall of Fame. In September 2009, the City of Willmington, NC named its new community tennis complex the Althea Gibson Tennis Center.

Golf

Gibson became the first African American woman to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour, in 1963. Her best finish on the tour was a tie for second after a three-way playoff at the 1970 Lem Immke Buick Open. Gibson retired from professional golf at the end of the 1978 season.

Grand Slam finals

Wins (5)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1956 French Championships United Kingdom Angela Mortimer Barrett 6–0, 12–10
1957 Wimbledon United States Darlene Hard 6–3, 6–2
1957 U.S. Championships United States Louise Brough Clapp 6–3, 6–2
1958 Wimbledon (2) United Kingdom Angela Mortimer Barrett 8–6, 6–2
1958 U.S. Championships (2) United States Darlene Hard 3–6, 6–1, 6–2

Runner-up finishes (2)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1956 U.S. Championships United States Shirley Fry Irvin 6–3, 6–4
1957 Australian Championships United States Shirley Fry Irvin 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles (11)

Wins (6)

Year Championship Event Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1956 French Championships Women's doubles United Kingdom Angela Buxton United States Darlene Hard
United States Dorothy Head Node		 6–8, 8–6, 6–1
1956 Wimbledon Women's doubles United Kingdom Angela Buxton Australia Fay Muller
Australia Daphne Seeney		 6–1, 8–6
1957 Australian Championships Women's doubles United States Shirley Fry Irvin Australia Mary Bevis Hawton
Australia Fay Muller		 6–2, 6–1
1957 Wimbledon (2) Women's doubles United States Darlene Hard Australia Mary Bevis Hawton
Australia Thelma Coyne Long		 6–1, 6–2
1957 U.S. Championships Mixed doubles Denmark Kurt Nielsen United States Darlene Hard
Australia Bob Howe		 6–3, 9–7
1958 Wimbledon (3) Women's doubles Brazil Maria Bueno United States Margaret Osborne duPont
United States Margaret Varner Bloss		 6–3, 7–5

Runner-ups (5)

Year Championship Event Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1956 Wimbledon Mixed doubles United States Gardnar Mulloy United States Shirley Fry Irvin
United States Vic Seixas		 2–6, 6–2, 7–5
1957 Wimbledon Mixed doubles Australia Neil Fraser United States Darlene Hard
Australia Mervyn Rose		 6–4, 7–5
1957 U.S. Championships Women's doubles United States Darlene Hard United States Louise Brough Clapp
United States Margaret Osborne duPont		 6–2, 7–5
1958 Wimbledon Mixed doubles Denmark Kurt Nielsen Australia Lorraine Coghlan Green
Australia Bob Howe		 6–3, 13–11
1958 U.S. Championships Women's doubles Brazil Maria Bueno United States Darlene Hard
United States Jeanne Arth		 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 Career SR
Australia A A A A A A A F A 0 / 1
France A A A A A A W A A 1 / 1
Wimbledon A 3R A A A A QF W W 2 / 4
United States 2R 3R 3R QF 1R 3R F W W 2 / 9
SR 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 3 2 / 3 2 / 2 5 / 15

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

See also

References

  1. ↑ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y.: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 0-942257-41-3. 
  2. ↑ United States Tennis Association (1988). 1988 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook. Lynn, Massachusetts: H.O. Zimman, Inc.. pp. 261. 
  3. ↑ [1]
  4. ↑ "USTA To Honor Althea Gibson on Opening Night". usopen.org. 2007-08-15. http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2007-08-15/200708151187195923532.html. Retrieved 2007-08-28. 
  5. ↑ Dillman, Lisa (2007-08-27). "Williams sisters part of Gibson tribute". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/sports/tennis/la-sp-gibson27aug27,1,7412634.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-tennis&ctrack=1&cset=true. Retrieved 2007-08-28. 

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French Championships women's singles champions

(1897) Adine Masson  • (1898) Adine Masson  • (1899) Adine Masson  • (1900) Hélène Prévost  • (1901) P Girod  • (1902) Adine Masson  • (1903) Adine Masson  • (1904) Kate Gillou  • (1905) Kate Gillou  • (1906) Kate Gillou-Fenwick  • (1907) Comtesse de Kermel  • (1908) Kate Gillou-Fenwick  • (1909) Jeanne Matthey  • (1910) Jeanne Matthey  • (1911) Jeanne Matthey  • (1912) Jeanne Matthey  • (1913) Marguerite Broquedis  • (1914) Marguerite Broquedis  • (1915-1919) No competition (due to World War I)  • (1920) Suzanne Lenglen  • (1921) Suzanne Lenglen  • (1922) Suzanne Lenglen  • (1923) Suzanne Lenglen  • (1924) Emilienne Didi Vlasto  • (1925) Suzanne Lenglen  • (1926) Suzanne Lenglen  • (1927) Kea Bouman  • (1928) Helen Wills Moody  • (1929) Helen Wills Moody  • (1930) Helen Wills Moody  • (1931) Cilly Aussem  • (1932) Helen Wills Moody  • (1933) Margaret Scriven Vivian  • (1934) Margaret Scriven Vivian  • (1935) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling  • (1936) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling  • (1937) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling  • (1938) Simone Mathieu  • (1939) Simone Mathieu  • (1940-1945) No competition (due to World War II)  • (1946) Margaret Osborne duPont  • (1947) Patricia Canning Todd  • (1948) Nelly Adamson Landry  • (1949) Margaret Osborne duPont  • (1950) Doris Hart  • (1951) Shirley Fry Irvin  • (1952) Doris Hart  • (1953) Maureen Connolly Brinker  • (1954) Maureen Connolly Brinker  • (1955) Angela Mortimer Barrett  • (1956) Althea Gibson  • (1957) Shirley Bloomer Brasher  • (1958) Zsuzsa Körmöczy  • (1959) Christine Truman Janes  • (1960) Darlene Hard  • (1961) Ann Haydon-Jones  • (1962) Margaret Court  • (1963) Lesley Turner Bowrey  • (1964) Margaret Court  • (1965) Lesley Turner Bowrey  • (1966) Ann Haydon-Jones  • (1967) Françoise Durr
Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies' singles champions

(1884) Maud Watson · (1885) Maud Watson · (1886) Blanche Bingley · (1887) Lottie Dod · (1888) Lottie Dod · (1889) Blanche Bingley · (1890) Lena Rice · (1891) Lottie Dod · (1892) Lottie Dod · (1893) Lottie Dod · (1894) Blanche Bingley · (1895) Charlotte Cooper · (1896) Charlotte Cooper · (1897) Blanche Bingley · (1898) Charlotte Cooper · (1899) Blanche Bingley · (1900) Blanche Bingley · (1901) Charlotte Cooper · (1902) Muriel Robb · (1903) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1904) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1905) May Sutton · (1906) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1907) May Sutton · (1908) Charlotte Cooper · (1909) Dora Boothby · (1910) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1911) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1912) Ethel Thomson Larcombe · (1913) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1914) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1915-18) No competition (due to World War I) · (1919) Suzanne Lenglen · (1920) Suzanne Lenglen · (1921) Suzanne Lenglen · (1922) Suzanne Lenglen · (1923) Suzanne Lenglen · (1924) Kathleen McKane Godfree · (1925) Suzanne Lenglen · (1926) Kathleen McKane Godfree · (1927) Helen Wills Moody · (1928) Helen Wills Moody · (1929) Helen Wills Moody · (1930) Helen Wills Moody · (1931) Cilly Aussem · (1932) Helen Wills Moody · (1933) Helen Wills Moody · (1934) Dorothy Round Little · (1935) Helen Wills Moody · (1936) Helen Jacobs · (1937) Dorothy Round Little · (1938) Helen Wills Moody · (1939) Alice Marble · (1940–45) No competition (due to World War II) · (1946) Pauline Betz · (1947) Margaret Osborne duPont · (1948) Louise Brough · (1949) Louise Brough · (1950) Louise Brough · (1951) Doris Hart · (1952) Maureen Connolly · (1953) Maureen Connolly · (1954) Maureen Connolly · (1955) Louise Brough · (1956) Shirley Fry · (1957) Althea Gibson · (1958) Althea Gibson · (1959) Maria Bueno · (1960) Maria Bueno · (1961) Angela Mortimer · (1962) Karen Hantze Susman · (1963) Margaret Smith · (1964) Maria Bueno · (1965) Margaret Smith · (1966) Billie Jean King (1967) Billie Jean King
U.S. National Championships women's singles champions

(1887) Ellen Hansell  • (1888) Bertha Townsend  • (1889) Bertha Townsend  • (1890) Ellen Roosevelt  • (1891) Mabel Cahill  • (1892) Mabel Cahill  • (1893) Aline Terry  • (1894) Helen Hellwig  • (1895) Juliette Atkinson  • (1896) Elisabeth Moore  • (1897) Juliette Atkinson  • (1898) Juliette Atkinson  • (1899) Marion Jones  • (1900) Myrtle McAteer  • (1901) Elisabeth Moore  • (1902) Marion Jones  • (1903) Elisabeth Moore  • (1904) May Sutton  • (1905) Elisabeth Moore  • (1906) Helen Homans  • (1907) Evelyn Sears  • (1908) Maud Barger-Wallach  • (1909) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman  • (1910) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman  • (1911) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman  • (1912) Mary Browne  • (1913) Mary Browne  • (1914) Mary Browne  • (1915) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory  • (1916) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory  • (1917) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory  • (1918) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory  • (1919) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman  • (1920) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory  • (1921) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory  • (1922) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory  • (1923) Helen Wills Moody  • (1924) Helen Wills Moody  • (1925) Helen Wills Moody  • (1926) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory  • (1927) Helen Wills Moody  • (1928) Helen Wills Moody  • (1929) Helen Wills Moody  • (1930) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker  • (1931) Helen Wills Moody  • (1932) Helen Jacobs  • (1933) Helen Jacobs  • (1934) Helen Jacobs  • (1935) Helen Jacobs  • (1936) Alice Marble  • (1937) Anita Lizana  • (1938) Alice Marble  • (1939) Alice Marble  • (1940) Alice Marble  • (1941) Sarah Palfrey Cooke  • (1942) Pauline Betz Addie  • (1943) Pauline Betz Addie  • (1944) Pauline Betz Addie  • (1945) Sarah Palfrey Cooke  • (1946) Pauline Betz Addie  • (1947) Louise Brough Clapp  • (1948) Margaret Osborne duPont  • (1949) Margaret Osborne duPont  • (1950) Margaret Osborne duPont  • (1951) Maureen Connolly Brinker  • (1952) Maureen Connolly Brinker  • (1953) Maureen Connolly Brinker  • (1954) Doris Hart  • (1955) Doris Hart  • (1956) Shirley Fry Irvin  • (1957) Althea Gibson  • (1958) Althea Gibson  • (1959) Maria Bueno  • (1960) Darlene Hard  • (1961) Darlene Hard  • (1962) Margaret Court  • (1963) Maria Bueno  • (1964) Maria Bueno  • (1965) Margaret Court  • (1966) Maria Bueno  • (1967) Billie Jean King
Australasian and Australian Championships women's doubles champions

(1922) Esna Boyd Robertson / Marjorie Mountain  • (1923) Esna Boyd Robertson / Sylvia Lance Harper  • (1924) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Sylvia Lance Harper  • (1925) Sylvia Lance Harper / Daphne Akhurst Cozens  • (1926) Meryl O'Hara Wood / Esna Boyd Robertson  • (1927) Meryl O'Hara Wood / Louie Bickerton  • (1928) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Esna Boyd Robertson  • (1929) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louie Bickerton  • (1930) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott  • (1931) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louise Bickerton  • (1932) Coral McInnes Buttsworth / Marjorie Cox Crawford  • (1933) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott  • (1934) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott  • (1935) Evelyn Dearman / Nancy Lyle Glover  • (1936) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1937) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1938) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1939) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1940) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1941 - 1945) No competition (due to World War II)  • (1946) Joyce Fitch / Mary Bevis Hawton  • (1947) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1948) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1949) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1950) Louise Brough Clapp / Doris Hart  • (1951) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1952) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1953) Maureen Connolly Brinker / Julie Sampson Haywood  • (1954) Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long  • (1955) Mary Bevis Hawton / Beryl Penrose Collier  • (1956) Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long  • (1957) Althea Gibson / Shirley Fry Irvin  • (1958) Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long  • (1959) Renee Schuurman Haygarth / Sandra Reynolds Price  • (1960) Maria Bueno / Christine Truman Janes  • (1961) Mary Carter Reitano / Margaret Court  • (1962) Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern  • (1963) Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern  • (1964) Judy Tegart Dalton / Lesley Turner Bowrey  • (1965) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey  • (1966) Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey  • (1967) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Judy Tegart Dalton  • (1968) Karen Krantzcke / Kerry Melville Reid
French Championships women's doubles champions

(1914) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan  • (1915 – 1919) No competition (due to World War I)  • (1920) Dorothy Holman / Phyllis Satterwaithe  • (1921) Suzanne Lenglen / Germaine Golding  • (1922) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan  • (1923) Geraldine Beamish / Kitty McKane Godfree  • (1924) No competition (due to 1924 Paris Olympics)  • (1925) Suzanne Lenglen / Didi Vlasto  • (1926) Suzanne Lenglen / Didi Vlasto  • (1927) Irene Bowder Peacock / Bobbie Heine  • (1928) Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Eileen Bennett Whittingstall  • (1929) Lili de Alvarez Valdene / Kea Bouman  • (1930) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan  • (1931) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Betty Nuthall Shoemaker  • (1932) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan  • (1933) Simone Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan  • (1934) Simone Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan  • (1935) Margaret Scriven Vivian / Kay Stammers Bullitt  • (1936) Simone Mathieu / Billie Yorke  • (1937) Simone Mathieu / Billie Yorke  • (1938) Simone Mathieu / Billie Yorke  • (1939) Simone Mathieu / Jadwiga Jędrzejowska  • (1940 -1945) No competition (due to World War II)  • (1945) P. Fritz / Simone Iribarne Lafargue  • (1946) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont  • (1947) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont  • (1948) Doris Hart / Patricia Canning Todd  • (1949) Margaret Osborne duPont / Louise Brough Clapp  • (1950) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin  • (1951) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin  • (1952) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin  • (1953) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin  • (1954) Maureen Connolly Brinker / Nell Hall Hopman  • (1955) Beverly Baker Fleitz / Darlene Hard  • (1956) Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson  • (1957) Shirley Bloomer Brasher / Darlene Hard  • (1958) Rosie Reyes / Yola Ramirez Ochoa  • (1959) Sandra Reynolds Price / Renee Schuurman Haygarth  • (1960) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard  • (1961) Sandra Reynolds Price / Renee Schuurman Haygarth  • (1962) Sandra Reynolds Price / Renee Schuurman Haygarth  • (1963) Ann Haydon-Jones / Renee Schuurman Haygarth  • (1964) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey  • (1965) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey  • (1966) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton  • (1967) Françoise Durr / Gail Chanfreau
Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies' doubles champions

(1913) Winifred McNair / Dora Boothby · (1914) Agnes Morton / Elizabeth Ryan · (1915-18) No competition (due to World War I) · (1919) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1920) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1921) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1922) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1923) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1924) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills Moody · (1925) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1926) Mary Browne / Elizabeth Ryan · (1927) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan · (1928) Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson · (1929) Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson · (1930) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan · (1931) Phyllis Mudford / Dorothy S. Barron · (1932) Doris Metaxa / Josane Sigart · (1933) Simone Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan · (1934) Simone Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan · (1935) Freda James / Kay Stammers Bullitt · (1936) Freda James / Kay Stammers Bullitt · (1937) Simone Mathieu / Billie Yorke · (1938) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble · (1939) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble · (1940-45) No competition (due to World War II) · (1946) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1947) Patricia Canning Todd / Doris Hart · (1948) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1949) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1950) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1951) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin · (1952) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin · (1953) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin · (1954) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1955) Angela Mortimer Barrett / Anne Shilcock · (1956) Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson · (1957) Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard · (1958) Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson · (1959) Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard · (1960) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard · (1961) Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean King · (1962) Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean King · (1963) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard · (1964) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey · (1965) Maria Bueno / Billie Jean King · (1966) Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey · (1967) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
U.S. National Championships mixed doubles champions

(1888) M. Wright / J. S. Clark  • (1889) M. Wright / J. S. Clark  • (1890) Mabel Cahill / R. Beach  • (1891) Mabel Cahill / M. R. Wright  • (1892) Mabel Cahill / Clarence Hobart  • (1893) Ellen Roosevelt / Clarence Hobart  • (1894) Juliette Atkinson / Edwin Fisher  • (1895) Juliette Atkinson / Edwin Fisher  • (1896) Juliette Atkinson / Edwin Fisher  • (1897) Laura Henson / D.L. Magruder  • (1898) Carrie Neely/ Edwin Fisher  • (1899) Elizabeth Rastall / Albert Hoskins  • (1900) Margaret Hunnewell / Alfred Codman  • (1901) Marion Jones / Ray Little  • (1902) Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant  • (1903) Helen Chapman / Harry Allen  • (1904) Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant  • (1905) Augusta Schultz Hobart / Clarence Hobart  • (1906) Sarah Coffin / Edward Dewhurst  • (1907) May Sayers / Wallace Johnson  • (1908) Edith Rotch / Nathaniel Niles  • (1909) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson  • (1910) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Joseph Carpenter, Jr.  • (1911) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson  • (1912) Mary Browne / Dick Williams  • (1913) Mary Browne / Bill Tilden  • (1914) Mary Browne / Bill Tilden  • (1915) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Harry Johnson  • (1916) Eleonora Sears / Willis Davis  • (1917) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Irving Wright  • (1918) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Irving Wright  • (1919) Marion Jessup / Vincent Richards  • (1920) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson  • (1921) Mary Browne / Bill Johnston  • (1922) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden  • (1923) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden  • (1924) Helen Wills Moody / Vincent Richards  • (1925) Kathleen McKane Godfree / John Hawkes  • (1926) Elizabeth Ryan / Jean Borotra  • (1927) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Henri Cochet  • t(1928) Helen Wills Moody / John Hawkes  • (1929) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott  • (1930) Edith Cross / Wilmer Allison  • (1931) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott  • (1932) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Fred Perry  • (1933) Elizabeth Ryan / Ellsworth Vines  • (1934) Helen Jacobs / George Lott  • (1935) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Enrique Maier  • (1936) Alice Marble / Gene Mako  • (1937) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Don Budge  • (1938) Alice Marble / Don Budge  • (1939) Alice Marble / Harry Hopman  • (1940) Alice Marble / Bobby Riggs  • (1941) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Jack Kramer  • (1942) Louise Brough Clapp / Ted Schroeder  • (1943) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert  • (1944) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert  • (1945) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert  • (1946) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert  • (1947) Louise Brough Clapp / John Bromwich  • (1948) Louise Brough Clapp / Tom Brown  • (1949) Louise Brough Clapp / Eric Sturgess  • (1950) Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken McGregor  • (1951) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman  • (1952) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman  • (1953) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas  • (1954) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas  • (1955) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas  • (1956) Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken Rosewall  • (1957) Althea Gibson / Kurt Nielsen  • (1958) Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser  • (1959) Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser  • (1960) Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser  • (1961) Margaret Court / Bob Mark  • (1962) Margaret Court / Fred Stolle  • (1963) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher  • (1964) Margaret Court / John Newcombe  • (1965) Margaret Court / Fred Stolle  • (1966) Donna Floyd Fales / Owen Davidson  • (1967) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson