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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alice_MarbleAlice Marble - Wikipedia

    Alice Irene Marble (September 28, 1913 – December 13, 1990) was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships between 1936 and 1940: five in singles, six in women's doubles, and seven in mixed doubles. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1939.

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Alice-MarbleAlice Marble | Biography, Titles, & Facts | Britannica

    Alice Marble (born September 28, 1913, Plumes county, California, U.S.—died December 13, 1990, Palm Springs, California) was an American tennis player, known for her powerful serves and volleys, who dominated the women’s game during the late 1930s. Marble was introduced to baseball by an uncle and resolved to become a professional baseball ...

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  4. www.nextavenue.org › tennis-great-alice-marblesU.S.Tennis Great Alice Marble's Moment of Glory and the ...

    Aug 30, 2023 · Learn about Alice Marble's rise and fall as a tennis legend in the 1930s, her celebrity status, her advocacy for equality and her controversial claims. A new biography, Queen of the Court, by Madeleine Blais explores her life and legacy.

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  6. nypost.com › 2020/07/14 › the-incredible-mysteryThe incredible mystery surrounding tennis legend Alice Marble

    Jul 14, 2020 · Alice Marble was the foremost female tennis player in the years before World War II. As the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum wrote about her in its “Pocket History of Champions”: “Women’s ...

  7. www.historyextra.com › period › 20th-centuryAlice Marble: the tennis champion with multiple lives

    Jul 4, 2023 · Tennis star Billie Jean King, who Alice Marble trained in her youth. Then, in 1934, Marble collapsed midway through a match in Paris, during her first tennis competition abroad. Diagnosed with tuberculosis and pleurisy, doctors told her she would never play tennis again. Only a year later, the tenacious blonde had discharged herself from the ...

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  8. time.com › 3931000 › alice-marbleMeet Alice Marble, the Women’s Wimbledon Champion Who Was ...

    Jun 29, 2015 · June 29, 2015 8:00 AM EDT. A lice Marble’s tennis career was enough to make her a legend. She was the No. 1 female player in America between 1936 and 1940, a winner of 18 Grand Slam ...

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  10. www.tennisfame.com › inductees › alice-marbleAlice Marble - International Tennis Hall of Fame

    In her nine-year amateur career (1931-40), Marble never played in Australia, only once in France, and three times at Wimbledon. Marble made her first appearance at Forest Hills in 1931 and in 1933 had her first breakthrough, advancing to the quarterfinals, becoming the world’s No. 10 ranked player. Her career, extensively chronicled in her ...