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Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker (née Connolly; September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win a Grand Slam (all four major tournaments during the same calendar year).
Jun 17, 2024 · Maureen Connolly was an American tennis player who in 1953 became the first woman to win the Grand Slam of tennis: the British (Wimbledon), United States, Australian, and French singles championships.
Sep 7, 2013 · Maureen Connolly captured nine consecutive Grand Slam events in which she participated starting in 1951, winning 50 straight matches.
Began being coached by the legendary Eleanor Tennant at age 10. American tennis prodigy Maureen Connolly Brinker was a 1968 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee.
Connolly, Maureen (1934–1969) Teenage tennis sensation and first woman to complete the Grand Slam, winning all four major tournaments in the same calendar year, whose life was cut short by cancer. Name variations: (nickname) "Little Mo"; Maureen Connolly Brinker.
May 21, 2018 · Maureen Connolly (1934-1969) was one of the greatest singles players in the history of women's tennis. In 1953, she won four international tournaments known as the Grand Slam of Tennis, an accomplishment achieved by only two other female players since.
Dec 3, 2018 · A local San Diego sportswriter saw two lethal weapons—Maureen Connolly’s forehand and backhand—and likened them to the big guns that protruded from the World War II battleship USS Missouri.
