Bettye Wallace
Bettye Wallace was a long-time coach and athletic administrator who mentored countless women athletes in both tennis and volleyball while also advocating for greater athletic opportunities for women in Arkansas.
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Fabiola Zuluaga Amado
Colombian tennis player
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
In the early 1970s, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley was the first Aboriginal woman to represent Australia in world tennis and compete at Wimbledon.
Helen Bage
One of the first women in the United States to own and operate a lighting fixture manufacturing company.
Mary Kendall Browne
Championship golfer and tennis player
Jean Murrell Capers
In 1949, she became the first African-American woman elected to Cleveland City Council.
Elisabeth Moore
The first player to win the United States Women’s Singles lawn-tennis championship four times (1896, 1901, 1903, and 1905).
Margaret Curtis
National golf champion who, with her sister, opened the East Boston Dispensary, and co-founded the Curtis Cup, the best known team trophy for amateur women golfers.
Gertrude Schreiner Robinson McIntyre
Seattle tennis champion and Seattle Times sportswriter
Amy Yee
Amy Yee was a Seattle tennis star, a graceful and inspirational teacher who for 50 years brought the love of the sport to thousands of young people and adults in schools, parks, and private clubs.