Althea Louise Brough Clapp was an American tennis player. In her career between 1939 and 1959, she won six Grand Slam singles titles as well as numerous doubles and mixed-doubles titles. At the end of the 1955 tennis season, Lance Tingay of the London Daily Telegraph ranked her world No. 1 for the year.
Nancye Wynne Bolton was a tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, third only to Margaret Court's and Serena Williams' 11 and 7 titles respectively. Bolton won 20 titles at the Australian Championships, second only to Court's 23 titles.
The 1985 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 74th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 25 November through 8 December 1985; the last to be held at this time of year, 17 days before Christmas Day 1985.
Thomas P. Brown Jr. was one of the top amateur tennis players in the world in the 1940s and a consistent winner in veterans' and seniors' competitions. He was the son of Thomas P. Brown, a newspaper correspondent, later public relations director for a railroad, and Hilda Jane Fisher, who became a schoolteacher when Tom was a boy. Though born in Washington, D.C., Tom was considered a San Franciscan all his life, having been brought west by his parents at the age of two.
The 1984 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. Held from 26 November through 9 December 1984, it was the 73rd edition of the Australian Open. American Chris Evert became the first tennis player in the open era to win 1,000 matches during this fortnight, ending the tournament with the women's title and a match winning record of 1,003 – 97. Sweden's Mats Willander won the men's single title, successfully defending his 1983 Australian Open championship picking up his third Grand Slam title.
Louie Mildred Bickerton Cozens was a female tennis player from Australia. She was born in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia and won the women's doubles titles at the 1927, 1929, and 1931 Australian Championships. She won the mixed doubles title at those championships in 1935 and was the runner-up in the 1929 singles and 1935 women's doubles at that tournament.
Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman, CBE was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s. She was the first wife of Harry Hopman, the coach and captain of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams.
First-seeded Louise Brough defeated Doris Hart, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1950 Australian Championships. The event was played on outdoor grass courts in Melbourne, Australia.
The 1950 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia from 21 January to 30 January. It was the 38th edition of the Australian Championships, the 11th held in Melbourne, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Australian Frank Sedgman and American Louise Brough Clapp won the singles titles.
The 1943 U.S. National Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from 1 September until 6 September. It was the 63rd staging of the U.S. National Championships and due to World War II it was the only Grand Slam tennis event of the year.
Louise and Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of Louis. Louise has been regularly used as a female name in English speaking countries since the middle of the 19th century. It has ranked among the top 100 names given to girls in France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales in recent years. It last ranked among the top 1,000 first names for girls born in the United States in 1991, but remains a more common middle name.
Zina Garrison and Sherwood Stewart were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Louise Field and Brad Drewett.
Janine G. Thompson Tremelling is a former tennis player from Australia who won the Girls' Doubles in the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, with Louise Field.
Patty Fendick and Mary Joe Fernández won their first career Grand Slam title, defeating Gigi Fernández and Jana Novotná 7–6(7–4), 6–1 in the final.
Louise Pleming is an Australian former professional tennis player who participated in both the ITF Circuit and the WTA Tour.
Third-seeded Margaret Osborne duPont defeated Louise Brough 4–6, 6–4, 15–13 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1948 U.S. National Championships.
First-seeded and reigning champion Pauline Betz defeated second-seeded Louise Brough 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1943 U.S. National Championships. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts and held from September 1 through September 4, 1943 at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
Louise Field and Janine Thompson defeated Elna Reinach and Julie Richardson in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the girls' doubles tennis title at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.
Louise Stacey is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Michelle Turk is an Australian former professional tennis player.
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