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Maria Bueno
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Brazilian tennis player (1939-2018)
OverviewAI-generated
Maria Bueno was a Brazilian tennis player who competed from 1950 to 1977. Born in São Paulo on October 11, 1939, she was a right-handed athlete who represented Brazil in international competition. She was a member of the Brazil Billie Jean King Cup team and spoke Portuguese.
Bueno won the women's singles title at the U.S. National Championships in 1959, 1963, 1964, and 1966. Her accolades include induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the Associated Press Athlete of the Year award. She resided in São Paulo until her death from natural causes on June 8, 2018.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Maria Esther Andion Bueno
- Country sports
- Brazil
- Born
- ( 1939-10-11 ) 11 October 1939, São Paulo , Brazil
- Died
- 8 June 2018 (2018-06-08) (aged 78), São Paulo, Brazil
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Int tennis hof
- 1978 ( member page )
- Official website
- www.mariabueno.org
- Career record
- 652–168 (80%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (1959)
- Australian open
- F ( 1965 )
- French open
- F ( 1964 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1959 , 1960 , 1964 )
- Us open
- W ( 1959 , 1963 , 1964 , 1966 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Brazil
via TheSportsDB
Official website
Home
Home page of Maria Bueno's official website for the definitive story of a great tennis champion. Follow her on-court success and her fashion triumphs.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- São Paulo
- Place of death
- São Paulo
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Brazil Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Official website
- www.mariabueno.org
- Image
- Maria Bueno 2016.jpg
- Residence
- São Paulo
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1939-10-11
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- Commons category
- Maria Esther Bueno
- competition won
- 1964 Wimbledon Championships – women's singles
- date of death
- 2018-06-08
- doubles record
- 0–0
- manner of death
- natural causes
- end of work period
- 1977-00-00
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- singles record
- 0–0
- name in native language
- Maria Esther Andion Bueno
- place of burial
- Consolação Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Maria Esther Andion Bueno (11 October 1939 – 8 June 2018) was a Brazilian professional tennis player. During her 11-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, she won 19 major titles (seven in women's singles, 11 in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles), making her the most successful South American tennis player in history and the only one ever to win Wimbledon in singles. Bueno was the year-end No. 1 female player in 1959 and 1960 and was known for her graceful style of play, that earned her the nickname "tennis ballerina".
In 1960, Bueno became the first woman to win the Grand Slam in doubles (all four majors in a year), three of them partnering Darlene Hard and one with Christine Truman.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maria Bueno” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.