Jeanne Arth

Jeanne Arth

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1935-07-21) July 21, 1935 (age 89) Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1959)
Wimbledon	2R (1959)
US Open	SF (1958)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	3R (1959)
Wimbledon	W (1959)
US Open	W (1958, 1959)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	QF (1971)

Jeanne Arth (born July 21, 1935) is an American tennis player who won women's doubles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and the U.S. National Championships.

Arth graduated from Central High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1952 and attended the College of St. Catherine. Arth and her partner Darlene Hard won women's doubles titles at the U.S. National Championships in 1958 and 1959 and at the Wimbledon Championships in 1959.^[1]

Arth received the Lions Club outstanding athlete award in 1958 and was inducted into the Saint Paul Central Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.^[2]

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles (3 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1958	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Darlene Hard	Althea Gibson Maria Bueno	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	1959	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Darlene Hard	Beverly Baker Fleitz Christine Truman	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	1959	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Darlene Hard	Maria Bueno Sally Moore	6–2, 6–3

References

1. The 50 Greatest Minnesota Sports Figures
2. Saint Paul Central Athletic Hall of Fame Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Jeanne Arth at the International Tennis Federation
• Jeanne Arth at Wimbledon