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04/30/1928 |
Eleonora Sears wins the national women’s squash racquets title. |
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06/17/1929 |
Collins (Arthur “Bud” Jr.) is born in Lima, Ohio. |
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1930 |
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wins the national women’s singles squash championship. |
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1935 |
National Women’s Doubles tennis championship is first held at the Longwood Cricket Club. |
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1941 |
Sarah Palfrey Cooke wins the U.S. National Lawn Tennis singles championship. |
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1964 |
Rod Laver wins the first U.S. professional Tennis Tournament at the Longwood Cricket Club. |
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1968 |
Arthur Ashe wins the U.S. National Singles Championship at the Longwood Cricket Club. |
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04/30/1973 |
Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center opens. |
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09/20/1973 |
Billie Jean King plays Bobby Riggs in the so-called “Battle of the Sexes” in Texas. |
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1974 |
Boston Lobsters begin their first season in the World Team Tennis Association. |
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