Eleanor Tennant

Eleanor "Teach" Tennant (1895 1963) was an American tennis player and tennis coach notable for the being the first female player to turn professional.[1] Tennant was once ranked third in America[2] and was the coach of Grand Slam winners: Alice Marble, Bobby Riggs, Pauline Betz, and Maureen Connolly. Tennant also coached Hollywood stars including Clarke Gable.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "Eleanor Tennant". www.si.com. Sports Illustrated. January 13, 1958.
  2. "Alice Marble: excerpts from Courting Danger: QuickSports Tennis". Tennis.quickfound.net. 1990-12-12. Retrieved 2010-07-14.



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