Maria Bueno biography
Maria Bueno, in full Maria Ester Audion Bueno, (born October 11, 1939, São Paulo, Brazil—died June 8, 2018, São Paulo), Brazilian tennis participant who gained 19 Grand Slam titles, 7 of which had been in singles occasions. She had specific success at Wimbledon and United States championships (the latter held at Forest Hills, New York), the place she gained a mixed 16 titles.
Bueno started enjoying tennis at concerning the age of six. She gained her first event at São Paulo at age 12 and the ladies’s tennis championship of Brazil at 15. In 1958 she gained the ladies’s doubles championship, with Althea Gibson, at Wimbledon, and in 1959 she gained the singles championships at Wimbledon and Forest Hills. In 1960 she repeated her Wimbledon singles victory. That 12 months she additionally registered a Grand Slam within the doubles occasion by successful the Australian, French, Wimbledon, and U.S. titles. She captured the Australian Open with Christine Truman, however the others had been gained with Darlene Hard. Adding to her titles in 1960, she additionally gained the blended doubles (with Bob Howe) on the French Open.
After a severe sickness Bueno returned to competitors in 1962, successful the U.S. doubles championship with Hard. In 1963 she gained the U.S. singles title and shared Wimbledon doubles honours, once more with Hard. She swept the Wimbledon and Forest Hills singles occasions in 1964, and in 1965 she gained the Wimbledon doubles with Billie Jean Moffitt (afterward Billie Jean King). In 1966 Bueno gained her fourth U.S. singles title and, with Nancy Richey (afterward Nancy Richey Gunter), captured the doubles championships at Wimbledon and Forest Hills. In 1968 she joined Margaret Smith Court to win the ladies’s doubles title within the first open event (each amateurs and professionals eligible) at Forest Hills. Bueno and Court additionally gained doubles honours within the 1968 U.S. novice event, held at Brookline, Massachusetts. After an extended retirement due to accidents, she joined the skilled tour in 1975 and performed at Wimbledon in 1976 and 1977. Bueno was significantly sleek as an novice, with an excellent vary of pictures. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1978.