Sally Moore (tennis)

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Sally Moore
Full nameSally Moore Huss
Country (sports) United States
Born (1940-06-08) June 8, 1940 (age 81)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 9 (1959)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonSF (1959)
US OpenQF (1958)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonSF (1961)
US OpenF (1959)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1959, 1961)

Sally Moore Huss (born June 8, 1940) is an American former tennis player.

Moore grew up in Bakersfield, California and was an under 18 national champion in 1958. Further national titles came at the U.S. hard court championships (1958) and U.S. clay court championships (1959). She earned selection on the 1959 Wightman Cup team, playing both a singles and doubles rubber.[1]

A Wimbledon junior champion in 1958, Moore made it to the women's singles semi-finals of the 1959 Wimbledon Championships, where her run was ended by Maria Bueno. She then partnered with Bueno to reach the women's doubles finals of the 1959 U.S. National Championships, which they lost to Jeanne Arth and Darlene Hard.[2]

Moore ended 1959 with a career best singles ranking of nine in the world.[3]

Under her married name Sally Huss, she is now a children's author and illustrator.[3]

Grand Slam finals[]

Doubles (1 runner-up)[]

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Lost 1959 U.S. Championships Grass Brazil Maria Bueno United States Jeanne Arth
United States Darlene Hard		 2–6, 3–6

References[]

  1. ^ "Sally Moore Huss". Bob Elias Hall of Fame.
  2. ^ Tupper, Fred (July 3, 1959). "Darlene Hard of U. S. and Maria Bueno of Brazil Reach Wimbledon Final". The New York Times.
  3. ^ a b "Sally Moore Huss '62". Occidental Athletics.

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