Word: championship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last two decades the center court at Wimbledon has seemed like the private preserve of two nations: the U.S. and Australia. But last week, in the 1959 championships, the two big powers took back seats to and got one very rude shock from a pair of Latin nations, where tennis is still a relatively new and undeveloped sport. In the men's division, Alex Olmedo, who plays Davis Cup tennis for the U.S. but comes from Peru, which lists but 3,000 tennis players, was the class of the field. And in the women's division, a slender...
Queen in Control. The real shocker was in the women's championship, where the U.S. has ruled the roost since 1938. As the finals began, this year looked no different from all the rest. For the U.S., blonde, hefty (5 ft. 5^ in., 140 Ibs.) Darlene Hard, 23, an ex-waitress from California who fuels her hard-hitting attack with a voracious appetite ("I just can't pass up anything on the menu"), was a recognized player of championship caliber. By contrast, her opponent. Brazil's Maria Bueno, 19, daughter of a Sao Paulo veterinarian, had never...
...Americans were taking the big matches at Wimbledon (see above), only a handful of spectators turned out" to watch a blond, 16-year-old Estonian named Toomas Lejus win Russia's first Wimbledon title by routing Brazilian Davis Cupper Ronald Barnes 6-2, 6-4 for the junior championship, proving how far the Soviets have come in their drive for big-time tennis...
...Harvard varsity boats celebrated the Fourth of July by winning the championship of international rowing, the Henley regatta. The heavyweights won the coveted Grand Challenge Cup, rowing's greatest honor, while the lightweight crew successfully defended the Thames Challenge...
...Gonzales on this year's tour, 15 matches to 13. But Hoad still consistently lost to Gonzales in key tournaments. And because Pancho mopped up the other touring pros-Aussies Ashley Cooper and Mai Anderson-he came out with top prize money ($29,150), thereby retained his pro championship under Promoter Jack Kramer's frankly capitalistic scheme of rankings...