Word: lenglen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Around the lawns and locker rooms of Wimbledon last week connoisseurs were comparing her to the all-timers - Suzanne Lenglen, Helen Wills Moody, Mo Connolly, King - and speculating, as tennis people do, about how she would fare in dream matches against them. It is part of the respect anyone on the verge of winning this tournament five times gets. But even those who appreciate her no-weakness game tend to overlook the fact that she has come further emotionally than anyone else who has ever played this game...