Darlene Ruth Hard (January 6, 1936 – December 2, 2021) was an American professional tennis player, known for her aggressive volleying ability and strong...

forced her to miss the Australian Summer hard court swing, she said her target was to participate in the American hard court tournaments in Indian Wells and...

(2002–2003 and 2014–2015), and to win the Surface Slam (major titles on hard, clay and grass courts in the same calendar year), which she accomplished...

and Fromholtz Balestrat in the semi-finals in Atlanta. She then won three hard court tournaments in three consecutive weeks. She defeated Navratilova and...

victory meant she became the first player to win majors on clay, grass and hard court on the same year. She entered the 1984 Australian Open with a chance...

Forest Hills on clay (1977) and the inaugural championship to be held on hard courts at Flushing Meadow (1978). She won 18 of 25 tournaments during this...

anyone, it's about the place that they're put in. I can hit the ball as hard as anyone can". "I'm not that fast on my feet", she added as her most evident...

Choir-girl Darlene Madison enters Dewey's life, and he produces several sexually suggestive hit records amid their courtship. He weds Darlene while still...

Darlene Hard 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard 1961: Darlene Hard / Lesley Turner Bowrey 1962: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard...

Darlene Wright (born July 26, 1941),[a] also known by the stage name Darlene Love, is an American R&B and soul singer and actress. She was the lead singer...

Darlene Hard 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard 1961: Darlene Hard / Lesley Turner Bowrey 1962: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard...

Wimbledon champion Angela Mortimer, losing to the defending champion Darlene Hard. In 1962, she married Philip F. Jones and played as Ann Haydon-Jones...

[to] hit a winner with every shot." Sabalenka prefers playing on grass and hard courts. She commented, "This year [in 2017] I played for the first time on...

Darlene Hard 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard 1961: Darlene Hard / Lesley Turner Bowrey 1962: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard...

considered at the time the "world championship of tennis" - and defeated Darlene Hard in the finals for the singles title. She was the first Black champion...

traveled to England in late April 1938. In May she entered the North London Hard Court Tournament, her first singles competition in three years, and won the...

Nonetheless, she regained the No. 1 ranking, and rebounded during the Asian hard court season. She reached another semifinal at the Wuhan Open followed by...

Slam in doubles (all four majors in a year), three of them partnering Darlene Hard and one with Christine Truman. Bueno was born in São Paulo. Her father...

Darlene Hard 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard 1961: Darlene Hard / Lesley Turner Bowrey 1962: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard...

Canadian-American actress Darlene Garner, American minister and activist Darlene Hard (1936–2021), American tennis player Darlene Hooley (born 1939), American...

1887 as part of the US Open tournament. The tournament is played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows...

Darlene Hard 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard 1961: Darlene Hard / Lesley Turner Bowrey 1962: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard...

Bromwich in 1950 U.S. Championships. Partnered with Christine Truman and Darlene Hard. Part of 7 consecutive titles with Fred Stolle in 1962 U.S. Championships...

her first year-end singles championship title. Gauff's favorite surface is hard, and she describes her playing style as aggressive as possible with a big...

Multiple players had complained of the dangers of playing on the Rebound Ace hard court surface used at the tournament, which they claimed became very sticky...

Open, the Italian Open, the US Clay Courts, the German Open, the British Hard Courts Championship, and Hilton Head, as well as the mixed doubles title...

female) to have achieved a Grand Slam across three surfaces (grass, clay, and hard courts). Graf reached 13 consecutive singles major finals from the 1987 French...

titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World Hard Court Champion in singles, and ten times in total. Lenglen won six Wimbledon...

an amateur, she won the inaugural open tennis competition – the British Hard Court Open at Bournemouth. She turned down the £300 first prize, choosing...

Player's Championships. During that winning streak she also won the U.S. Hard Court Championships, the Eckerd Open, the Italian Open, and the Lufthansa...