Darlene Hard

Darlene Ruth Hard ( bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli January dabaayɔbu dali, yuuni 1936  ka o kani silimiDecember dabaayi dali, yuuni 2021) o nyɛla ŋun daa nyɛ America purufɛshinal  tennis bɔli ŋmɛri ŋun nyɛ paɣa.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss  1957  Wimbledon  Grass   Althea Gibson  3–6, 2–6Loss  1958  U.S. Championships  Grass    Althea Gibson   6–3, 1–6, 2–6Loss  1959  Wimbledon  Grass   Maria Bueno  4–6, 3–6Win 1960  French Championships  Clay    Yola Ramírez 6–3, 6–4Win  1960  U.S. Championships  Grass    Maria Bueno  6–4, 10–12, 6–4Win  1961  U.S. Championships  Grass    Ann Haydon  6–3, 6–4Loss  1962  U.S. Championships  Grass   Margaret Court  7–9, 4–6

Doubles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runners-up)
ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin  1955  French Championships  Clay   Beverly Baker   Shirley Bloomer   Pat Ward  7–5, 6–8, 13–11Loss  1956  French Championships  Clay   Dorothy Head   Angela Buxton   Althea Gibson  8–6, 6–8, 1–6Win  1957  French Championships  Clay   Shirley Bloomer   Yola Ramírez   Rosie Reyes  7–5, 4–6, 7–5Win  1957   Wimbledon  Grass   Althea Gibson   Mary Bevis Hawton   Thelma Coyne Long  6–1, 6–2Loss  1957  U.S. Championships  Grass   Althea Gibson   Louise Brough   Margaret Osborne  2–6, 5–7Win  1958  U.S. Championships  Grass   Jeanne Arth   Maria Bueno   Althea Gibson  2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win  1959  Wimbledon  Grass   Jeanne Arth   Beverly Baker   Christine Truman  2–6, 6–2, 6–3Win  1959  U.S. Championships  Grass   Jeanne Arth   Maria Bueno   Sally Moore  6–2, 6–3Win  1960  French Championships  Clay   Maria Bueno   Pat Ward   Ann Haydon  6–2, 7–5Win  1960  Wimbledon  Grass   Maria Bueno   Sandra Reynolds   Renée Schuurman  6–4, 6–0Win  1960  U.S. Championships  Grass   Maria Bueno   Ann Haydon   Deidre Catt  6–1, 6–1Loss  1961  French Championships  Clay   Maria Bueno   Sandra Reynolds   Renée Schuurman  defaultWin  1961  U.S. Championships  Grass   Lesley Turner   Edda Buding   Yola Ramírez  6–4, 5–7, 6–0Loss  1962  Australian Championships  Grass   Mary Carter Reitano   Robyn Ebbern   Margaret Smith  4–6, 4–6Win  1962  U.S. Championships  Grass   Maria Bueno   Karen Hantze   Billie Jean Moffit  4–6, 6–3, 6–2Win  1963  Wimbledon  Grass   Maria Bueno   Robyn Ebbern   Margaret Smith  8–6, 9–7Loss  1963  U.S. Championships  Grass   Maria Bueno   Robyn Ebbern   Margaret Smith  6–4, 8–10, 3–6Win  1969  US Open  Grass   Françoise Dürr   Margaret Court   Virginia Wade  0–6, 6–3, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners-up)
ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin   1955  French Championships  Clay   Gordon Forbes   Jenny Staley   Luis Ayala  5–7, 6–1, 6–2Loss   1956  French Championships  Clay   Bob Howe   Thelma Coyne Long   Luis Ayala  6–4, 4–6, 1–6Loss  1956  U.S. Championships  Grass   Lew Hoad   Margaret Osborne   Ken Rosewall  7–9, 1–6Win  1957   Wimbledon  Grass   Mervyn Rose   Althea Gibson   Neale Fraser  6–4, 7–5Loss  1957  U.S. Championships  Grass   Bob Howe   Althea Gibson   Kurt Nielsen  3–6, 7–9Win  1959   Wimbledon  Grass   Rod Laver   Maria Bueno   Neale Fraser  6–4, 6–3Win  1960   Wimbledon  Grass   Rod Laver   Maria Bueno   Bob Howe  13–11, 3–6, 8–6Win   1961  French Championships  Clay   Rod Laver   Vera Suková   Jirí Javorský  6–0, 2–6, 6–3Loss  1961  U.S. Championships  Grass   Dennis Ralston   Margaret Smith   Bob Mark  defaultLoss  1962  Australian Championships  Grass   Roger Taylor   Lesley Turner Fred Stolle  3–6, 7–9Loss   1963   Wimbledon  Grass   Bob Hewitt   Margaret Smith   Ken Fletcher  9–11, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

 Tournament  1953  1954  1955  1956  1957  1958  1959  1960  1961  1962  1963 1964 – 1968 1969 1970  Career SR Australian ChampionshipsAAAAAAAAAQFAAAA 0 / 1 French ChampionshipsAA2R3RQFAA W4RA2RAAA 1 / 6 WimbledonAASF3R FA FQFAQFSFAAA 0 / 7 U.S. Championships/US Open2R SF3RQF SF F SF W W FQFA2R2R 2 / 13Strike rate0 / 10 / 10 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 10 / 22 / 31 / 20 / 30 / 30 / 00 / 10 / 1 3 / 27

See also
 Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

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