australianopendoublesresult death_place death_date birth_place usopendoublesresult singlesrecord wimbledonresult usopenresult birth_date doublesrecord doublestitles article_title name highestsinglesranking wimbledondoublesresult
qf -lrb- 1975 -rrb- durham , north carolina , usa 20 february 2002 louisville , kentucky , usa qf -lrb- 1976 -rrb- 79 -- 122 4r -lrb- 1972 , 1979 -rrb- qf -lrb- 1971 -rrb- 04 may 1949 117 -- 119 5 laura dupont
 laura dupont no. 9 qf -lrb- 1973 , 1976 -rrb-
laura dupont

laura dupont -lrb- may 4 , 1949 -- february 20 , 2002 -rrb- was a female american tennis player .
she was the first woman to win a national title in any sport for the university of north carolina , as well as being the first female all-american at the school .
she was not related to the multiple grand slam title winning player margaret osborne dupont .
born in louisville , kentucky , laura became acquainted with tennis by practicing on the city 's public courts .
in her adolescent years , dupont moved to north carolina , where she showed promise competing in junior tennis championships .
dupont attended the university of north carolina where she was thrice named mid-atlantic singles collegiate champion .
dupont was singles champion in the years 1968 , 1970 , and 1971 .
in 1970 she also secured doubles champion .
aside from her tennis accolades at the school , she also played varsity basketball .
in 1970 , dupont was named north carolina aau athlete of the year .
in 1972 , dupont graduated with a b.a. and joined the tennis inter-national circuit soon after .
she won the canadian -lrb- 1979 -rrb- , argentine , new zealand -lrb- singles as well as doubles -rrb- and german singles .
dupont 's success continued , becoming the south african doubles champion in 1976 , and a doubles `` and '' singles finalist in 1975 .
she won the u.s. clay court championships singles title in 1977 , as well as being a doubles finalist in 1976 .
in 1984 , dupont won the u.s. open 35 and over singles championship .
between the years of 1975 and 1981 laura was on the women 's tennis association , also serving as its treasurer .
laura dupont was inducted into the north carolina tennis hall of fame in 1977 and the charlotte catholic high school hall of fame in 2000 .
after being diagnosed with breast cancer , dupont moved back to north carolina in 1997 .
she died at duke university medical center in durham on february 20 , 2002 .
