Stories
Biography
- Key founding member of the WTA at London's Gloucester Hotel in 1973, later serving on the organization's Board of Directors from 1974-84... President and inspiration for Sportswoman, Inc., a sports promotion and management company... Co-founder, with Tori Fretz, of the Love & Love Tennis Foundation, which supports underserved youth in California's Coachella Valley... Received only tennis lessons from her father, Manuel, who was a soccer player in his native El Salvador and was a member of the national team... Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame as a player in 1996, and as a member of the trailblazing Original 9 in 2021... Married to Connie Spooner, who was the first trainer employed on the women's tennis circuit.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
5Height
5'2 1/2" (1.59 m)Birthday
Sep 16, 1948 September 16, 1948Birthplace
San Franscisco, California,USACareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (incomplete): 1973 - Hilton Head, St. Louis; 1972 - Long Beach, Oklahoma City, Columbus; 1971 - Philadelphia, New York; 1970 - Houston; 1968 - Los Angeles; 1967 - n/a; 1966 - n/a.
DOUBLES
Winner: 1988 - Oakland (w/Navratilova); 1982 - US Open (w/Turnbull); Toyota Series Championships (w/Turnbull); 1981 - Toyota Series Championships (w/Turnbull), Hilton Head (w/Turnbull); 1980 - Amelia Island (w/Kloss), Colgate Series Championships (w/Turnbull); 1979 - Oakland (w/Evert), Chicago (w/Stuart), Los Angeles (w/Evert), Hilton Head (w/Navratilova), German Open (w/Turnbull), San Diego (w/Navratilova); 1977 - Hilton Head (w/Evert); 1974 - US Open (w/King), Virginia Slims Championships (w/King), Detroit (w/King), Akron (w/King), Hilton Head (w/Morozova); 1973 - Wimbledon (w/King), Los Angeles (w/Heldman), Washington, DC (w/Heldman); 1971 - Wimbledon (w/King), US Open (w/Dalton); 1970 - Wimbledon (w/King), Italian Open (w/King), Queen's Club (w/King); 1968 - Wimbledon (w/King), Winchester (w/King); 1967 - Wimbledon (w/King), US Championships (w/King), Italian Open (w/Turner), South Africa (w/King).
MIXED DOUBLES
Winner: 1975 - US Open (w/Stockton); 1970 - Wimbledon (w/Nastase), Newport (w/Drysdale).
SENIOR DOUBLES
Winner: 1991 - US Open (w/King); 1990 - US Open (w/King).
ADDITIONAL
United States Fed Cup Team 1967, 76-81. United States Wightman Cup Team 1967, 76-82.
Career in Review