Maria Bueno

Maria Esther Bueno (São Paulo, October 11, 1939) is a retired Brazilian tennis player, who won a total of 19 Grand Slam singles titles in her career, including eight at Wimbledon (three times singles and doubles five times) and eight on the American Championship (four times singles and doubles four times).

She started playing tennis at an early age and became as a 14-year-old already Brazilian champion in singles. In 1958, she won her first international tournament, the Italian Championship, and also her first Grand Slam singles title, the women's doubles game in Wimbledon, along with Althea Gibson.

The following year, 1959, she won the singles at Wimbledon for the first time and on the American Championship. Thus she became the number 1 of the Womens tennis in 1959; the American News Agency Associated Press called her out to athlete of the year for 1959. Also in 1960, 1964 and 1966 she was ranked as number 1.

In the Ladies doubles Maria Bueno was the first player who won all four grand slam tournaments in the same year: she won the Australian Championship in 1960 with Christine Truman and the French Championships, Wimbledon and the US Championships along with Darlene Hard.

Plagued by injuries she had to retire in 1969 with tennis; but a few years later she made her comeback, now as a pro player. In 1974 they won the Japanese Open Championship; her only victory as a pro. In 1980, she played her last open tournament, the mixed doubles at Wimbledon with Victor Pecci.

In 1978 she was inducted into the international Tennis Hall of Fame.



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[hide] *1 Grand slam final-results  ==Grand slam final-results[ Edit] == ===Singles[ Edit] === ====Winner (7)[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Finalist (5)<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ===Women's Doubles<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Winner (11)<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Finalist (5)<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ===Mixed Doubles<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Winner (1)<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Finalist (6)<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ==Performance Table<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Grand slam singles performance timeline<span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Grand slam doubles<span class="mw-editsection" len="356" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 1.1 singles
 * 1.1.1 Winner (7)
 * 1.1.2 Finalist (5)
 * 1.2 women's doubles
 * 1.2.1 Winner (11)
 * 1.2.2 Finalist (5)
 * 1.3 mixed doubles
 * 1.3.1 Winner (1)
 * 1.3.2 Finalist (6)
 * 2 singles performance timeline
 * 2.1 grand slam singles
 * 2.2 grand slam doubles
 * 3 external links