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Zsuzsa Körmöczy was a female tennis

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player from Hungary

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. She won the singles title at the 1958 French Championships at the age of 33 and reached the semifinals at Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon

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in 1958. According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail

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, Körmöczy was ranked in the world top ten in 1953, 1955, 1956, and 1958 and again from 1959 through 1961 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of World No. 2 in those rankings in 1958.

She retired from competition in 1964 to work as a coach for Vasas (the Ironworker Union's Sports Club) and act as the national tennis association's manager. After the fall of communism, she was decorated by new democratic governments in 1994 and 2003.

She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1958 after having won the French Open the same year. She became the first sportswoman granted this award.

Win (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1958	French Championships	Shirley Bloomer Brasher	6–4, 1–6, 6–2

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1959	French Championships	Christine Truman Janes	6–4, 7–5

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1947¹	1948	1949 - 1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	Career SR
Australian Championships Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Championships	QF	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	QF	W	F	3R	SF	4R	1R	3R	1 / 12
Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...	1R	4R	A	3R	QF	A	QF	4R	2R	SF	A	2R	4R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 13
U.S. Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1
SR	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	1 / 26

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

¹In 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

Win (1)

Runner-up (1)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

See also