Mary Arnold
Tennis Player
1916 – 1975
Who was Mary Arnold?
Mary Arnold Prentiss was an amateur American tennis player of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
Arnold was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 every year between 1939 and 1947. Her highest ranking came in 1942 and 1944 when she was ranked No. 5 in both years.
At the 1948 French Championships, she paired with future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Shirley Fry to reach the doubles finals.
At the Cincinnati Masters, she reached five finals, winning three doubles titles: 1940, 1944 & 1946. She also was a singles finalist in 1941, and was a doubles finalist in 1945.
To win her doubles titles in Cincinnati, she paired with Alice Marble in 1940, with Dorothy Bundy in 1944, and with Fry in 1946.
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- Born
- Oct 26, 1916
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Jan 29, 1975
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on July 23, 2013
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