Sarah Hammond Palfrey Fabyan Cooke Danzig (born September 18, 1912 in Sharon, Massachusetts, USA – died February 27, 1996 in New York) was a female tennis player from the United States. September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...   Nickname: cowtown Settled: 1650 â€“ Incorporated: 1775 Zip Code(s): 02067 â€“ Area Code(s): 339 / 781 Official website: http://www. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... NY redirects here. ... A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ...

Cooke twice won the singles title at the U.S. Championships, the second time in 1945 at the age of 32. She was only the second mother to have won the title. (Hazel Wightman was the first.) Cooke won the 1945 title after being down 4-3 in the third set to Pauline Betz, with Betz serving. Betz was the three time defending champion and would have won six consecutive titles had Cooke not defeated her in the 1941 and 1945 finals. For the article about the U.S. Open 2006, click here. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (December 20, 1886 - December 5, 1974) was an American female tennis player. ... Pauline May Betz Addie (August 6, 1919) was an American female tennis player. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...

Cooke is one of the only women, if not the sole woman, to appear on a top level male championship honor roll. Because of the manpower crisis during World War II, she and husband Elwood Cooke were permitted to enter the men's doubles of the Tri-State Championships in Cincinnati in 1945. They reached the final, losing to Hal Surface and Bill Talbert. Elwood Thomas Cooke (born July 5, 1913 in Ogden, Utah – died April 16, 2004 in Apopka, Florida) was an outstanding amateur tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s. ... Bill Talbert (September 4, 1918 - February 28, 1999) was an American lawn tennis player. ...

Cooke won a total of 16 Grand Slam championships in women's doubles (11) and mixed doubles (5). She teamed with Betty Nuthall to win the 1930 U.S. Championships and with Helen Jacobs to win the 1932, 1934, and 1935 editions of those championships. Cooke and Alice Marble won the U.S. Championships in 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940. At Wimbledon, Cook and Marble won the 1938 and 1939 women's doubles championship. Cooke's final U.S. women's double's championship was in 1941 with Margaret Osborne. In mixed doubles, Cooke teamed with four different partners to win U.S. championships: Fred Perry in 1932, Enrique Maier in 1935, Don Budge in 1937, and Jack Kramer in 1941. Cooke also won the mixed doubles title at the 1939 French Championships, teaming with her future husband Elwood Cooke. Sarah and Marble were undefeated in doubles for 4 years (1937-1940). Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (born May 23, 1911, Surbiton, Surrey, England – died November 8, 1983) was a female tennis player from Great Britain. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Helen Hull Jacobs (August 6, 1908 - June 2, 1997) was an American female tennis player who was born in Globe, Arizona, United States. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alice Marble on the cover of LIFE magazine in 1939 Alice Marble (September 13, 1913–December 13, 1990) was an early American tennis champion. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Margaret Osborne duPont (born on March 4, 1918, in Joseph, Oregon, United States) was an American female tennis player. ... Fred Perry hitting a backhand volley Frederick John Perry (May 18, 1909 – February 2, 1995) in Stockport, Cheshire. ... Don Budge hitting a backhand as an amateur in 1935 John Donald (Don) Budge (June 13, 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis champion who was a World No. ... Jack Kramer can refer to: Jack Kramer: a Major League Baseball player Jack Kramer: a tennis player This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

In 1947, Cooke turned pro and went on a "barnstorming" tour of one night stands with Betz, who had been stripped of her amateur status by the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) for merely inquiring about the possibility of creating a tour for professionals. They earned about US $10,000 each. The United States Tennis Association (USTA), previously known as the United States National Lawn Tennis Association, was established by a small group of tennis club members in a meeting held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City. ...

Cooke and Marble lobbied the USLTA to remove the color bar and allow Althea Gibson to play at heretofore whites-only tournaments beginning in 1950. "She [Cooke] was calmly persuasive, had clout as an ex-champ, and got Althea into the U.S. Championships in 1950," said Gladys Heldman, founder of the women's professional tennis tour. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Cooke was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1963. The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit tennis museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It maintains a Hall of Fame for prominent personalities and players from the tennis world. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

Grand Slam record

• French Championships
  • Doubles finalist: 1934
  • Mixed champion: 1939

• Wimbledon Championships
  • Doubles champion: 1938, 1939
  • Doubles finalist: 1930, 1936
  • Mixed finalist: 1936, 1938

• U.S. Championships
  • Singles champion: 1941, 1945
  • Singles finalist: 1934, 1935
  • Doubles champion: 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941
  • Doubles finalist: 1936
  • Mixed champion: 1932, 1935, 1937, 1941
  • Mixed finalist: 1933, 1936, 1939

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Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1941	U.S. Championships	Pauline Betz	7-5, 6-2
1945	U.S. Championships (2)	Pauline Betz	3-6, 8-6, 6-4

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Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1934	U.S. Championships	Helen Jacobs	6-1, 6-4
1935	U.S. Championships	Helen Jacobs	6-2, 6-4

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Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

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.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final