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Margaret Osborne DuPont

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Tennis Player

The Resume

    (March 4, 1918-October 24, 2012)
    Born in Joseph, Oregon
    In singles, won three US Opens (1948-50), two French Opens (1946,1949) and one Wimbledon (1947)
    In doubles, won 13 US Opens (1941-50,1955-57), five Wimbledons (1946-1948-50,1954) and three French Opens (1946-47,1949)
    In mixed doubles, won nine US Opens (1943-46,1950,1956,1958-60) and one Wimbledon (1962)
    Married to heir/banker William duPont, Jr. (1947-64)
    Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (1967)

Why she might be annoying:

    Marrying into one of America's wealthiest families relieved any financial pressure to turn pro, which helped her continue to rack up Grand Slam titles in a period when only amateurs were allowed to enter.
    She never played in the Australian Open because her husband would not let her. ('He threatened to divorce me if I went to Australia.')
    After divorcing duPont, she formed a long-term partnership with fellow tennis player Margaret Varner Bloss.

Why she might not be annoying:

    During their marriage, William duPont dated fellow tennis star Alice Marble.
    She was one of the few women to win a tennis major after having a child.
    Over five decades after her peak, she still holds several US Open records, including most overall titles, most women's doubles titles and most mixed doubles titles.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 120 Votes: 76.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying