Born in Ventura attended Academy of St. Catherine.
Won 14 National and Women’s U.S. Championships.
Won the Indoor Women’s Singles and Doubles Championships three consecutive times.
First woman to win the Indoor Singles three years in a row.
Was twice a member of the U.S. Wrightman Cup Team 1951-1952.
Participated in the Wimbleton Tennis Championship in 1950 and 1951.
Member of the Sports Illustrated Speakers Bureau and a T.V. tennis commentator.