US Open F (1956) Wimbledon SF (1951) Role Tennis Player | Wimbledon SF (1954) Name Betty Pratt French Open QF (1950) Wimbledon QF (1954) Highest ranking 7 | |
Born April 15, 1925 (age 100) ( 1925-04-15 ) | ||
Betty Rosenquest Pratt (April 15, 1925 – January 31, 2016) was an American amateur tennis player who competed in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Pratt was a student at Florida's Rollins College where she played collegiate tennis, graduating in 1947. She was ranked in the Top Ten in the U.S. in 1951 (ranked number eight), 1954 (number five) and 1956 (number five). At the Wimbledon Championships Pratt was a semi-finalist in both singles (1954), losing to eventual winner Maureen Connolly, and doubles (1951). At the U.S. Nationals, she was a doubles finalist and singles semi-finalist in 1956.
At the tournament in Cincinnati, Pratt won the singles title in 1947 (over Betty Hulbert James in the final) and was a doubles finalist (with Margaret Varner) in 1948.
She captained both the U.S. Wightman Cup team and the U.S. Federation Cup Team.
Pratt continued to win titles at seniors events into her 60s and 70s. She was a charter member of the Rollins College Sports Hall of Fame (1977), and is a member of the Florida Tennis Association Hall of Fame (1979) and Eastern Tennis Association Hall of Fame (1998).