Country (sports) United States US Open F (1932) Highest ranking 10 Wimbledon 4R (1934) Handed Right-handed | French Open 2R (1934) Role Tennis player Plays Right-handed Name Carolin Babcock | |
Full name Carolin Antoinette Babcock Stark Born May 26, 1912
Billings, Montana, USA ( 1912-05-26 ) Died March 25, 1987, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Carolin Babcock Stark (née Babcock; May 26, 1912 – March 25, 1987) was a female tennis player from the United States. She won the women's doubles title with Marjorie Van Ryn at the 1936 U.S. Championships. Babcock was the runner-up in singles at the 1932 U.S. Championships, losing to Helen Hull Jacobs in straight sets. Stark also was the runner-up in women's doubles at the 1934, 1935, and 1937 editions of that tournament.
According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Babcock was ranked in the world top ten in 1934 and 1936, both years being ranked World No. 10. She was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Tennis Association from 1932 through 1937. She was the third-ranked U.S. player in 1932 and 1934.
Babcock was born in Billings, Montana, and was graduated from the Marlborough School in Los Angeles in 1934. In 1937 was married Richard Salisbury Stark. She died aged 74 at Southampton (Long Island) Hospital, New York, two days after suffering a stroke at her home in the North Haven section of Sag Harbor.
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