(1923-09-08)September 8, 1923 Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Died
January 16, 2013(2013-01-16) (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, US
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro
1950
Retired
1971
Plays
Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon
QF (1950)
US Open
SF (1948)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon
F (1949)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon
QF (1950)
US Open
F (1947)
Gertrude Augusta "Gussy" Moran (September 8, 1923 – January 16, 2013) was an American tennis player who was active in the late 1940s and 1950s. Her highest US national tennis ranking was 4th. She was born in Santa Monica, California and died in Los Angeles, California, aged 89.[2]
GussieMoran (1923–2013), American tennis player Gussie Nell Davis (1909–1993), American teacher who founded the Kilgore College Rangerettes Gussie Fink-Nottle...
free, although, after the Second World War, when the American player GussieMoran appeared at the Wimbledon championships of 1949 in a short skirt that...
Tinling and Moran. While the Wimbledon officials accused Moran of "putting sin and vulgarity into tennis", the media dubbed her "Gorgeous Gussie". According...
guest-starred. The Star Studded Ride, a 1954 short film, featured stars GussieMoran and Dave Gillam at the Racquet Club. Pin-up photographer Bruno Bernard...
Switzer as Bus Boy William Self as Pat Pemberton's Caddy Sports Stars GussieMoran as Herself Babe Didrikson Zaharias as Herself Don Budge as Himself Alice...
Bobby Riggs signed Betz and GussieMoran to play a pro tour with Jack Kramer and Pancho Segura, wherein Betz dominated Moran. Althea Gibson turned professional...
Championships for the only time and in the same tour finished runner-up to GussieMoran at the Kent Championships. She twice reached the singles third round...
professional tours of matches against Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1947) and GussieMoran (1951). A professional tour against Maureen Connolly was planned for...
get to the ball in time to reach it with his racket." The flamboyant GussieMoran, who briefly toured with the Gonzales group, said that watching Gonzales...
matches took place towards the end of the tour (after Betz's opponent GussieMoran had left the tour). Riggs won the 1952 Gator Bowl Pro in Jacksonville...
Championships Grass Pauline Betz Margaret Osborne Bill Talbert 8–10, 4–6 Loss 1947 U.S. Championships Grass GussieMoran Louise Brough John Bromwich 3–6, 1–6...
ISBN 978-0-252-05279-8. Perry, Douglas (February 15, 2012). "Giving 'Gorgeous Gussie' Moran her due". oregonlive. The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved March 17,...
forty National Champions, including Billy Talbert, George Richards, GussieMoran, Kathleen Harter, Carole Caldwell, Julius Heldman and Jimmy Wade. Skeen...
technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926) 2013 – GussieMoran, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1923) 2013 – Pauline Phillips...
7–5 1946 Not Held 1947 Margaret Osborne Barbara Krase 6–4, 6–1 1948* GussieMoran Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 1949* Doris Hart Dorothy Head...
Forehand = Steffi Graf Gentleman Jack = Jack Crawford Gorgeous Gussie = Gertrude Moran The Great Dane = Caroline Wozniacki Guga, Clay Surfer = Gustavo...
6-1, 6-0 International Championships of Egypt 1950 Pat Canning Todd GussieMoran 1–6, 6–3, 6–0 Alexandria International Championships 1951 Doris Hart...
Lutz, Robert Lansdorp, Patricia Yeomans, Stan Smith 2007 Darlene Hard, GussieMoran, Charlie Pasarell, Dennis Ralston, Ted Schroeder, Pam Shriver 2005 Tracy...
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