Surbiton_Trophy_Programme_2017
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former champions<br />
Dorothea Chambers<br />
(champion 1914, 1920)<br />
Chambers was already one of the greatest female<br />
players of her era by the time she took her first<br />
title at <strong>Surbiton</strong>. Between 1903 and 1914 she won<br />
a staggering seven singles titles at Wimbledon, as<br />
well as the singles at the 1908 Olympics.<br />
Cam Malfroy<br />
(champion 1936)<br />
Not long after winning at <strong>Surbiton</strong>, this New<br />
Zealand player became a decorated fighter pilot in<br />
World War II, flying Hurricanes and Spitfires. He<br />
was credited with destroying five enemy aircraft<br />
in all.<br />
Althea Gibson<br />
Helen Wills Moody<br />
(champion 1938)<br />
This Californian player won 19 Grand Slam singles<br />
titles in all, an achievement that cemented her<br />
status as a global superstar. Her graceful playing<br />
style was universally admired. Charlie Chaplin<br />
once said that watching her playing tennis was<br />
the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. Her<br />
beauty inspired many artists to produce paintings,<br />
sculptures, murals and drawings in her image.<br />
Maureen Connolly<br />
(champion 1952)<br />
Nicknamed Little Mo, this Californian player<br />
who won nine Grand Slam singles titles in the<br />
6 Aegon surbiton trophy <strong>2017</strong>
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