Eleanor "Teach" Tennant (1895 – May 11, 1974) was a
tennis
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player and coach from the U.S., notable for the being the first female player to turn professional.
Tennant was once ranked third in America and was the coach of Grand Slam winners
Alice Marble,
Bobby Riggs
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,
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, and
Maureen Connolly
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. Tennant also coached Hollywood stars including
Clark Gable
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and
Carole Lombard, who gave her the nickname Teach.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: (1 runner-up)
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1895 births
American female tennis players
American tennis coaches
1974 deaths
20th-century American women
20th-century American people
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