Louise Brown (nee Cook; November 19, 1922 — November 24, 2003) was a Canadian
tennis
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player.
A left-handed player from
Dunnville, Ontario
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, Brown won the 1957
Canadian Open and in a long career ranked in the top 10 nationally for 26 successive years. She made the singles third round at both the 1966 French championships and the 1964 U.S. national championships when she was in her forties. On three occasions she fell to the top seeded
Margaret Smith (Court) in a grand slam singles main draw, including at the
1963 Wimbledon Championships
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. She was playing captain of Canada's inaugural
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team in 1963 and was a 1991 inductee in the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame.
See also
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List of Canada Fed Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Canada Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. Canada have taken part in the competition since 1963.
Fed Cup players
:''*Active players in bold, statistics as of September 9, 2019 ...
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1922 births
2003 deaths
Canadian female tennis players
Racket sportspeople from Ontario
Sportspeople from Haldimand County