Margaret Jessee Warren (

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, 9 November 1921 – St. Helena, California, 27 July 2001) was an American

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and a Napa Valley vintner. In 1938, Jessee won the National 18 and Under doubles title and reached the final in singles, and reached the singles final at

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, before falling to Virginia Hollinger, 6–2, 6–3. She also won two California State singles titles and two State doubles titles during her career. Jessee graduated from the

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in 1943 and married James Cleveland Warren, oldest son of then-California Governor

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and later Supreme Court justice. In 1989, her children established a tennis scholarship in her name at UC Berkeley.

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*Reference: ''From Club Court to Center Court'' by Phillip S. Smith (2007 edition, page 282) 1921 births 2001 deaths American female tennis players American people in the wine industry California Golden Bears women's tennis players Tennis players from California University of California, Berkeley alumni 20th-century American women {{wine-bio-stub