Rosa María "Rosie" Reyes Darmon (''née'' Reyes; born 23 March 1939) is a retired
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from Mexico who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.
Most of her success came on clay on which she won the women's doubles title at the
1958 French Championships with countrywoman
Yola Ramírez
Yolanda Ramírez Ochoa (born 1 March 1935) is a Mexican tennis player active in the 1950s and 1960s. She was twice a singles finalist and once a women's doubles champion and mixed doubles champion at the French Open.
Career
Ramírez was a singl ...
. She also reached the finals at the same event in 1957 and 1959.
In singles, her best result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinals of the
1959 French Championships in which she lost in straight sets to
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
Zsuzsa Körmöczy (25 August 1924 – 16 September 2006) was a female tennis player from Hungary. She reached a career high of World No. 2 in women's tennis, and won the 1958 French Open at the age of 34.
Early life
She was born in Pély, Hunga ...
of Hungary.
She competed in the women's doubles event at
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
, where tennis was reintroduced as an
exhibition and demonstration event. Partnering
Julie Heldman, she won the gold medal in the exhibition event, held in Mexico City, and the silver medal in the demonstration event, held in
Guadalajara.
She married tennis player
Pierre Darmon
Pierre Darmon (born 14 January 1934) is a French former tennis player. He was ranked No.8 in the world in 1963, and also reached the top ten in 1958 and 1964.
Early life
Darmon was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He moved to France at 17 years of age.
...
on 28 January 1960.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
Olympic finals
Doubles (1 gold, 1 silver)
Mixed Doubles (1 bronze)
''Rosie Reyes Darmon and Pierre Darmon lost in the semifinals to
Peaches Bartkowicz and
Ingo Buding
Ingo Dietmar Buding (9 January 1942 – 13 March 2003) was a West German tennis player. His sisters Edda
"Edda" (; Old Norse ''Edda'', plural ''Eddur'') is an Old Norse term that has been attributed by modern scholars to the collective of two ...
6–3, 2–6, 1–6. As the exhibition tournament did not feature a bronze medal play-off match, both beaten semifinal teams received bronze medals.''
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1939 births
Living people
Mexican female tennis players
Tennis players from Mexico City
Tennis players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
Pan American Games medalists in tennis
Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
Tennis players at the 1955 Pan American Games
French Championships (tennis) champions
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis