Tory-Ann Fretz (born August 8, 1942) is a former American amateur and professional
tennis
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player who played in the 1950s and 1960s. She was ranked in the U.S. top ten from 1963 to 1966, and was No. 2 in the doubles rankings in 1965 and 1966.
Career
Fretz grew up in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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and played collegiate tennis at
Occidental College
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in Los Angeles,
California
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.
She was coached by
Alice Marble
Alice Marble (September 28, 1913 – December 13, 1990) was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships between 1936 and 1940: five in singles, six in women's doubles, and seven in mixed doubles. She was ranked world No. 1 in 193 ...
.
In 1961 she won the singles and doubles titles at the NCAA Intercollegiate Championship.
At the U.S. Nationals, she was doubles semifinalist in 1965, and reached the mixed finals at the U.S. Open in 1968.
She was runner-up to
Carole Caldwell Graebner
Carole Caldwell Graebner (née Caldwell; June 24, 1943 – November 19, 2008) was an American tennis player. According to Lance Tingay of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Graebner was ranked in the world top 10 in 1964 and 1965, rea ...
at the 1965
Pacific Southwest Championships
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.
At the
Cincinnati Masters
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, Fretz reached the singles final in 1968 before falling to
Linda Tuero
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. She also reached the doubles final in 1962 at Cincinnati with Carolyn Rogers.
In 1974, she played with
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 major titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was a member of the victorious United States ...
in the
World Team Tennis
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The league's season normally takes place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA take a ...
on the
Philadelphia Freedoms
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Overview
The team traces its origins to WTT's inaugural season, in 1974. The Philadelphia Freedoms (1974), original team starred tennis legend and social pi ...
.
She has been inducted into the Intercollegiate Women's Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
References
External links
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* ''From Club Court to Center Court'' by Phillip S. Smith (2008 Edition; )
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American female tennis players
Sportspeople from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Tennis people from Pennsylvania
1942 births
Living people
21st-century American women
College women's tennis players in the United States