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1954- . US tennis player. She won her first
Wimbledon title 1974, and has since won 21
Grand Slam titles. She became the first woman
tennis player to win $1 million in prize
money. She has an outstanding two-handed
backhand and is a great exponent of baseline
technique. From 1974-89 at Wimbledon she has
never failed to reach the quarter-finals at
least. She married British Davis Cup player
John Lloyd 1979 but subsequently divorced.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Wimbledon
singles: 1974, 1976, 1981
doubles: 1976
US Open
singles: 1975-78, 1980, 1982
French Open
singles: 1974-75, 1979-80, 1983, 1985-86
doubles: 1974-75
Australian Open
singles: 1982, 1984