Jean Drysdale
| ụdịekere | nwanyị  |
|---|---|
| aha enyere | Jean |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 23 Septemba 1939 |
| Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya | 31 Maachị 1984 |
| nwanne | Gordon Forbes |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | tennis player |
| ụdị egwuregwu | tennis |
Jean Drysdale (née Forbes ; 23 Septemba 1939 - 31 Maachị 1984) bụ onye egwuregwu bọọlụ South Africa.
Drysdale tolitere n'ugbo atụrụ na Burgersdorp na ezinụlọ ya nwere ogige tenis dịka akụkụ nke ihe onwunwe ahụ, ebe ya na ụmụnne ndị okenye Gordon na Jack Forbes na-eme ihe, ha abụọ na-eme njem nleta. [1]
Dị ka onye dị afọ 15 na 1955 ọ gbara ọsọ na-atụ n'anya na otu egwuregwu ikpeazụ nke Queen's Club Championships, asọmpi precursor na Wimbledon . Ọ meriri ndị egwuregwu abụọ nwetara nnukwu mkpụrụ na Wimbledon, Darlene Hard na Dorothy Knode, mana enweghị ike ịsọ mpi na asọmpi n'onwe ya n'ihi mmachi afọ. [2] [3]
Ọrụ kacha mma Drysdale na asọmpi Wimbledon bịara na 1962 mgbe ọ ruru agba nke anọ nke ndị otu na mgbe nwanne nwoke na-emekọ ihe ọnụ bụ Gordon mere agba nke abụọ nke nkeji iri na ise. [4]
Na 1967 ọ lụrụ onye na-egwu tennis Cliff Drysdale na London. O nwere mmekọrịta egwuregwu tennis ọzọ n'oge a na Valerie Koortzen, onye Wimbledon nkeji iri na ise, onye bụ nwanne di ya n'oge alụmdi na nwunye ya na Gordon Forbes. [5]
Drysdale biri na Texas, na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye nkuzi na Lakeway World of Resorts. N'ihe dị ka 1982 ọ kewapụrụ na di Cliff, onye ya na ya nwere ụmụ abụọ. Ọ nwụrụ mgbe ọ dị afọ 44 na 1984 n'ihi ọrịa a na-amaghị ama. [6]
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Dị ka onye dị afọ 15 na 1955 ọ gbara ọsọ na-atụ n'anya na otu egwuregwu ikpeazụ nke Queen's Club Championships,
- ↑ "South Africa Housewife Shows Faith In Tennis", San Angelo Standard-Times, 21 June 1972.
- ↑ "Jean Forbes In Another Tennis Upset", The Gazette, 18 June 1955.
- ↑ "Father of Girl Tennis Star Dies", Evening Sentinel, 22 June 1955.
- ↑ "Darlene Hard Advances To Wimbledon Quarter-Finals", Nashville Banner, 30 June 1962.
- ↑ "Gordon Forbes obituary", The Times, 6 May 2022. (in en)
- ↑ "Tennis pro Jean Drysdale dies", Austin American-Statesman, 1 April 1984.
Njikọ mpụga
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Jean Drysdale at the Women's Tennis Association
- Jean Drysdale at the International Tennis Federation