Sport and Games Atlas

How The Game Is Played
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Athlete

Karen Hantze Susman

Racket Sports

Karen Susman, born Karen Hantze in San Diego in 1942, is an American former tennis player who won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1962 without losing a set. She was the first player in Wimbledon history to win both the junior and the adult singles events, having taken the girls' title in 1960. With Billie Jean Moffitt, later King, she won the Wimbledon women's doubles in 1961 as the youngest team to do so at the time, and again in 1962, plus the 1964 U.S. doubles title. She reached a career high of world number four in 1962 according to Lance Tingay, and played little after the birth of her child in 1963.

Facts
Birth Year
1942 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
Connections

Competed In

Source Karen Hantze Susman (Wikipedia)

Plays

Tennis, Sports
Source Karen Hantze Susman (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Karen Hantze Susman (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
is an American former tennis player
Sources
1. Karen Hantze Susman (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth date
    born December 11, 1942
  • Lead, gender
    She won three Grand Slam women's doubles titles, all with Billie Jean King.
  • Lead, titles
    Susman won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1962. She won three Grand Slam women's doubles titles, all with Billie Jean King.
  • Lead, nationality
    is an American former tennis player
  • Plays: Tennis, Lead, sport
    is an American former tennis player
  • Competed In: Wimbledon, Lead, Wimbledon
    Susman won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1962.
View the Source

Take a Related Quiz

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.