Dorothy Knode

Career

She reached the semifinals of six other Grand Slam singles tournaments from 1952 through 1957. According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Knode was ranked in the world top ten in 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, and 1958 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of World Number. 5 in those rankings in 1955 and 1957.

Knode was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association in 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, and 1956 through 1959.

She was the third-ranked United States. player in 1957 and 1959. As of October 2008, Knode is still active in international and national senior events, winning the 80-and-over Super-Seniors World Individual Championships in Antalya, Turkey in 2005.

Singles: (2 runners-up)

Doubles (1 runner-up)

New Hampshire = tournament not held. R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

Achievements

• In 1948 she won the singles title at the Cincinnati Championships after defeating Mercedes Madden Lewis in the final in two straight sets. Knode won the singles title at the German Championships in 1950, 1952, and 1953. She also won the singles title at the United States. Women"s Clay Court Championships in 1951, 1955, 1958, and 1960 and the bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. Social Research = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.