The Resume

(September 28, 1913-December 13, 1990)
Died at 77
Won Wimbledon (1939)
Won U.S. Open (1936, 38, 39, 40)

Why she might be annoying:

She was a tomboy.
She preferred to play baseball than tennis.
She wore a baseball cap while playing tennis.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was an outspoken critic of those who did not want Althea Gibson to compete because she was black.
She won the 1939 Wimbledon Triple Crown (singles, doubles and mixed).
She changed the way women played tennis by being more aggressive with a harder serve.
She suffered from anemia and pleurisy and was unable to play tennis for two years (1933-35).
She became a U.S. spy during WW II.
She kept an eye on her former boyfriend who assisted the nazis in Switzerland.
She was selected #75 by Sports Illustrated for Women's Century's Greatest Sportswomen.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• A.M. and P.M.
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year (Ranked: 1939)
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year (Ranked: 1940)
• I Died in 1990 (Ranked: 77)
• I Won a Tennis Major
• Profiles 7501-7750 (Ranked: 7574)
• Sports Illustrated Women Century's Greatest Sportswomen (Ranked: 75)
• Styx and Stones
• Tennis Hall of Famers (Ranked: 1964)
• Tennis Stars
• This is Your Life Honorees [L-Z]
• Tomboys
• UK Telegraph's Wimbledon Top 50 Champions [2009] (Ranked: 35)
• Wimbledon Champs: Women's Singles (Ranked: 1939)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 43 Votes: 34.88% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 32.14% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 74 Votes: 56.76% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 129 Votes: 49.61% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 227 Votes: 48.90% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 280 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 402 Votes: 49.00% Annoying