The Resume

(August 25, 1927-September 28, 2003)
Died at seventy six
Won Wimbledon (1957, 58)
Won US Open (1957, 58)
Won French Open (1956)
Charter Member of the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame (1980)
Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame (1971)

Why she might be annoying:

She dropped out of high school.
She retired from tennis at the height of her career because she wasn't making enough money from it.
She attempted a singing career in the 1960s.
She tried to become a professional golfer in the late 1960s.
She now lives in total seclusion.

Why she might not be annoying:

She is considered to be the Jackie Robinson of tennis.
She is the first black woman to play in Wimbledon and the US Open.
Her first tennis racket was a re-strung second hand racket.

Credit: Eric Hartman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year (Ranked: 1957)
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year (Ranked: 1958)
• Black Heritage Commemorative Stamp Series (Ranked: 2013)
• Ebony Magazine's 100 Most Fascinating Black Women of the 20th Century [March 1999]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• ESPN Sports Century (Ranked: 65)
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [D-G]
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 76)
• I Won a Tennis Major
• John Ford Films
• Look at Me, I'm Smooching
• McFly's Profiles [Series 1]
• National Women's Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2001)
• New Jersey Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2009)
• New York City Ticker Tape Parades (Ranked: 1957)
• Person to Person - Guests [A-K]
• Profiles 5751-6000 (Ranked: 5862)
• Sports Illustrated Women Century's Greatest Sportswomen (Ranked: 30)
• Teachers
• Tennis Hall of Famers (Ranked: 1971)
• Tennis Stars
• The My Hero Project
• UK Telegraph's Wimbledon Top 50 Champions [2009] (Ranked: 34)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20030928)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]
• Wimbledon Champs: Women's Singles (Ranked: 1957)
• Wimbledon Champs: Women's Singles (Ranked: 1958)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 46.51% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 495 Votes: 54.75% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 120 Votes: 57.50% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 200 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 1083 Votes: 51.06% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 415 Votes: 51.08% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1073 Votes: 47.34% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 311 Votes: 50.80% Annoying