Darlene Ruth Hard was an American professional tennis player. She won the singles titles at the French Championships in 1960 and the U.S. Championships in 1960 and 1961, and won a total of 13 women's doubles titles in Grand Slam tournaments. She was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1973.[1]
Darlene Ruth Hard, born 6 January 1936 in Los Angeles, California, was the daughter of Robert Hard and Ruth Diedrich.[2][3]
She married Richard H. Waggoner on 20 August 1977 in Los Angeles, California.[4]
↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL68-BQ2 : 27 November 2014), Darlene Ruth Hard, 06 Jan 1936; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K975-G1D : 5 January 2021), Darlene R Hard in household of Robert K Hard, Inglewood Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-291, sheet 62A, line 10, family 66, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 234.
↑ "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6JP-MMC : 27 November 2014), Richard H Waggoner and Darlene R Hard, 20 Aug 1977; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
"Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27F8-J5T : 4 March 2021), Darlene Ruth Hard, Immigration; citing 1959, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).
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