:Eleanor Tennant

{{short description|American tennis player and coach}}

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| name = Eleanor Tennant

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| birth_date = {{birth year|1895}}

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| death_date = May 11, {{death year and age|1974|1895}}

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| USOpenDoublesresult = Loss (1920)

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| CoachPlayers= {{ubl|Alice Marble|Bobby Riggs|Pauline Betz|Maureen Connolly}}

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Eleanor "Teach" Tennant (1895 – May 11, 1974{{cite web|title=Eleanor Tennant, who taught many tennis-notables, dead|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/13/archives/eleanor-tennant-who-taught-many-tennis-notables-dead-won-title-on.html?|website=The New York Times|date=May 13, 1974}}) was a tennis player and coach from the U.S., notable for the being the first female player to turn professional.{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1958/01/13/569913/eleanor-tennant|title=Eleanor Tennant |publisher=Sports Illustrated | website=www.si.com | date=January 13, 1958 }} Tennant was once ranked third in America{{cite web|url=http://tennis.quickfound.net/history/alice_marble.html |title=Alice Marble: excerpts from Courting Danger: QuickSports Tennis |publisher=Tennis.quickfound.net |date=1990-12-12 |accessdate=2010-07-14}} and was the coach of Grand Slam winners Alice Marble, Bobby Riggs, Pauline Betz, and Maureen Connolly. Tennant also coached Hollywood stars including Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, who gave her the nickname Teach.{{cite web|author1=Everettt R. Holles|title=Old coach on Riggs: 'boring'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/18/archives/old-coach-on-riggs-boring.html|website=The New York Times|date=September 18, 1973}}