Jeanne Arth
{{short description|American tennis player}}
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Jeanne Arth (born July 21, 1935) is an American tennis player who won women's doubles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and the U.S. National Championships.
Arth graduated from Central High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1952 and attended the College of St. Catherine. Arth and her partner Darlene Hard won women's doubles titles at the U.S. National Championships in 1958 and 1959 and at the Wimbledon Championships in 1959.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101112082251/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/minnesota/greatest/ The 50 Greatest Minnesota Sports Figures]
Arth received the Lions Club outstanding athlete award in 1958 and was inducted into the Saint Paul Central Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.[http://central.spps.org/sports/hall.html Saint Paul Central Athletic Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607233050/http://central.spps.org/sports/hall.html |date=2007-06-07 }}
Grand Slam finals
=Doubles (3 titles)=
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!Result !Year !Championship !Surface !style="width:150px"|Partner !style="width:150px"|Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score | ||||||
style="background:#98fb98;" | Win | 1958 | style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} Darlene Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Althea Gibson {{flagicon|Brazil}} Maria Bueno | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
style="background:#98fb98;" | Win | 1959 | style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} Darlene Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Beverly Baker Fleitz {{flagicon|GBR}} Christine Truman | 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
style="background:#98fb98;" | Win | 1959 | style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} Darlene Hard | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Maria Bueno {{flagicon|USA}} Sally Moore | 6–2, 6–3 |
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{{Wimbledon women's doubles champions}}
{{U.S. National Championships women's doubles champions}}
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Category:American female tennis players
Category:Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota
Category:Tennis players from Minnesota
Category:United States National champions (tennis)
Category:Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
Category:St. Catherine University alumni
Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
Category:21st-century American sportswomen