Lois Felix
{{short description|American tennis player}}
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| fullname = Lois Lorraine Felix-Spencer
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| birth_place = Meriden, Connecticut
| death_date = {{death date|2001|12|23|1927|6|1}}U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Social Security Administration.
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 8 (U.S. Ranking)
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| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1955)
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Lois Lorraine Felix-Spencer (June 1, 1927 – December 23, 2001) was an American amateur tennis player in the 1950s and 1960s. At one time in her career, she was ranked No. 8 in the U.S. singles rankings.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}
At the U.S. Indoor Championships, Felix won the singles title in 1959 and in 1960 was a singles and doubles finalist.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}
At the tournament in Cincinnati, Felix won the singles and doubles titles in 1957, and won the singles title in 1954. She won the 1957 doubles title with Margareta Bonstrom of Sweden.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}
She was inducted into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.newengland.usta.com/newengland/Global/Custom%20Pages/Awards%20and%20Grants/2375_Hall_of_Fame_Inductees_by_Year.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105022308/http://www.newengland.usta.com/newengland/Global/Custom%20Pages/Awards%20and%20Grants/2375_Hall_of_Fame_Inductees_by_Year.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-05|title=USTA NEW ENGLAND HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES BY YEAR|publisher=USTA|accessdate=2009-04-23}}
References
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- "From Club Court to Center Court" by Phillip S. Smith (2008 Edition; ISBN 978-0-9712445-7-3)
External links
- [http://www.meridenhalloffame.org/Inductees/Year.asp?InductionYear=1979 Meriden Hall of Fame]
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Category:American female tennis players
Category:Sportspeople from Meriden, Connecticut