Margarette Ballard

{{short description|American tennis player}}

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Margarette Ballard (December 20, 1866 – unknown) was an American tennis player from the end of the 19th century.

In 1889, she won the first women's doubles at the U.S. Women's National Championship with Bertha Townsend.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|authorlink=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2016|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=New York|isbn=978-1-937559-38-0|page=508|edition=3rd}}

Grand Slam finals

= Doubles (1 title, 1 runners-up)=

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style="background:#98fb98;"|Win1889style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. ChampionshipsGrass{{flagicon|USA}} Bertha Townsend{{flagicon|USA}} Marion Wright
{{flagicon|USA}} Laura Knight
6–2, 6–0
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss1890style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. ChampionshipsGrass{{flagicon|USA}} Bertha Townsend{{flagicon|USA}} Grace Roosevelt
{{flagicon|USA}} Ellen Roosevelt
1–6, 2–6

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