Margarette Ballard
{{short description|American tennis player}}
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| USOpenDoublesresult = 1st (1889)
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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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!Result !Year !style="width:160px"|Championship !Surface !style="width:150px"|Partner !style="width:150px"|Opponents !style="width:90px" class="unsortable"|Score | ||||||
style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1889 | style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Championships | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} Bertha Townsend | {{flagicon|USA}} Marion Wright {{flagicon|USA}} Laura Knight | 6–2, 6–0 |
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1890 | style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Championships | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} Bertha Townsend | {{flagicon|USA}} Grace Roosevelt {{flagicon|USA}} Ellen Roosevelt | 1–6, 2–6 |
References
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Category:19th-century American sportswomen
Category:19th-century female tennis players
Category:American female tennis players