Nancy Morrison

{{Short description|American tennis player (1927–2015)}}

{{For|the Scottish writer|Nancy Brysson Morrison}}

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{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Nancy Morrison

| image = Nancy Morrison 1950 (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 160px

| caption = Morrison, circa 1950

| fullname = Nancy Morrison Orthwein

| country_represented = {{flagu|United States}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|06|21}}

| birth_place = Washington D.C.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|08|08|1927|06|21}}

| death_place = West Palm Beach, Florida

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| plays = Right-handed

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| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1950)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1950)

| USOpenresult = 3R (1946, 1950)

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Nancy Morrison Orthwein (June 21, 1927 – August 8, 2015) was an American tennis player.{{cite news |last1=Donnelly |first1=Shannon |title=Nancy (Morrison) Orthwein, Grand Slam tennis player, dies |url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/entertainment/society/2016/09/23/nancy-morrison-orthwein-grand-slam/9650140007/ |work=Palm Beach Daily News |date=September 23, 2016}}

Morrison, raised in Palm Beach, Florida, was the granddaughter of William Harley DaCamara, who was founder and president of Palm Beach Mercantile Company.{{cite news |title=Miss Nancy Morrison Engaged To A. Thompson Montgomery |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/133508471 |work=The Palm Beach Post |date=May 6, 1951}} She was born in Washington D.C and had two brothers.

A collegiate tennis player for Rollins College, Morrison won the 1948 Eastern Intercollegiate singles title. In 1950 she took part in the Wimbledon Championships for the only time and in the same tour finished runner-up to Gussie Moran at the Kent Championships.{{cite news |title=Miss Moran Takes Kent Tennis Title; Triumphs Over Nancy Morrison in London, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 --Geoff Brown Victor Drobny Victor Over Cernik Talbert-Trabert Triumph |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/18/archives/miss-moran-takes-kent-tennis-title-triumphs-over-nancy-morrison-in.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 18, 1950}} She twice reached the singles third round of the U.S. National Championships. Her doubles partnership with Barbara Scofield ranked as high as fourth in the United States.

Morrison was the second wife of business executive Adolphus Busch Orthwein.