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'''Donna Floyd Fales''' (born September 14, 1940) was an American amateur [[tennis]] player. |
'''Donna Floyd Fales''' (born [[September 14]], [[1940]]) was an [[United States|American]] amateur [[tennis]] player. |
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She was ranked in the Top 10 in the United States from 1960 to 1963, and from 1965 to 1966; |
She was ranked in the Top 10 in the United States from 1960 to 1963, and from 1965 to 1966; |
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Donna Floyd Fales (born September 14, 1940) was an American amateur tennis player.
She was ranked in the Top 10 in the United States from 1960 to 1963, and from 1965 to 1966;
A graduate of the College of William and Mary, she won her first national junior title at age 15. In 1959, at the second national collegiate tournament for women, she captured the singles title.
She played on the U.S. Wightman Cup team in 1963, and later captained the Wightman and Federation Cup teams.
Fales won the U.S. Clay Court singles title in 1962, and was the U.S. mixed doubles champion in 1966. At the tournaments in Cincinnati and Canada, she won the singles title at Cincinnati in 1959 and at Canada in 1960. She also won the doubles title in Canada in 1960.
Fales has been inducted into Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame (1997), the Virginia All Sports Hall of Fame (1997), the Florida Tennis Association Hall of Fame (1987), the William & Mary Athletic Hall of Fame and the Virginia All-Sports Hall of Fame (1997).