What is Maureen Connolly?
{{refimprove|date=June 2014}} '''Maureen Connolly''' (September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969) was an [[Americans|American]] [[tennis]] player.<ref>[http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/maureen-connolly-brinker International Tennis Hall of Fame]</ref> She won nine [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles titles in the 1950s. In 1953, she became the first [[woman]] to win all four Grand Slam titles in the same year. Connolly was born in [[San Diego]], California. She had to [[retire]] from tennis at age 19 because she was injured in a [[horseback riding]] accident. She was married to [[Norman Brinker]] from 1955 until her death. The couple had two daughters. She was [[diagnose]]d with [[ovarian cancer]] in 1966. It [[metastasis|spread]] to her [[stomach]]. She died in of the disease in [[Dallas]] aged thirty-four. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Maureen}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:1969 deaths]] [[Category:American tennis players]] [[Category:Australian Open champions]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Texas]] [[Category:Deaths from ovarian cancer]] [[Category:French Open champions]] [[Category:Sportspeople from San Diego, California]] [[Category:US Open (tennis) champions]] [[Category:Wimbledon champions]] {{sports-bio-stub}}