Beatriz Araujo

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Beatriz Araujo
Country (sports)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Born (1955-07-04) 4 July 1955 (age 67)
Rio Negro, Brazil [1]
Singles
Career titles2
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1975)
Wimbledon 1R (1974)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (1975)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 2R (1975)

Beatriz Araujo (born 4 July 1955) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

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Araujo won back to back Argentine Opens in 1969 and 1970. She made her grand slam main draw debut at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships and played a match against Martina Navratilova at the 1975 French Open, which she lost 4–6, 4–6. During her career she featured in a total of 10 Federation Cup ties for Argentina, going 2/4 in singles and 4/4 in doubles.

She is married to former Argentine Davis Cup player Héctor Romani. [2]

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References

  1. Salatino, Guillermo (2016). El Septimo Game (in Spanish) (2 ed.). Buenos Aires: Del Nuevo Extremo. p. 32. ISBN   978-9871068791.
  2. "Romani: el bicho de la Davis". losandes.com.ar (in Spanish). 11 September 2017.