Beverly Joyce Baker Fleitz was a women's tennis player from the United States who was active in the late 1940s and during the 1950s. According to John Olliff and Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Fleitz was ranked in the world top 10 in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, and 1959, reaching a career high of World No. 3 in those rankings in 1954, 1955, and 1958. Fleitz was included in the year-end top 10 rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association from 1948 through 1951 and in 1954, 1955, 1958, and 1959. She was the top-ranked U.S. player in 1959. She was ambidextrous and played with two forehands.
Mary Arnold Prentiss was an amateur American adult tennis player from September 1934 through May 1968. She also participated in United States National Seniors Championships through 1972.
Jadwiga "Jed" Jędrzejowska was a Polish tennis player who had her main achievements during the second half of the 1930s. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polish, she was often called by the nicknames "Jed" or "Ja-Ja".
Herbert Flam was an American tennis player who, in 1957 was ranked by Lance Tingay as the World No. 4 amateur.
Patricia Joan Curry Hughesman was a British squash and tennis player who won the British Open Squash Championships three times in a row from 1947 to 1949. Her toughest victory was in 1948, when she beat the 10-time British Open winner Janet Morgan in five sets. She was also the runner-up at the championship three consecutive times from 1950 to 1952.
Felicisimo Ampon was a tennis player from the Philippines. He is considered to be the greatest Filipino tennis player in history, and at only 5 foot 3 inches tall, though closer to 4 ft 11, was once considered the best tennis player in the world, pound for pound.
Sheila Piercey was a South African tennis player. She was also known under her married name Sheila Piercey-Summers.
Ivo Ferdinand Rinkel was a Dutch tennis and field hockey player who was active in the 1940s and 50s.
Czesław Spychała was a Polish tennis player active in the decade before and after World War II.
Ginette Bucaille was a tennis player from France. She reached the singles final at the 1954 French Championships in which she was defeated by Maureen Connolly in straight sets. She reached the quarterfinals in 1953 and 1955. Bucaille reached the third round of the singles event at the Wimbledon Championships in 1950 and 1954. In the doubles event she reached the third round in 1954 and 1956 and in the mixed doubles she made it to the fourth round in 1954 with Neale Fraser and in 1955 with Jean Borotra.
Anne-Marie Lucienne Seghers was a French tennis player. She reached the singles final at the 1941 French Championships in which she was defeated by Alice Weiwers in straight sets. As the final was played during wartime in occupied France it is not recognized as an official French Championships and is known by the name Tournoi de France. She reached the quarterfinal in 1949 and 1954. Seghers competed in the Wimbledon Championships in 1949 and 1950. In the singles event in 1950 she reached the third round in which she lost to Gussie Moran.
Second-seeded Louise Brough defeated first-seeded Margaret Osborne 8–6, 4–6, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1947 U.S. National Championships.
Jean Rinkel-Quertier, was a female former tennis player from England who was active in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Helen Angwin is an Australian former tennis player who was active in the first half of the 1950s.
Jean Barbara Walker-Smith was a female tennis player from England who was active in the late 1940s and 1950s. She reached two Grand Slam semifinals in the singles event and one in doubles, and she achieved a highest singles ranking of world no. 5 in 1951.
Jean Addie Bissett Bostock, was a female international table tennis and tennis player from England.
Inge Pohmann was a German female tennis player whose career lasted from the end of World War II until the mid-1950s.
Gem Cynthia Hoahing was an English female tennis player of Chinese heritage who was active from the second half of the 1930s until the early 1960s.
Katherine "Kay" Tuckey, also known by her married name Kay Maule, was an English female tennis player who was active from the second half of the 1940s until the early 1950s.
Joy Mottram is a retired tennis player from England who was active in the late 1940s and the 1950s.
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