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- ↑ Bobby Riggs & George McGann (1973) Court hustler. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia, United States. ISBN:9780397008933. page.122.
- ↑ Jewish Women's Archive. This Weeks in History: Gladys Heldman launches "World Tennis Magazine" May 13, 1953. Newton. MA. United States. Websource: https://jwa.org/thisweek/may/13/1953/gladys-heldman.
- ↑ Heldman, Gladys and Mulloy, Gardnar (July 1953) World Tennis. Volume 1, Issue 2. Publishers & Editors. New York City, NY, United States. page.5.
- ↑ Jewish Women's Archive.