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'''Patsy Rippy''' of [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]], was an [[United States|American]] amateur [[tennis]] player in the 1960s. |
'''Patsy Rippy''' of [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]], was an [[United States|American]] amateur [[tennis]] player in the 1960s. |
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Revision as of 13:07, 12 July 2010
Patsy Rippy of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was an American amateur tennis player in the 1960s.
Rippy represented the United States in the 1967 Pan-American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, winning a gold medal in doubles (with Jane Albert) and a silver in singles.
Also in 1967, she reached the singles final in Cincinnati before falling to Jane Bartkowicz.
As a junior player, Rippy captured four state high school singles championships and was selected as Shawnee High School Athlete of the Year during her senior year at Shawnee High in Shawnee, Oklahoma. In 1962, she paired with Paulette Verzin to win the USTA National Hard Court Champions Girls’ 14 Doubles title. She was the runner-up to Bartkowicz at both the 1964 USTA National 16s and the 1966 USTA National 18s.
Rippy played college tennis at Odessa College in Odessa, Texas. She has been enshrined in the USTA/Missouri Valley Hall of Fame.
Sources
USTA/Missouri Valley
From Club Court to Center Court by Phillip S. Smith (2008 Edition; ISBN# 978-0-9712445-7-3).