Betty Rosenquest Pratt Explained

Betty Rosenquest Pratt
Country: / Jamaica
Birth Date:15 April 1925
Death Place:Winter Park, Florida, U.S.
Highestsinglesranking:No. 7 (1954)
Frenchopenresult:QF (1950)
Wimbledonresult:SF (1954)
Usopenresult:SF (1956)
Wimbledondoublesresult:SF (1951)
Usopendoublesresult:F (1956)
Wimbledonmixedresult:QF (1954)

Betty Rosenquest Pratt (April 15, 1925 – January 31, 2016) was an American amateur tennis player who competed in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.[1]

Pratt was a student at Florida's Rollins College[2] where she played collegiate tennis, graduating in 1947.[3] She was ranked in the Top Ten in the U.S. in 1951 (ranked number eight), 1954 (number five) and 1956 (number five).[4] At the Wimbledon Championships, Pratt was a semifinalist in both singles (1954), losing to eventual winner Maureen Connolly, and doubles (1951).[5] At the U.S. Nationals, she was a doubles finalist and singles semifinalist in 1956.[2] [6]

At the tournament in Cincinnati, Pratt won the singles title in 1947 (over Betty Hulbert James in the final) and was a doubles finalist (with Margaret Varner) in 1948.

She captained both the U.S. Wightman Cup team and the U.S. Federation Cup Team.[2]

Active in the Caribbean, she also represented Jamaica,[7] and directed the Caribbean Tennis Circuit between 1952 and 1964.[8]

Pratt continued to win titles at seniors events into her 60s and 70s.[5] [9] She was a charter member of the Rollins College Sports Hall of Fame (1977),[10] and is a member of the Florida Tennis Association Hall of Fame (1979) and Eastern Tennis Association Hall of Fame (1998).[2] [5]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tennis Groundbreaker, Florida Volunteer and Former World Top 10 Pratt Dies at Age 90 . . 1 February 2016 . 1 February 2016.
  2. Web site: McShea. Nancy Gill. Inductees: 1998. USTA Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame. 2011-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110203071724/http://ustaeasternhalloffame.com/1998.htm. 2011-02-03. dead.
  3. Web site: Tradition. Rollins College. 2011-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715200513/http://www.rollinssports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19500&ATCLID=1547225. 2011-07-15. dead.
  4. Web site: USTA Yearbook – Top 10 U.S. Women's Rankings. United States Tennis Association. 2011-02-28. 2010-08-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20100805052348/http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23262_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Top_10_US_Womens_Rankings__page_3/. dead.
  5. Web site: ITA Women's Hall of Fame – McCormack–Nagelsen Tennis Center: Betty Rosenquest Pratt. The College of William & Mary. 2011-02-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720120554/http://web.wm.edu/tenniscenter/pratt.html?svr=www. 2011-07-20.
  6. News: Australian Duo Wins US Doubles Net Title. The Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. 1956-08-27.
  7. News: 1956-08-17. Mrs. Pratt, Unranked, Defeats Miss Bloomer in Essex Tennis. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-11-18. 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: BETTY ROSENQUEST PRATT. 2021-11-18. ITA Women's Hall of Fame. en-US.
  9. News: Storm. Stephanie. Pratt Adds World Title To Her Ongoing Collection. Orlando Sentinel. 1995-06-15.
  10. Web site: Rollins Hall of Fame. Rollins College. 2011-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715200521/http://www.rollinssports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19500&ATCLID=1549231. 2011-07-15. dead.

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