Nora Somoza Explained

Nora Somoza
Fullname:Nora Bonifacino de Somoza
Birth Date:8 August 1930
Australianopenresult:1R (1965)
Frenchopenresult:3R (1961)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1961)
Usopenresult:1R (1959)
Wimbledonmixedresult:QF (1961)

Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (8 August 1930 — 17 January 2013) was an Argentine tennis player.

Biography

Somoza, nicknamed "Norita", grew up in Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires Province.[1]

An Argentine number one, Somoza was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s. She was a three-time winner of the Río de la Plata tournament and represented her country at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.[2] [3]

In 1961 she reached the singles third rounds of both the French Championships and Wimbledon. She also teamed up with Reino Nyyssönen at Wimbledon to make the mixed doubles quarter-finals.[4]

Somoza appeared for the Argentina Federation Cup team in a 1965 tie against New Zealand in Melbourne.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Micro Histórico - Los barrios marcaron el constante crecimiento de la ciudad . radiocoronelsuarez.com.ar . Spanish.
  2. News: Somoza Wins Title . . 27 April 1964.
  3. News: Dellinger Paces U.S. Wins . . 31 August 1959.
  4. News: Estevez . Martin . Un siglo en pequeñas historias, 1961 . . 17 August 2017 . es.
  5. News: Three nations out of Federation Cup . . 16 January 1965 . 28 . National Library of Australia.