Lois Felix

Lois Felix
Full name Lois Lorraine Felix-Spencer
Country (sports)  United States
Born Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Died (2001-12-23)December 23, 2001[1]
Singles
Highest ranking No. 8 (U.S. Ranking)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon 2R (1955)
US Open QF (1954)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1955)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon 4R (1955)

Lois Lorraine Felix-Spencer (June 1, 1927 – December 23, 2001) was an American amateur tennis player in the 1950s and 1960s. At one time in her career, she appeared as high as No. 8 in the U.S. singles rankings.

At the U.S. Indoor championships, Felix won the singles title in 1959 and in 1960 was a singles and doubles finalist.

At the tournament in Cincinnati, Felix won the singles and doubles titles in 1957, and won the singles title in 1954. (She won the 1957 doubles title with Margareta Bonstrom of Sweden.)

She was inducted into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Social Security Administration.
  2. ↑ "USTA NEW ENGLAND HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES BY YEAR". USTA. Retrieved 2009-04-23.


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