Mary Arnold (tennis)

Mary Arnold Prentiss (née Arnold; October 26, 1916 – January 29, 1975)[1] was an amateur American tennis player of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

Mary Arnold

Full name	Mary Arnold Prentiss
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1916-10-26)October 26, 1916
Died	January 29, 1975(1975-01-29) (aged 58)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	QF (1948)
Wimbledon	3R (1948)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	F (1948)
Wimbledon	3R (1948)
US Open	F (1946)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1948)

She was educated at the Los Angeles City College where she became a member of the Los Angeles Olympia L.T.C.[2]

She participated in the 1939 Wightman Cup, the women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. She won a doubles match partnering Dorothy Bundy and helped the U.S. team to a 5–2 victory.[2]

Arnold was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 every year between 1939 and 1947. Her highest ranking came in 1942 and 1944 when she was ranked No. 5 in both years.[3][4]

At the 1948 French Championships, she paired with future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Shirley Fry to reach the doubles finals.[5] She also played at the Wimbledon Championships that year and reached the third round in the singles and doubles and the quarterfinal in the mixed doubles event.[6]

At the Tri-State Tennis Tournament (now Cincinnati Masters), she reached five finals, winning three doubles titles: 1940, 1944 and 1946. She also was a singles finalist in 1941 (losing to Pauline Betz), and was a doubles finalist in 1945 (with Fry). To win her doubles titles in Cincinnati, she paired with Alice Marble in 1940, with Dorothy Bundy in 1944, and with Fry in 1946.