Born: Sept 28, 1913, Plumes county, California, U.S.
Died: Dec 13, 1990, Palm Springs, California
Alice Marble was an American tennis player and four-time winner of the singles title at the United States Nationals tournament (1936, 1938-1940), which became the U.S. Open in 1968. Marble was born in Plumas County, California and began competing in her late teens. In addition to her U.S. singles titles, she won both doubles (1937-1940) and mixed doubles championships (1938-1940). In 1938, Marble won the Wimbledon doubles championship, then returned to Wimbledon the following year to capture both the singles and doubles titles and to secure her status as the dominant female tennis player of the 1930s. Her autobiography, The Road to Wimbledon, was published in 1946.
