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Virginia Hollinger

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Virginia Hollinger
Born(1917-02-04)February 4, 1917
DiedMarch 17, 1946(1946-03-17) (aged 29)
Spouse
Willis McCloud
(m. 1942)
Children1

Virginia Hollinger (February 4, 1917 – March 17, 1946) of Dayton, Ohio, was an amateur tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s.[citation needed]

Biography

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At the tournament in Cincinnati, Hollinger won singles titles in 1937 & 1938, and was a singles finalist in 1936 and 1939.

She won numerous junior titles, including the National Girls Indoor Championship in 1934, 1935 and 1936.[1] She also won the singles and doubles titles at the 1934 Western Girls Championships, and was a quarterfinalist in the 1934 National Girls' Championship.[citation needed]

In 1938 she won the U.S. Indoor Championships singles title after defeating Katherine Winthrop in the final.[2][1]

A tennis club in her hometown of Dayton bears her name: The Virginia Hollinger Memorial Tennis Club.[citation needed]

At the time of her death from Hodgkin lymphoma, she and her husband Willis McCloud had one daughter, Holly.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mrs. McCloud Funeral Set Tomorrow". The Dayton Herald. Dayton, Ohio, U.S. March 19, 1946. p. 3. Retrieved August 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "McNeill Wins National Indoors Net Championship". Reading Eagle. AP. March 6, 1938. p. 13 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ "Mrs. M'Cloud, Star of Tennis Courts, Dies at Age Of 28". Dayton Daily News. Dayton, Ohio, U.S. March 18, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved August 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.

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