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Queen Helen Wills Roark Now Lives Quiet, Private Life
In Carmel California Helen Wills Roark once ruled women’s tennis with eight Wimbledon titles and seven Forest Hills crowns. Now 71 she hides from public view, writes and paints, tends a garden with limited water, and avoids sports journalism while recalling rivalries with Lenglen and Jacobs.
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Will Grimsley
Carmel
Calif
Charleston
Queen Helen
Poker Face
Billie Jean
King
Chris Evert
France
Suzanne Lenglen
California
Helen Jacobs
Helen Wills
Carmel Valley
Helen Wills Roark
Moody
Ocean Avenue
Mrs. Roark
Helen
Pindar
Roark
Wells
Grantland Foe
Bill McGeehan
Damon Runyan
Ring Lardner
Paul Gallico
Westbrook Pegler
Eleanor Roosevelt
Arthur Gutterman
New Yorker
Clarence Wills
Wills