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Four American Girls Win Wimbledon Quarterfinals Victorys
Four American girls Doris Hart Louise Brough Beverly Baker Fleitz and Darlene Hard won straight-set singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon ensuring a 12th straight American finalist and making the all American semifinal field in 10 of the last 11 championships. Hart 64 6 3 over Dorothy Head Knode Brough 6 2 6 0 over Beryl Penrose Freitz 6 2 6 2 over Angela Buxton Hard 6 1 6 3 over Zsuzsi Koer-Moeczy. The Americans dominated the day as top doubles teams Trabert and Seixas and Rosewall and Fraser advanced in doubles.
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Wimbledon
England
Doris Hart
Louise Brough
Beverly Baker Fleitz
Darlene Hard
Little
America
United States
Miss Hart
Coral Gables
Fla
Dorothy Head Knode
Alameda
Calif
Miss Brough
Beverly Hills
Beryl Penrose
Australia
Freitz
Long Beach
Angela Buxton
Miss Hard
Long, Beach
Zsuzsi Koer- Moeczy
Hungary
Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
Vic Seixas
Philadelphia
Ren Rosewall
Neale Fraser
Pa Ax
Trabert
Los Angeles
Bob Perry
Gil Shea
Rosewall
Fraser