Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (8 August 1930 — 17 January 2013) was an Argentine tennis player.

Nora Somoza
Full nameNora Bonifacino de Somoza
Country (sports) Argentina
Born(1930-08-08)8 August 1930
Died17 January 2013(2013-01-17) (aged 82)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1965)
French Open3R (1961)
Wimbledon3R (1961)
US Open1R (1959)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1961)

Biography

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Somoza, nicknamed "Norita", grew up in Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires Province.[1]

An Argentine number one, Somoza was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s. She was a three-time winner of the Río de la Plata tournament and represented her country at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.[2][3]

In 1961 she reached the singles third rounds of both the French Championships and Wimbledon. She also teamed up with Reino Nyyssönen at Wimbledon to make the mixed doubles quarter-finals.[4]

Somoza appeared for the Argentina Federation Cup team in a 1965 tie against New Zealand in Melbourne.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Micro Histórico - Los barrios marcaron el constante crecimiento de la ciudad". radiocoronelsuarez.com.ar (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "Somoza Wins Title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 27 April 1964.
  3. ^ "Dellinger Paces U.S. Wins". The Arizona Republic. 31 August 1959.
  4. ^ Estevez, Martin (17 August 2017). "Un siglo en pequeñas historias, 1961". El Gráfico (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Three nations out of Federation Cup". The Canberra Times. 16 January 1965. p. 28 – via National Library of Australia.
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