• Source: Rosie Reyes

      • Rosa María Reyes Darmon (née Reyes; 23 March 1939 – 4 January 2024) was a Mexican tennis player who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.


      Career


      Most of her success came on clay on which she won the women's doubles title at the 1958 French Championships with countrywoman Yola Ramírez. She also reached the finals at the same event in 1957 and 1959.
      In singles, her best result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 1959 French Championships in which she lost in straight sets to Zsuzsa Körmöczy of Hungary.
      Reyes competed in the women's doubles event at 1968 Summer Olympics, where tennis was reintroduced as an exhibition and demonstration event. Partnering Julie Heldman, she won the gold medal in the exhibition event, held in Mexico City, and the silver medal in the demonstration event, held in Guadalajara.


      Personal life and death


      Reyes married tennis player Pierre Darmon on 28 January 1960. She died from a lung disease at her home in Mexico City, on 4 January 2024, at the age of 84.


      Grand Slam finals




      = Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

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      = Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

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      Olympic finals




      = Doubles (1 gold, 1 silver)

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      = Mixed Doubles (1 bronze)

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      Rosie Reyes Darmon and Pierre Darmon lost in the semifinals to Peaches Bartkowicz and Ingo Buding 6–3, 2–6, 1–6. As the exhibition tournament did not feature a bronze medal play-off match, both beaten semifinal teams received bronze medals.


      References




      External links


      Rosie Reyes at the Women's Tennis Association
      Rosie Reyes at the International Tennis Federation
      Rosie Reyes at the Billie Jean King Cup

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