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Carol Hanks Aucamp
Country (sports) United States
Born (1943-04-02) April 2, 1943 (age 81)
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Height5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Highest rankingU.S. No. 5 (1964)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon3R (1963)
US OpenSF (1964)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1964)
US OpenF (1966)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1963)

Carol Hanks Aucamp (born April 2, 1943) is a retired tennis player who played in the 1960s. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Accomplishments

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She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the United States (1964), and was ranked 10th in 1960, 11th in 1961, 12th in 1962 and 7th in 1963.

She won the U.S. Indoor Singles title in 1963, the U.S. Hardcourt Singles title in 1962, and the Cincinnati singles title in 1960. She also was a singles finalist in Cincinnati in 1959.

In doubles, she won the U.S. Indoor Doubles title (with Mary-Ann Eisel) in 1963, 1964 and 1965, and in 1958 with Nancy O'Connell, and won the title in Cincinnati in 1960 with Justina Bricka.

Biography

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She attended Stanford University, where she won the Intercollegiate Doubles title with Linda Yeomans in 1962.[1] She is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. Aucamp graduated from Washington University in St. Louis. She is married to Donald Aucamp.

Grand Slam finals

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Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1966 U.S. Championships Grass United States Ed Rubinoff United States Donna Floyd
Australia Owen Davidson
1–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ "Stanford Collegiate Championships". Stanford Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007.