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Dorothy Kohl

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Dorothy Levine
Full nameDorothy Watman Levine Kohl
Country (sports) United States
BornChicago, Illinois
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF (1954)
Wimbledon3R (1954)
US Open3R (1954)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenQF (1954)
Wimbledon3R (1954)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1954)

Dorothy Watman Levine Kohl is an American former tennis player active in the 1950s.

A native of Chicago, Levine had a national ranking as high as 11 and was a singles quarter-finalist at the 1954 French Championships.[1] She won both the singles and doubles titles at the U.S. Women's Indoor Championships in 1954 and 1957.[2] Her first husband, businessman Orrin Levine, died in 1966. She was remarried in 1968 to Sidney Kohl, a son of the founder of the Kohl's department store chain. In 2012 she was inducted into the USTA Midwest Hall of Fame.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "All-American Final Looms In French Tennis Tournament". Guam Daily News. May 27, 1954.
  2. ^ "Mrs. Levine Cops Indoor Net Crown". Portland Press Herald. March 15, 1957.
  3. ^ Marx, Linda (November 18, 2012). "Former tennis champ entering USTA Midwest Hall of Fame". Palm Beach Daily News.