Ruia Morrison
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Dame Ruia Mereana Morrison is a retired New Zealand tennis player. Morrison was the first New Zealand woman and the first Māori person to play at Wimbledon and reached the fourth round in both 1957 an
Morrison in early 1960s
Ruia Morrison visiting Queen Victoria School for Māori Girls circa 1960s
Morrison's investiture as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Auckland, on 27 May 2022
Maria Bueno
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Maria Esther Andion Bueno was a Brazilian professional tennis player. During her 11-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, she won 19 major titles, making her the most successful South American tennis pl
Ruia Morrison
…then losing to American player Betty Pratt, ranked fourth in the world. Pratt invited Morrison, along with the Wimbledon champions Althea Gibson and Maria Bueno, to the Caribbean the following year for international tennis tournaments at Montego Bay, Jamaica, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1958, Morrison reached…
Bueno in 2016
Maria Bueno with Margaret Court in 1964
Bueno in July 1964 at a tournament in the Netherlands.
Bueno's statue by Gustavo Rosa