# Kay Hubbell

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{{Short description|American tennis player (1921–2017)}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Kay Hubbell
| image =
| fullname = Katharine M. Hubbell
| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|04|29}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|04|22|1921|04|29}}
| death_place = 
| height =
| plays =
| careerprizemoney = 
| singlesrecord = 
| singlestitles = 
| highestsinglesranking = 
| Wimbledonresult = 2R ([1954](/source/1954_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles), [1955](/source/1955_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles))
| USOpenresult = 3R ([1953](/source/1953_U.S._National_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles), [1958](/source/1958_U.S._National_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles))
| doublesrecord = 
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| highestdoublesranking = 
| WimbledonDoublesresult = SF ([1954](/source/1954_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_doubles))
}}
'''Katharine Hubbell''' (April 29, 1921 – April 22, 2017) was an American [tennis](/source/tennis) player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former standout still courting tennis |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/439523708 |work=[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |date=June 24, 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kerr |first1=Alec |title=Obituary: Katharine 'Kay' M. Hubbell |url=https://www.conwaydailysun.com/community/obituaries/obituary-katharine-kay-m-hubbell/article_4832bfb6-cffb-541a-b0ea-e37fe4650c0d.html |work=[The Conway Daily Sun](/source/The_Conway_Daily_Sun) |date=May 1, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

Hubbell, originally from [Dedham, Massachusetts](/source/Dedham%2C_Massachusetts), trained on grass at the [Longwood Club](/source/Longwood_Cricket_Club) in Boston. Her family had clay courts on their vacation home in [Chocorua, New Hampshire](/source/Chocorua%2C_New_Hampshire), which gave her exposure to another surface.<ref name="Cummings">{{cite news |last1=Cummings |first1=Karen |title=Kay Hubbell On-Court |url=https://www.mtearchronicles.com/single-post/1984/07/13/Kay-Hubbell-On-Court |work=Mountainear |date=July 14, 1984 |language=en}}</ref> While studying physics at [Vassar College](/source/Vassar_College) she won the national intercollegiate singles and doubles titles every year from 1940 to 1942. She was a women's doubles semi-finalist at the [1954 Wimbledon Championships](/source/1954_Wimbledon_Championships) with [Heather Brewer](/source/Heather_Brewer), losing to [Louise Brough](/source/Louise_Brough) and [Margaret duPont](/source/Margaret_duPont).<ref name="Cummings"/> In 1955 she won the [U.S. Women's Indoor Championship](/source/U.S._Women's_Indoor_Championships) singles title.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kay Hubbell Wins Indoor Net Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/268945145/ |work=[Honolulu Star-Bulletin](/source/Honolulu_Star-Bulletin) |date=March 25, 1955}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Wimbledon player}}

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Category:1921 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:American female tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Massachusetts
Category:Vassar College alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Dedham, Massachusetts
Category:20th-century American sportswomen

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