# Laura duPont > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Laura_duPont > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Laura_duPont.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_duPont > Source revision: 1344149037 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American tennis player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Laura duPont | image = | country = {{USA}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1949|05|04}} | birth_place = [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|02|20|1949|05|04|mf=yes}} | death_place = [Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina), U.S. | height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}} {{cite book|editor1-last=Bostic |editor1-first=Stephanie|title=USTA Player Records 1978|date=1979|publisher=[United States Tennis Association](/source/United_States_Tennis_Association) (USTA)|page=186}} | turnedpro = | retired = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = US$ 211,614 | singlesrecord = 79–122 | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 23 (1977)[https://wta-prod-photo-files.s3.amazonaws.com/wta/document/2019/11/09/2654047d-c642-4fa8-bd3f-b091813b7568/WTA-SINGLES-RANKINGS-1977.pdf Year-end 1977 singles ranking] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217225348/https://wta-prod-photo-files.s3.amazonaws.com/wta/document/2019/11/09/2654047d-c642-4fa8-bd3f-b091813b7568/WTA-SINGLES-RANKINGS-1977.pdf |date=February 17, 2023 }} at the WTA | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1977) | Wimbledonresult = 4R (1972, 1979) | USOpenresult = QF (1971) | Othertournaments = | MastersCupresult = | WTAChampionshipsresult = | doublesrecord = 117–119 | doublestitles = 5 | highestdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1975) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = QF (1973, 1976) | USOpenDoublesresult = QF (1976) | OthertournamentsDoubles = | MastersCupDoublesresult = | WTAChampionshipsDoublesresult = | OlympicsDoublesresult = }} '''Laura duPont''' (May 4, 1949 – February 20, 2002) was a female American [tennis](/source/tennis) player. She was the first woman to win a national title in any sport for the [University of North Carolina](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill),[http://www.wm.edu/tenniscenter/dupont.html ITA - 2002 Inductee Laura duPont] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831052543/http://www.wm.edu/tenniscenter/dupont.html |date=2006-08-31 }} as well as being the first female [All-American](/source/All-American)[http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40094.html Inventory of the Office of the Women's Tennis Coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1976–2004] at the school. She was not related to the multiple grand slam winner [Margaret Osborne duPont](/source/Margaret_Osborne_duPont). Born in [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky), Laura became acquainted with tennis by practicing on the city's public courts. In her adolescent years, DuPont moved to [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina), where she showed promise competing in junior tennis championships. DuPont attended the University of North Carolina where three times she was named Mid-Atlantic Singles Collegiate Champion. DuPont was singles champion in the years 1968, 1970, and 1971. In 1970, she also secured doubles champion. Aside from her tennis accolades at the school, she also played varsity basketball. In 1970, duPont was named North Carolina AAU Athlete of the Year. In 1972, duPont graduated with a B.A. and joined the tennis inter-national circuit soon after. She won the Canadian (1979), Argentine, New Zealand (singles as well as doubles) and German singles. DuPont's success continued, becoming the South African doubles champion in 1976, a doubles finalist in 1975 and singles finalist in 1976. She won the [U.S. Clay Court Championships](/source/U.S._Women's_Clay_Court_Championships) singles title in 1977, as well as was a doubles finalist in 1976. In 1984, duPont won the U.S. Open 35 and over singles championship. From 1975 to 1981, she was on the [Women's Tennis Association](/source/Women's_Tennis_Association) board, serving in the roles of vice president and treasurer.{{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook |year=1979 |publisher=Macdonald and Jane's|location=London|isbn=978-0354090681|page=264|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}} Laura duPont was inducted into the [North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame](/source/North_Carolina_Tennis_Hall_of_Fame) in 1977, the [Charlotte Catholic High School](/source/Charlotte_Catholic_High_School) Hall of Fame in 2000, the [Women's collegiate tennis Hall of fame](/source/Intercollegiate_Tennis_Association) in 2002[http://itahalloffame.org/inductees/ Inductees] at the ITA Hall of fame and then North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2018. After being diagnosed with [breast cancer](/source/breast_cancer), DuPont moved back to North Carolina in 1997. She died at [Duke University Medical Center](/source/Duke_University_Medical_Center) in [Durham](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina) on February 20, 2002.{{cite news|title=Laura DuPont, 52, tennis star, managed club for Shriver |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2002/02/24/laura-dupont-52-tennis-star-managed-club-for-shriver/|access-date=May 4, 2012|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=February 24, 2002}} ==WTA Tour finals== ===Doubles 10 (5–5) === {| |-valign=top | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" !colspan=2| Legend |- bgcolor="#f3e6d7" | Grand Slam ||align="center"|0 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" | WTA Championships ||align="center"|0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Tier I ||align="center"|0 |- bgcolor="#ccccff" | Tier II ||align="center"|0 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Tier III ||align="center"|0 |- bgcolor="#66CCFF" | Tier IV & V ||align="center"|0 |} | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" !colspan=2| Titles by surface |- | Hard ||align="center"|3 |- | Clay ||align="center"|1 |- | Grass ||align="center"|0 |- | Carpet ||align="center"|1 |} |} {| class="sortable wikitable" !Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:55px"|Date !style="width:160px"|Tournament !style="width:55px"|Surface !style="width:150px"|Partner !style="width:150px"|Opponents !style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1978 | [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio), Texas, US | Hard | {{flagicon|FRA}} [Françoise Dürr](/source/Fran%C3%A7oise_D%C3%BCrr) | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Ilana Kloss](/source/Ilana_Kloss)
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Marise Kruger](/source/Marise_Kruger) | 1–6, 4–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–2 | Nov 1978 | [Buenos Aires](/source/WTA_Argentine_Open), Argentina | Clay | {{flagicon|TCH}} [Regina Maršíková](/source/Regina_Mar%C5%A1%C3%ADkov%C3%A1) | {{flagicon|FRA}} [Françoise Dürr](/source/Fran%C3%A7oise_D%C3%BCrr)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Valerie Ziegenfuss](/source/Valerie_Ziegenfuss) | 6–1, 4–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–3 | Nov 1979 | [Brighton](/source/Brighton), England | Carpet | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Ilana Kloss](/source/Ilana_Kloss) | {{flagicon|USA}} [Ann Kiyomura](/source/Ann_Kiyomura)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Anne Smith](/source/Anne_Smith_(tennis)) | 2–6, 1–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1–3 | Jan 1980 | [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati), Ohio, US | Carpet | {{flagicon|USA}} [Pam Shriver](/source/Pam_Shriver) | {{flagicon|YUG}} [Mima Jaušovec](/source/Mima_Jau%C5%A1ovec)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Ann Kiyomura](/source/Ann_Kiyomura) | 6–3, 6–3 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1–4 | Jan 1980 | [Kansas City](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri), Missouri, US | Carpet | {{flagicon|USA}} [Pam Shriver](/source/Pam_Shriver) | {{flagicon|USA}} [Billie Jean King](/source/Billie_Jean_King)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Martina Navratilova](/source/Martina_Navratilova) | 3–6, 1–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2–4 | Mar 1980 | [Carlsbad](/source/Carlsbad%2C_California), California, US | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} [Pam Shriver](/source/Pam_Shriver) | {{flagicon|USA}} [Rosie Casals](/source/Rosie_Casals)
{{flagicon|USA}} [JoAnne Russell](/source/JoAnne_Russell) | 6–7, 6–4, 6–1 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3–4 | Sep 1981 | [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), Georgia, US | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} [Betsy Nagelsen](/source/Betsy_Nagelsen) | {{flagicon|USA}} [Rosie Casals](/source/Rosie_Casals)
{{flagicon|USA}} [Candy Reynolds](/source/Candy_Reynolds) | 6–4, 7–5 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3–5 | Oct 1982 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} [Barbara Jordan](/source/Barbara_Jordan_(tennis)) | {{flagicon|JPN}} [Naoko Sato](/source/Naoko_Sato)
{{flagicon|AUS}} [Brenda Remilton](/source/Brenda_Remilton-Ward) | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4–5 | Oct 1982 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} [Barbara Jordan](/source/Barbara_Jordan_(tennis)) | {{flagicon|JPN}} [Naoko Sato](/source/Naoko_Sato)
{{flagicon|AUS}} [Brenda Remilton](/source/Brenda_Remilton-Ward) | 6–2, 6–7, 6–1 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5–5 | Nov 1982 | [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} [Alycia Moulton](/source/Alycia_Moulton) | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Jennifer Mundel](/source/Jennifer_Mundel)
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Yvonne Vermaak](/source/Yvonne_Vermaak) | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * [http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40094.html Inventory of the Office of the Women's Tennis Coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1976–1999], in the University Archives, [UNC-Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill). {{DEFAULTSORT:Dupont, Laura}} Category:American female tennis players Category:North Carolina Tar Heels women's tennis players Category:Charlotte Catholic High School alumni Category:Tennis players from Louisville, Kentucky Category:Tennis players from North Carolina Category:1949 births Category:2002 deaths Category:20th-century American sportswomen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Laura duPont](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_duPont) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_duPont?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.