| Fullname | Nora Bonifacino de Somoza |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 8 August 1930 |
| Death date | 17 January 2013 (aged 82) |
| Australianopenresult | 1R (1965) |
| Frenchopenresult | 3R (1961) |
| Wimbledonresult | 3R (1961) |
| Usopenresult | 1R (1959) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult | QF (1961) |
Nora Bonifacino de Somoza (8 August 1930 — 17 January 2013) was an Argentine tennis player.
Biography
Somoza, nicknamed "Norita", grew up in Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires Province.[1]
An Argentine number one, Somoza was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s. She was a three-time winner of the Río de la Plata tournament and represented her country at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.[2][3]
In 1961 she reached the singles third rounds of both the French Championships and Wimbledon. She also teamed up with Reino Nyyssönen at Wimbledon to make the mixed doubles quarter-finals.[4]
Somoza appeared for the Argentina Federation Cup team in a 1965 tie against New Zealand in Melbourne.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Micro Histórico - Los barrios marcaron el constante crecimiento de la ciudad" (in Spanish). radiocoronelsuarez.com.ar
- ^ "Somoza Wins Title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 27 April 1964.
- ^ "Dellinger Paces U.S. Wins". The Arizona Republic. 31 August 1959.
- ^ Estevez, Martin (17 August 2017). "Un siglo en pequeñas historias, 1961" (in Spanish). El Gráfico
- ^ "Three nations out of Federation Cup". The Canberra Times. 16 January 1965. p. 28. – via National Library of Australia.