Virginia Hollinger
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Virginia Hollinger | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 4, 1917 |
| Died | March 17, 1946 (aged 29) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Willis McCloud (m. 1942) |
| Children | 1 |
Virginia Hollinger (February 4, 1917 – March 17, 1946) of Dayton, Ohio, was an amateur tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s.[citation needed]
Hollinger made six appearances at the Cincinnati Open between 1932 and 1939, winning singles titles in 1937 & 1938, and reaching the singles finals in 1936 and 1939.
She won numerous junior titles, including the National Girls Indoor Championship in 1934, 1935 and 1936.[1] She also won the singles and doubles titles at the 1934 Western Girls Championships, and was a quarterfinalist in the 1934 National Girls' Championship.[citation needed]
In 1938 she won the U.S. Indoor Championships singles title after defeating Katherine Winthrop in the final.[2][1]
A tennis club in her hometown of Dayton bears her name: The Virginia Hollinger Memorial Tennis Club.[citation needed]
At the time of her death from Hodgkin lymphoma, she and her husband Willis McCloud had one daughter, Holly.[1][3]
