 Tory
Ann Fretz
Tory Ann Fretz (b.1942), whose playing
history bridges the amateur and professional eras, inaugurated
her outstanding career by capturing the singles and doubles titles
at the fourth intercollegiate championships for women in 1961.
Fretz learned tennis at the William Penn Public Courts in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania - becoming the top-ranked junior in the USTA's Middle
States section. Moving to Southern California to attend Occidental
College, Tretz developed her strong volleying game under the
guidance of tennis great Alice
Marble.
In 1963, the year she earned her first
USTA Top 10 ranking, Fretz began touring on the Caribbean and
European circuits, reaching the third round at Wimbledon. An
excellent doubles player, she was ranked No.2 with Julie Heldman in 1965 and won the Ojai Invitational with
Billie Jean King the following year. As a pioneering professional
Fretz joined King as a teammate on the Philadelphia Freedoms
in 1974. Fretz went on to a successful career as a tennis instructor
in her adopted state of California.
Career Highlights
Ranked in the USTA Top 10 1963-1966;
No. 2 in Doubles 1965-1966
Pennsylvaia State Clay Court
Singles Champion 1959
National Junior Indoor Singles
Finalist 1959
Ranked No.1 Junior in USTA/Middle
States Section 1959
U.S. Collegiate Singles and Doubles
Champion 1961
Western Singles and Doubles Champion
1962
U.S. Junior Wightman Cup Team
Member 1963
U.S. Hard Court Singles Finalist
1963
USTA/Middle States Singles Champion
1963 (winner of Germaine Monteil Cup); ranked No.1 in section
USTA/Southern California Finalist
1963
U.S. Doubles Semifinalist 1965
Ojai Valley Open Doubles Champion
(with Billie Jean King) 1966
Pacific Southwest Tournament
Singles Finalist 1965
Dixie International Singles Champion
1965
USTA/New England Indoor Singles
Champion 1966
USTA/Southern California Champion
1967
U.S. OPEN Mixed Doubles Finalist
1968
Team Member, Philadelphia Freedoms,
World Team Tennis 1974 (39-5 team record)
Virginia Slims Circuit 1976
Tennis Professional, The Tennis
Place, Los Angeles, CA 1975-1998; named Honorary Head Pro 1994
Tennis Coordinatork, Shadow Mountain
Resort Club, Palm Desert, CA 1998 - present
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