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Bookmark or Share- ABOUT "LITTLE MO" - The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis FoundationBased on a black-and-white photograph taken in 1952, the portrait is a colorful interpretation of Connolly hitting a low volley. Nicknamed “Little Mo,” the 5-foot-4-inch dynamo used powerful groundstrokes to become the first woman to win all four major tennis tournaments in a calendar year. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp.
- Tournaments - The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis FoundationWatch the 15th Annual "Little Mo" Internationals in Florida - Opening Ceremony as well as a surprise visit from tennis champion, Reilly Opelka. See what makes the "Little Mo" Tournaments so special!
- Remembering Little Mo, The Grand Slam Winning 'Killer In Pigtails ...Affectionately known as ‘Little Mo’, she was a Grand Slam champ at 16. Aged only 18, she became the first female, and only third ever player (behind Fred Perry and her compatriot Don Budge) to complete the Career Grand Slam. And she achieved the feat without even dropping a set.
- The Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly Brinker Tennis FoundationThe "Little Mo" tournaments are hosted by MCB in honor of tennis champion Maureen Connolly. Known by her nickname "Little Mo", she was the first woman to win the calendar Grand Slam in 1953. She is still the only American woman and the youngest at age 18 to have accomplished this magnificent feat.
- Little Mo (film) - WikipediaLittle Mo is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film telling the life story of Maureen Connolly (September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), the 1950s American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year, before an accident ended her tennis career at age 19.
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