Breit, Barbara : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum

Breit, Barbara

Barbara N. Breit

Breit, who wrote a tennis book entitled Improving Your Tennis Game was a top ranked female player in the 1950s.

Birth and Death Dates:
b. Dec. 30, 1937

Career Highlights:
Besides being a top world player, Barbara also won the USTA Girls' 18 Super National Hard Court Championships twice -- in 1954 and 1955. She was twice ranked in the top ten in the world: No. 8 in 1955, and No. 7 in 1957. Breit and her partner George Druliner finished second in mixed doubles at the Gallys Cup Tournament in 1954.

Origin:
California


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References:
encyclopedia of JEWS in sports, by Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, and Roy Silver (New York: Bloch Publishing Co, 1965)