Rosie Reyes
Full nameRosa María Reyes
Country (sports) Mexico/ France
Born(1939-03-23)23 March 1939
Mexico City, Mexico
Died4 January 2024(2024-01-04) (aged 84)
Mexico City, Mexico
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenSF (1959)
WimbledonQF (1957)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (1968-d, 1968-e)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1965)
French OpenW (1958)
WimbledonSF (1957, 1958, 1959)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesW (1968-e)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1974)
Wimbledon3R (1959)

Rosa María Reyes Darmon (née Reyes; 23 March 1939 – 4 January 2024) was a Mexican tennis player who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Most of her success came on clay on which she won the women's doubles title at the 1958 French Championships with countrywoman Yola Ramírez.[1] She also reached the finals at the same event in 1957 and 1959.

In singles, her best result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 1959 French Championships in which she lost in straight sets to Zsuzsa Körmöczy of Hungary.

Reyes competed in the women's doubles event at 1968 Summer Olympics, where tennis was reintroduced as an exhibition and demonstration event. Partnering Julie Heldman, she won the gold medal in the exhibition event, held in Mexico City, and the silver medal in the demonstration event, held in Guadalajara.[2]

Personal life and death

Reyes married tennis player Pierre Darmon on 28 January 1960. She died from a lung disease at her home in Mexico City, on 4 January 2024, at the age of 84.[3][4]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1957 French Championships Clay Mexico Yola Ramírez United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer
United States Darlene Hard		 5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Win 1958 French Championships Clay Mexico Yola Ramírez Australia Mary Bevis Hawton
Australia Thelma Coyne Long		 6–4, 7–5
Loss 1959 French Championships Clay Mexico Yola Ramírez South Africa Sandra Reynolds
South Africa Renée Schuurman		 6–2, 0–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1974 French Open Clay Mexico Marcello Lara Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
Colombia Iván Molina		 3–6, 3–6

Olympic finals

Doubles (1 gold, 1 silver)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver1968 (Demonstration)Mexico City OlympicsClayUnited States Julie HeldmanGermany Edda Buding
Germany Helga Niessen		3–6, 4–6
Gold1968 (Exhibition)Mexico City OlympicsClayUnited States Julie HeldmanUnited States Peaches Bartkowicz
United States Valerie Ziegenfuss		6–0, 10–8

Mixed Doubles (1 bronze)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Bronze1968 (Exhibition)Mexico City OlympicsClayFrance Pierre DarmonTiedDid Not Play

Rosie Reyes Darmon and Pierre Darmon lost in the semifinals to Peaches Bartkowicz and Ingo Buding 6–3, 2–6, 1–6. As the exhibition tournament did not feature a bronze medal play-off match, both beaten semifinal teams received bronze medals.

References

  1. ↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ↑ "Mexico68" (pdf). Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. pp. 491–496.
  3. ↑ "Fallece la ex tenista mexicana Rosa María 'Pajarita' Reyes". La Jornada. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Alvarado, Mauricio (5 January 2024). "Vuela al cielo leyenda del deporte blanco mexicano". Excelsior. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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