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Bueno began playing tennis at about the age of six. She then went on to win her first tournament in S‹o Paulo at the age of 12, which was followed by her victory in the women's tennis championship of Brazil at 15. In 1958 she won the women's doubles championship, with Althea Gibson, at Wimbledon, and in 1959 she won the singles championships at Wimbledon and Forest Hills. In 1960 she repeated her Wimbledon singles victory and teamed with Darlene Hard (1936-) to win the Wimbledon and U.S. doubles titles. After a serious illness she returned to competition in 1962, and won the U.S. doubles championship with Hard. In 1963 she won the U.S. singles title and shared Wimbledon doubles honors, again with Hard. She swept the Wimbledon and Forest Hills singles events in 1964, and in 1965 she won the Wimbledon doubles with Billie Jean Moffitt (afterward Billie Jean King). In 1966 she won her fourth U.S. singles title and, with Nancy Richey (afterward Nancy Richey Gunter), captured the doubles championships at Wimbledon and Forest Hills. In 1968 she joined Margaret Smith Court to win the women's doubles title in the first open tournament (both amateurs and professionals eligible) at Forest Hills. Bueno and Court also won doubles honors in the 1968 U.S. amateur tournament, held at Brookline. After a retirement at the age of twenty-nine (due to injuries), she joined the professional tour in 1975 and played at Wimbledon in 1976 and 1977. Bueno was particularly graceful as an amateur, with a good range of shots. Her skill and dexterity allowed her to receive international recognition and reverence; and her dedication to the game granted her admiration and praise from her fans. Her colorful and vivid outfits contributed to the popularity of the sport, and she will be forever remembered in the history of tennis and in the history of America.
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