Anita Lizana

Anita Lizana

Full name	Anita Lizana de Ellis
Country (sports)	Chile
Born	19 November 1915 Santiago, Chile
Died	21 August 1994 (aged 78)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Highest ranking	No.1 (1937)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (1935)
Wimbledon	QF (1936, 1937)
US Open	W (1937)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (1935)
Wimbledon	QF (1938, 1947)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (1939)

Anita Lizana de Ellis (19 November 1915 – 21 August 1994) was a world No. 1 tennis player from Chile. She was the first Latin American, and first Hispanic person, to be ranked World Number 1 tennis player. Also, Lizana was the first Latin American to win a Grand Slam singles championship. She won the U.S. Championships in 1937, defeating Jadwiga Jędrzejowska in the final in straight sets.

She won the Scottish Championships four times (1935–37, 46).

In 1936 Lizana won the singles titles at the British Covered Court Championships, played on wood courts at the Queen's Club in London, and the South of England Championships.

Since Anita Lizana, the only other Latin American to be ranked World Number 1 in ladies tennis has been Maria Bueno of Brazil.

According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, she was ranked in the world top ten in 1936 and 1937 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of world No. 1 in 1937.^[1]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1937	U.S. Championships	Grass	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6–4, 6–2

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.

Tournament	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941 - 1944	1945	1946^1	1947^1	Career SR
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	NH	A	A	0 / 0
French Championships	3R	A	A	A	A	NH	R	A	A	A	0 / 1
Wimbledon	3R	QF	QF	2R	2R	NH	NH	NH	A	2R	0 / 6
U.S. Championships	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 1
SR	0 / 2	0 / 1	1 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 8

R = restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

¹In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
• World number one women tennis players

References

1. Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.

External links

• "Tennischile.com". Archived from the original on 2006-06-28. Retrieved 2006-09-27. (Spanish site: her basic biography)