Yola Ramírez

Yola Ramírez

Full name	Yolanda Ramírez Ochoa
Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	1 March 1935 Mexico, DF, Mexico
Plays	Right–handed
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 6 (1961)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	F (1960, 1961)
Wimbledon	QF (1959, 1961)
US Open	QF (1961, 1963)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	W (1958)
Wimbledon	SF (1957, 1958, 1959)
US Open	F (1961)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1962)
French Open	W (1958)
Wimbledon	SF (1959)

Yolanda 'Yola' Ramírez (born 1 March 1935) is a former internationally renowned tennis player in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Ramírez was a singles finalist at the French Championships in 1960 and 1961. She lost the 1960 final to Darlene Hard and the 1961 final to Ann Haydon Jones, both International Tennis Hall of Fame enshrinees. She also was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 1959 and 1961, a quarterfinalist at the 1961 and 1963 U.S. Championships, a semifinalist at the 1962 Australian Championships, a semifinalist at the 1959 Italian Championships, and a finalist in Monte Carlo in 1959. Ochoa won the German Championships in 1957 and was a finalist in 1961.

Yola teamed with Rosie Reyes to win the women's doubles title at the 1958 French Championships and to reach the final at the 1957 and 1959 French Championships. Ochoa teamed with Billy Knight to win the mixed doubles title at the 1959 French Championships. With Edda Buding, Ochoa reached the women's doubles final at the 1961 U.S. Championships. She also won the women's doubles titles at the Italian Championships and in Monte Carlo, both in 1960.

At the tournament in Cincinnati, Ochoa won the singles title in 1956 and the doubles title (with Sara Mae Turber) in 1955. Ochoa was a doubles finalist in 1956.

Ramírez won the singles titles at the 1960 Mexico National Championships and the 1961 Caribbean Lawn Tennis Championship.

During her career, Ramírez had wins over International Tennis Hall of Fame enshrinees Billie Jean King (in the second round of Wimbledon in 1961, which was King's first appearance at the tournament), Jones, and Christine Truman Janes.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Ramírez was ranked in the world top ten in 1957 and from 1959 through 1961, reaching a career high of World No. 6 in those rankings in 1961.^[1]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1960	French Championships	Clay	Darlene Hard	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1961	French Championships	Clay	Ann Haydon Jones	2–6, 1–6

Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1957	French Championships	Clay	Rosie Reyes	Shirley Bloomer Darlene Hard	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	1958	French Championships	Clay	Rosie Reyes	Mary Bevis Hawton Thelma Coyne Long	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1959	French Championships	Clay	Rosie Reyes	Sandra Reynolds Renée Schuurman	6–2, 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	1961	US Open	Grass	Edda Buding	Darlene Hard Lesley Turner	4–6, 7–5, 0–6

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1959	French Championships	Clay	Billy Knight	Rod Laver Renée Schuurman	6–4, 6–4

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 from tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

Tournament	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	Career SR
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	0 / 1
French Championships	A	A	3R	4R	4R	F	F	A	2R	0 / 6
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	3R	QF	3R	QF	A	1R	0 / 6
U.S. Championships	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	QF	A	QF	0 / 4
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 17

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

See also

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

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, 703. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.

External links

• Yola Ramírez at the Women's Tennis Association
• Yola Ramírez at the International Tennis Federation
• Yola Ramírez at the Fed Cup