Tiriac scores 6-0,6-0 win
(N.ZPA.-neuter— Copyright) RIDGEFIELD. lon Tiriac (Rumania) dealt a blow to the concept of “mixed singles” yesterday. He beat the; 19-year-old Abigail Maynard, M. 6-0, in the $25,000 Fairfield county international tennis tour--nament. , . Tiriac, who had promised to; wear a dress for the match, but; did not. yielded only four points.: It marked the first time that a woman had played singles against a man In a professional tournament. Miss Maynard, an amateur, had been surprisingly accepted for the event after sending in an entry application.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33778, 26 February 1975, Page 18
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