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Mary Arnold Prentiss (October 26, 1916 – January 29, 1975) was an amateur American

United States

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 tennis

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 player of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

Arnold was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 every year between 1939 and 1947. Her highest ranking came in 1942 and 1944 when she was ranked No. 5 in both years.

At the 1948 French Championships, she paired with future International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame

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 inductee Shirley Fry

Shirley Fry

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 to reach the doubles finals.

At the Cincinnati Masters

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, she reached five finals, winning three doubles titles: 1940, 1944 & 1946. She also was a singles finalist in 1941 (losing to Pauline Betz

Pauline Betz

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), and was a doubles finalist in 1945 (with Fry).

To win her doubles titles in Cincinnati, she paired with Alice Marble

Alice Marble

Alice Marble was a World No. 1 American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships : 5 in Singles, 6 in Women's Doubles, and 7 in Mixed Doubles.-Early life:Born in the small town of Beckwourth, Plumas County, California, Marble moved with her family at the age of...

 in 1940, with Dorothy Bundy

Dorothy Cheney

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in 1944, and with Fry in 1946.