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Darlene Hard, 3-time major tennis champion, dies at 85

FILE - Darlene Hard, left, of the United States, and partner Lesley Turner, of Australia, pose for photos after winning the women's U.S. Lawn Tennis Association women's doubles championship at Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Mass., Aug. 28, 1961. Hard, an aggressive serve-and-volley player who won three major singles titles as well as 18 major doubles titles in a Hall of Fame tennis career, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, after a brief illness. She was 85. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File) FILE - Darlene Hard, of the U.S. team, reaches for a backhand shot in her Wightman Cup singles match against England's Ann Haydon at Wimbledon in London in June 1960. Hard, an aggressive serve-and-volley player who won three major singles titles as well as 18 major doubles titles in a Hall of Fame tennis career, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, after a brief illness. She was 85. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Darlene Hard hits a forehand to Zsuzsa Kormoczy during a quarterfinal on June 28, 1955 at Wimbledon tennis championships in London. Hard, an aggressive serve-and-volley player who won three major singles titles as well as 18 major doubles titles in a Hall of Fame tennis career, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, after a brief illness. She was 85. (AP Photo, File)
Darlene Hard, 3-time major tennis champion, dies at 85