Alice Marble Park San Francisco

National championships over helen jacobs another grand slam winner from san francisco marble began a habit of giving the winning rackets she used in major events to lombard.

Alice marble park san francisco.

Tennis courts at alice marble park in san francisco ca on an interactive map of all places to play tennis tournaments and coaches teaching pros. Alice marble was the foremost female tennis player in the years before world war ii. The russian hill mixed doubles meetup group plays sporadically at the alice marble park tennis courts at the corner of greenwich hyde streets in russian hill and the meetup has 141 members. Marble succumbed to the debilitating disease pernicious anemia and died in palm springs california.

Alice marble tennis court 2. Alice had risen from humble beginnings in san francisco to conquer the sport of royalty. Grand slam finals singles 5 titles. The san francisco recreation and park department currently manages more than 220 parks playgrounds and open spaces throughout san francisco including two outside city limits sharp park in pacifica and camp mather in the high sierras.

In 2017 san francisco became the first. Alice marble tennis courts providing a panoramic view of the pacific ocean and the golden gate bridge from the top of russian hill in san francisco is named in honor of her. As a tribute to her career the alice marble tennis courts located at the top of russian hill in san francisco are named in her honor. The alice marble tennis courts are owned by the san francisco recreation and park department.

There are cameos aplenty in the book. Alice marble to whom these courts and park is dedicated was a tennis champion from san francisco who won boatloads of tournaments and national championships in the 1930s. It looks like the san francisco tennis party meetup group hasn t had any recent activities and the last listed was in october 2008 yet it has 679 members. Weakened by pernicious anaemia marble died at a hospital in palm springs california.

There are plenty of benches along the courts for cooling off or for waiting. Alice found a. Part of george sterling park the alice marble courts feature four tennis courts in good condition and a backboard. These beautiful courts are perched at the peak of hyde and lombard and offer stunning views of the bay coit tower the bay bridge on one side and golden gate bridge.