Biography

Mother of Brenda Brinker Bottum and Cindy Brinker.

First women's tennis player to win all four majors in a calendar year (1953); she, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Margaret Court, and Steffi Graf are the only players to date to do so. Named Female Athlete of the Year three times by The Associated Press. A crushed right leg suffered in an horseback-riding accident in July 1954 ended her career.

Pictured on a nondenominated USA commemorative postage stamp, issued 23 April 2019. Price on the day of issue was 55¢. On the stamp, she is identified by only her nickname, "Little Mo". Stamp art is from a painting by Gregory Manchess.