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Zsuzsa Körmöczy

Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (died 2006)

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Born
August 25, 1924
Died
September 16, 2006
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1924

About Zsuzsa Körmöczy

Zsuzsa Körmöczy was a Hungarian tennis player. She reached a career high of World No. 2 in women's tennis, and won the 1958 French Open at the age of 33. In Hungary, as a 16-year-old in 1940 she won the national doubles and mixed doubles titles, and she later won the national singles title six times, and the doubles or mixed doubles trophies 10 times. She won the singles title at the 1958 French Championships at the age of 33 and reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1958. She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year in 1958 after having won the French Championships the same year.

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Zsuzsa Körmöczy timeline

  1. In Hungary, as a 16-year-old in 1940 she won the national doubles and mixed doubles titles, and she later won the national singles title six times, and the doubles or mixed doubles trophies 10 times.
  2. She reached a career high of World No. 2 in women's tennis, and won the 1958 French Open at the age of 33.
  3. She won the singles title at the 1958 French Championships at the age of 33 and reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1958.
  4. She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year in 1958 after having won the French Championships the same year.

The world when Zsuzsa Körmöczy was born

Zsuzsa Körmöczy was born in 1924. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1924

  • #1 song"It Had to Be You" – Isham Jones
  • Top movieThe Thief of Bagdad (Douglas Fairbanks)
  • Best-selling bookSo Big – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France
  • Top headlineCalvin Coolidge elected president in a landslide
  • Technology milestoneIBM founded
  • Defining fadMah-jongg craze sweeps America
  • Notable inventionSpiral-bound notebook
  • World population1.95 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championWashington Senators (World Series)
  • U.S. population114.1M

1924 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Zsuzsa Körmöczy's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19242026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$3,520$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population114.1M341 million

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