Rosie Reyes obit

Rosa María Reyes Darmon Has Died 

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She was a Mexican tennis player who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.

Most of her success came on clay on which she won the women's doubles title at the 1958 French Championships with countrywoman Yola Ramírez. She also reached the finals at the same event in 1957 and 1959.

In singles, her best result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 1959 French Championships in which she lost in straight sets to Zsuzsa Körmöczy of Hungary.

Reyes competed in the women's doubles event at 1968 Summer Olympics, where tennis was reintroduced as an exhibition and demonstration event. Partnering Julie Heldman, she won the gold medal in the exhibition event, held in Mexico City, and the silver medal in the demonstration event, held in Guadalajara.

Reyes married tennis player Pierre Darmon on 28 January 1960. She died from a lung disease at her home in Mexico City, on 4 January 2024, at the age of 84.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Result   Year            Championship  Surface            Partner            Opponents      Score

Loss     1957            French Championships            Clay            Mexico Yola Ramírez            United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer

United States Darlene Hard            5–7, 6–4, 5–7

Win      1958            French Championships            Clay            Mexico Yola Ramírez            Australia Mary Bevis Hawton

Australia Thelma Coyne Long    6–4, 7–5

Loss     1959            French Championships            Clay            Mexico Yola Ramírez            South Africa Sandra Reynolds

South Africa Renée Schuurman            6–2, 0–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

Result   Year            Championship  Surface            Partner            Opponents      Score

Loss     1974            French Open    Clay            Mexico Marcello Lara            Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova

Colombia Iván Molina  3–6, 3–6

Olympic finals

Doubles (1 gold, 1 silver)

Result   Year            Championship  Surface            Partner            Opponents      Score

Silver    1968 (Demonstration)           Mexico City Olympics            Clay            United States Julie Heldman            Germany Edda Buding

Germany Helga Niessen            3–6, 4–6

Gold     1968 (Exhibition)            Mexico City Olympics            Clay            United States Julie Heldman            United States Peaches Bartkowicz

United States Valerie Ziegenfuss            6–0, 10–8

Mixed Doubles (1 bronze)

Result   Year            Championship  Surface            Partner            Opponents      Score

Bronze 1968 (Exhibition)            Mexico City Olympics            Clay            France Pierre Darmon            Tied            Did Not Play

Rosie Reyes Darmon and Pierre Darmon lost in the semifinals to Peaches Bartkowicz and Ingo Buding 6–3, 2–6, 1–6. As the exhibition tournament did not feature a bronze medal play-off match, both beaten semifinal teams received bronze medals.