Sally Barnes Bondurant

Sally Barnes Bondurant was another of the second-generation paddle players to emerge in winners’ lists in the 1960s. With her mother, Helen Barnes, Bondurant took the Club Women’s Doubles title in 1968.

Paired with Spencer Brent, son of Old Army Athlete Rufus Brent, she collected the Mixed Doubles championship.

Bondurant paired with various partners to win most of the Club’s member and invitational tournaments in 1968.

Bondurant, along with her sister, Lucie Bel, had an impressive tennis career as a junior (see The Barnes Sisters and ended up compiling an even better record on the tennis courts winning the Singles title four times – 1965 and 1967-1969 and the Doubles three times – 1965-1967, the last two with her mother.

Source: Diana Reische, Fox Meadow Tennis Club-The First Hundred Years, 1983