Somoza, nicknamed "Norita", grew up in Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires Province.[1]
An Argentine number one, Somoza was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s. She was a three-time winner of the Río de la Plata tournament and represented her country at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.[2][3]
In 1961 she reached the singles third rounds of both the French Championships and Wimbledon. She also teamed up with Reino Nyyssönen at Wimbledon to make the mixed doubles quarter-finals.[4]
nora, somoza, nora, bonifacino, somoza, august, 1930, january, 2013, argentine, tennis, player, full, namenora, bonifacino, somozacountry, sports, argentinaborn, 1930, august, 1930died17, january, 2013, 2013, aged, singlesgrand, slam, singles, resultsaustralia. Nora Bonifacino de Somoza 8 August 1930 17 January 2013 was an Argentine tennis player Nora SomozaFull nameNora Bonifacino de SomozaCountry sports ArgentinaBorn 1930 08 08 8 August 1930Died17 January 2013 2013 01 17 aged 82 SinglesGrand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open1R 1965 French Open3R 1961 Wimbledon3R 1961 US Open1R 1959 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsWimbledonQF 1961 Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBiography editSomoza nicknamed Norita grew up in Coronel Suarez Buenos Aires Province 1 An Argentine number one Somoza was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s She was a three time winner of the Rio de la Plata tournament and represented her country at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago 2 3 In 1961 she reached the singles third rounds of both the French Championships and Wimbledon She also teamed up with Reino Nyyssonen at Wimbledon to make the mixed doubles quarter finals 4 Somoza appeared for the Argentina Federation Cup team in a 1965 tie against New Zealand in Melbourne 5 See also editList of Argentina Fed Cup team representativesReferences edit Micro Historico Los barrios marcaron el constante crecimiento de la ciudad radiocoronelsuarez com ar in Spanish Somoza Wins Title Fort Worth Star Telegram 27 April 1964 Dellinger Paces U S Wins The Arizona Republic 31 August 1959 Estevez Martin 17 August 2017 Un siglo en pequenas historias 1961 El Grafico in Spanish Three nations out of Federation Cup The Canberra Times 16 January 1965 p 28 via National Library of Australia External links editNora Somoza at the Billie Jean King Cup Nora Somoza at the International Tennis Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nora Somoza amp oldid 1211598580, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
