Louise Brough Autographs
Althea Louise Brough Clapp (née Brough; March 11, 1923 – February 3, 2014) was an American tennis player. In her career between 1939 and 1959, she won six Grand Slam titles in singles as well as numerous doubles and mixed-doubles titles. At the end of the 1955 tennis season, Lance Tingay of the London Daily Telegraph ranked her world No. 1 for the year.
Louise Brough was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1923. Her family moved to Beverly Hills, California when she was four years old. She learned to play tennis on the public courts at Roxbury Park and was coached by Dick Skeen. In 1940 and 1941, she won the U.S. Girls' Championships.
In women's doubles, Brough never failed to reach the quarterfinals at the 32 Grand Slam tournaments she played during her career. She reached the semifinals 29 times and the final 28 times. She usually teamed with her longtime friend Margaret Osborne duPont. They won their first U.S. doubles title as a team at the 1942 U.S. National Championships. That was the first of nine consecutive doubles titles at the U.S. national tournament. This was the longest championship run in history in any event at any Grand Slam tournament. Their attempt at a tenth consecutive title was unsuccessful because Osborne duPont was injured and unable to play the 1951 U.S. Nationals. Osborne duPont also did not play there in 1952. In 1953, their winning streak as a team at the U.S. Nationals reached 42 before they lost to Doris Hart and Shirley Fry in the final, 6–2, 7–9, 9–7. Their career record as a team at the U.S. National Championships was 58–2, winning twelve of the 14 times they entered the tournament and losing only 12 sets in those 60 matches. They played Wimbledon as a team seven times, winning five titles and compiling a 33–2 record. At the French International Championships, they won three titles and had a 14–1 record. Combining their record at these three Grand Slam tournaments, they had a win–loss record of 105–5, 95.45 percent and won 20 titles out of 25 attempts.
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Traded items with a signature of Louise Brough
The most expensive item with a signature of Louise Brough (Louise Brough autograph, signed album page mounted) was sold in September 2014 for $124.27 while the cheapest item (35x GRAND SLAM WINNER LOUISE BROUGH CLAPP (1923-2014) AUTOGRAPH INDEX CARD~) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2023. The month with the most items sold (2) was June 2010 with an average selling price of $2.97 for an autographed item of Louise Brough. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2014 with $124.27 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was February 2008. In average, an autographed item from Louise Brough is worth $15.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Louise Brough were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | "Tennis Legend" Louise Brough Hand Signed 3X5 Card COA | $69.99 |  |
| "Tennis Legend" Louise Brough Signed 3X5 Card COA | $69.99 | |
 | "Tennis Legend" Louise Brough Signed 3X5 Card COA | $69.99 | |
| 35x GRAND SLAM WINNER LOUISE BROUGH CLAPP (1923-2014) AUTOGRAPH INDEX CARD~ | $0.99 | |
| LOUISE BROUGH (USA) Grand Slam Champion TENNIS signed photo 4 x 5 | $20.00 | |
| Louise Brough - American Female Tennis Champion - Autographed 3 x 5 Card | $7.50 | |
| LOUISE BROUGH CLAPP AUTOGRAPHED AUTHENTIC Signed FRAMED TENNIS Photo JSA BAS | $37.99 | |
| LOUISE BROUGH CLAPP AUTOGRAPH SIGNED 3X5 TENNIS HALL OF FAME DIED-2014 | $16.49 | |
| Louise Brough Clapp Signed AUTO Index Card BGS JSA Authentic | $39.00 | |
 | Louise Brough Tennis Star Signed 3x5 Index Card JSA Authenticated | $29.99 | |
| Louise Brough-Clapp 5X Wimbledon Winner Hand Signed Photo | $6.00 | |
| Louise Brough-Clapp 5X Wimbledon Winner Hand Signed Photo | $23.51 | |
| TENNIS GREAT LOUISE BROUGH SIGNED INDEX CARD | $3.99 | |
| Tennis HOFer LOUISE BROUGH CLAPP - Photo Signed | $49.00 | |
| TENNIS: LOUISE BROUGH. Signed Photograph. Tennis Superstar of the 1940s & 1950s | $9.99 | |
