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| name = Patricia Canning Todd
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| fullname = Mary Patricia Canning Todd
| country = {{USA}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|7|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|09|05|1922|7|22|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Encinitas, California]]
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| plays = Right–handed
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 4 (1950)
| AustralianOpenresult =
| FrenchOpenresult = '''W''' ([[1947 French Championships – Women's singles|1947]])
| Wimbledonresult = SF ([[1948 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1948]], [[1949 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1949]], [[1950 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1950]], [[1952 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1952]])
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| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' (1948)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = '''W''' (1947)
| USOpenDoublesresult = F (1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951)
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| FrenchOpenMixedresult = '''W''' (1948)
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| USOpenMixedresult = F (1942)
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'''Patricia Canning Todd''' (born '''Mary Patricia Canning''', July 22, 1922 – September 5, 2015) was an American [[tennis]] player who had her best results just after World War II. In 1947 and 1948, she won a total of four Grand Slam championships: one in singles, two in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles. She won these titles as a young mother.

==Tennis career==
Todd and her partner lost seven times to [[Louise Brough]] and [[Margaret Osborne duPont]] in the women's doubles finals of Grand Slam tournaments. Todd's lone victory over the Brough-Osborne duPont partnership was in the final of the 1947 [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships]], when Todd teamed with [[Doris Hart]]. Todd and her partner lost twice to Brough and her partner in the mixed doubles finals of Grand Slam tournaments.

Todd won the title at the 1947 [[French Open|French International Championships]] and reached the semifinals there in 1948. At the 1947 event, the fourth-seeded Todd played top-seeded Osborne duPont,<ref>"Patricia Todd Spills Favorite", ''Portland Press Herald'', July 21, 1947, page 12</ref> the defending champion and the newly crowned Wimbledon champion, in a semifinal that took two days to complete. After Osborne duPont won the first set 6–2, thunderstorm stopped play for the remainder of the day. The next day, Todd, "producing magnificent backhand shots", won after being 1–3 down in the final set. The crowd was so vocal in backing Todd that a referee reversed a line call to give Todd match point. In the final, [[Doris Hart]] played an attacking game and led Todd 4–3 in the final set, but "she was against a great fighter who was content to retrieve, and on a slow court, defence overcame attack". At the 1948 event, Todd, who was the favorite and defending champion, was defaulted by French officials after she refused to move her scheduled center court match to court 2. Todd had complained about being last on center court after having played there only one match previously. When requested to move, she refused because of the late hour and because a full set of linesmen would not be present. "They can scratch [default] me if they like. I am not going to play anywhere but on the center court where my match is scheduled." The officials defaulted her, then changed their minds and gave her Nelly Landry's phone number, her opponent, to reschedule. When Landry could not be reached, the default stood.

She returned to the French International Championships in 1950, after a one-year absence, and reached the final where she lost to Hart. Todd went to the hospital after the final for blood poisoning.<ref name="Collins">{{cite book |first=Bud |last=Collins |author-link=Bud Collins |title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book |publisher=New Chapter Press |location=New York City |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-942257-41-0}}</ref>{{rp|630}}

During her Grand Slam singles career, Todd was 2–0 versus [[Shirley Fry]], 1–0 versus [[Kay Stammers|Katherine Stammers]], 1–1 versus Hart, 0–1 versus [[Nancye Wynne Bolton]], 0–1 versus [[Pauline Betz]], 1–3 versus Osborne duPont, 0–2 versus [[Dorothy Cheney|Dorothy Bundy Cheney]], and 1–6 versus Brough.

As for tournaments that were not Grand Slam events, Todd won the singles and mixed doubles titles at the South American championships in 1947 and 1948. In 1942 and 1948, she won the U. S. Indoor National Championships. In 1950, she was the singles and doubles titlist at the Asian Championships and the Championships of India. She won both the singles and doubles titles at the [[Cincinnati Masters|Tri Cities Championships]] in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1951. She also won singles titles at the U. S. Hardcourt Championships in 1950 and 1951 and was the women's doubles champion there in 1950, 1955, 1956, and 1957.

According to [[John Olliff]] and [[Lance Tingay]] of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Todd was ranked in the world top 10 from 1946 through 1952 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of world no. 4 in those rankings in 1950.<ref name="Collins"/>{{rp|695, 702}} Todd was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the [[United States Tennis Association|United States Lawn Tennis Association]] in 1942 and from 1944 through 1952, reaching a career high ranking of no. 4 in 1947 and 1949.<ref>{{cite book |author=United States Tennis Association |title=1988 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook |publisher=H. O. Zimman, Inc. |location=Lynn, Massachusetts |year=1988 |page=261}}</ref> She unsuccessfully complained about her no. 6 ranking in 1948, especially the placement of [[Beverly Baker Fleitz|Beverly Baker]], [[Gussie Moran|Gertrude Moran]], and Hart above her, accusing the USLTA of having no standard ranking rules and of punishing her for refusing to play her semifinal match against Landry in Paris.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pat Todd Claims USLTA Unfair In Ranking Players |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P2pIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i1UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4948%2C2709752 |newspaper=The Evening Independent |agency=Associated Press |date=December 21, 1948 |page=20}}</ref><ref>"USLTA Steps Up Date for Meet", ''The Salt Lake Tribune'', January 23, 1949, page 8B</ref>

Todd played doubles on the U.S. [[Wightman Cup]] team from 1947 to 1951, compiling a 4–1 win–loss record.<ref name="Collins"/>{{rp|518–19}}

Todd was nominated for induction into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 2005,<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200409/ai_n6858612 Courier, Noah, Novotna among Tennis Hall of Fame nominees]</ref> but she was not selected. She was inducted into the San Diego Tennis Hall of Fame in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=San Diego Tennis Hall of Fame |url=http://www.sandiegotennis.com/new%20hall%20of%20fame.htm |publisher=San Diego Tennis association |access-date=April 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924093951/http://www.sandiegotennis.com/new%20hall%20of%20fame.htm |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Todd was inducted to the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame, 2011.

==Personal life==
Patricia married Richard Bradburn Todd on December 25, 1941. They had two children, Patrica Ann Todd on November 7, 1943, and Whitney Seaton Todd on July 1, 1953. She died on September 5, 2015, in Encinitas, California, at the age of 93.<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/sports/tennis/patricia-canning-todd-tennis-champion-who-refused-to-play-on-side-court-is-dead-at-93.html |title=Patricia Canning Todd, Tennis Champion Who Refused to Play on Side Court, Is Dead at 93 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 1, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref>

==Grand Slam singles tournament timeline==
{{performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
{|class="wikitable"
! Tournament !! 1938 !! 1939 !! 1940 !! 1941 !! 1942 !! 1943 !! 1944 !! 1945 !! 19461 !! 19471 !! 1948 !! 1949 !! 1950 !! 1951 !! 1952 !! 1953 – 1956 !! 1957 !! Career SR
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| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Australian Open|Australian Championships]]
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 0'''
|-
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[French Open|French Championships]]
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |NH
| align="center" | R
| align="center" | R
| align="center" | R
| align="center" | R
| align="center" |A
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1946 French Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | '''[[1947 French Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
| align="center" style="background:yellow;" | [[1948 French Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| align="center" |A
| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | [[1950 French Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''1 / 4'''
|-
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" | NH
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1947 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| align="center" style="background:yellow;" |[[1948 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| align="center" style="background:yellow;" |[[1949 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| align="center" style="background:yellow;" |[[1950 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| align="center" |A
| align="center" style="background:yellow;" |[[1952 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 6'''
|-
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |[[1938 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |[[1939 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |[[1940 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |[[1941 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |[[1942 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|2R]]
| align="center" |A
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |[[1944 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;" |[[1945 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| align="center" style="background:yellow;" |[[1946 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;" |[[1947 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| align="center" style="background:yellow;" |[[1948 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;" |[[1949 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;" |[[1950 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |[[1951 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| align="center" |A
| align="center" |A
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |[[1957 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 14'''
|-
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | SR
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''1 / 24'''
|}

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|German occupation]].

1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

==Grand Slam finals ==

===Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up) ===

{| class='sortable wikitable'
!Result
!Year
!style="width:170px"|Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:180px"|Opponent
!style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1947 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|[[French Open|French Championships]] || Clay || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doris Hart]] || 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1950 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Championships || Clay || {{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart || 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
|}

===Doubles (2 titles, 8 runners-up)===

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!Year
!style="width:170px"|Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:180px"|Partner
!style="width:180px"|Opponents
!style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1943 || style="background:#ccf;"|[[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Arnold (tennis)|Mary Arnold Prentiss]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Louise Brough Clapp|Louise Brough]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Margaret Osborne duPont]] || 1–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1946 || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} Mary Arnold Prentiss || {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough {{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont || 1–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1947 || style="background:#cfc;"|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doris Hart]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Louise Brough]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Margaret Osborne duPont]] || 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1947 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|[[French Open|French Championships]] || Clay || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doris Hart]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough {{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont || 5–7, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1947 || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart || {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough {{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont || 7–5, 3–6, 5–7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1948 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Championships || Clay || {{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shirley Fry Irvin]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Arnold (tennis)|Mary Arnold Prentiss]] || 6–4, 6–2
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1948 || style="background:#cfc;"|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart || {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough {{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont || 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1948 || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart || {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough {{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont || 4–6, 10–8, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1949 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gussie Moran]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough {{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont || 6–8, 5–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1951 || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nancy Chaffee]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shirley Fry Irvin]] {{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart || 4–6, 2–6
|}

===Mixed doubles (1 titles, 3 runners-up)===

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!Year
!style="width:170px"|Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:180px"|Partner
!style="width:180px"|Opponents
!style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1942 || style="background:#ccf;"|[[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alejo Russell]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Louise Brough Clapp|Louise Brough]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ted Schroeder|Frederick Schroeder]] || 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1948 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|[[French Open|French Championships]] || Clay || {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jaroslav Drobný]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doris Hart]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Frank Sedgman]] || 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1950 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Championships || Clay || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Talbert]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Barbara Scofield|Barbara Scofield Davidson]] {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Enrique Morea]] || Walkover
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1950 || style="background:#cfc;"|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Brown (tennis)|Geoff Brown]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Eric Sturgess]] || 9–11, 6–1, 4–6
|}

== See also ==
* [[Tennis performance timeline comparison (women)|Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Wimbledon|name=Pat Todd}}

{{French Open women's singles champions}}
{{French Open women's doubles champions}}
{{Wimbledon women's doubles champions}}
{{French Open mixed doubles champions}}

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