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Rosie Casals was born and raised in San Francisco and learned to play tennis on the public courts at Golden Gate Park when she was about 8 years old. She is a 7-time Wimbledon Doubles Champion, winning 5 women's doubles titles with Ilie Nastase, owning a total of 12-time Grand Slam doubles titles. Rosie was the singles winner of the first ever Virginia Slims tournament in 1970 in Houston, Texas and one of the "Original Nine" who signed a One Dollar contract with Glady Heldman in defiance of tennis's governing body the USTA. She, along with Billie Jean King, fought for equal prize money for women and was one of the founders of the Women's Tennis Association in 1973 and inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame twice in 1996 and again at the "Original Nine" in 2021. Rosie Casals, Billie Jean King, and Nancy Richey are the only three to be inducted into the ITHF twice. Ms. Casals is also co-founder of the nonprofit, Love and Love Tennis Foundation and the Latin American Tennis Foundation. She is also President of Sportswoman Inc., a marketing & promotional company that organizes special tennis and golf events. Benefits: *Instructional doubles drills at Indian Ridge Country Club in Palm Desert, CA. *90-minute doubles clinic for four with drills and play *Rosie Casals on the court will answer any questions www.indianridgecc.com Bid now on this PRICELESS experience with a tennis legend!