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Dorothy Levine
Full nameDorothy Watman Levine Kohl
Country (sports)  United States
Born Chicago, Illinois
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF ( 1954)
Wimbledon3R ( 1954)
US Open3R ( 1954)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenQF ( 1954)
Wimbledon3R ( 1954)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R ( 1954)

Dorothy Watman Levine Kohl is an American former tennis player active in the 1950s.

A native of Chicago, Levine had a national ranking as high as 11 and was a singles quarter-finalist at the 1954 French Championships. [1] She won both the singles and doubles titles at the U.S. Women's Indoor Championships in 1954 and 1957. [2] Her first husband, businessman Orrin Levine, died in 1966. She was remarried in 1968 to Sidney Kohl, a son of the founder of the Kohl's department store chain. In 2012 she was inducted into the USTA Midwest Hall of Fame. [3]

References

  1. ^ "All-American Final Looms In French Tennis Tournament". Guam Daily News. May 27, 1954.
  2. ^ "Mrs. Levine Cops Indoor Net Crown". Portland Press Herald. March 15, 1957.
  3. ^ Marx, Linda (November 18, 2012). "Former tennis champ entering USTA Midwest Hall of Fame". Palm Beach Daily News.