Yola Ramírez


Yolanda 'Yola' Ramírez Ochoa is an internationally renowned Mexican tennis player active in the 1950s and 1960s. She was twice a singles finalist and once a women's doubles champion and mixed doubles champion at the French Open.

Career

Ramírez was a singles finalist at the French Championships in 1960 and 1961. She lost the 1960 final to Darlene Hard and the 1961 final to Ann Haydon. She also was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 1959 and 1961, a quarterfinalist at the 1961 and 1963 U.S. Championships, a semifinalist at the 1962 Australian Championships, a semifinalist at the 1959 Italian Championships, and a finalist in Monte Carlo in 1959. Ochoa won the German Championships in 1957 and was a finalist in 1961.
Ramirez teamed with Rosie Reyes to win the women's doubles title at the 1958 French Championships and to reach the final at the 1957 and 1959 French Championships. She teamed with Billy Knight to win the mixed doubles title at the 1959 French Championships. With Edda Buding, she reached the women's doubles final at the 1961 U.S. Championships. She also won the women's doubles titles at the Italian Championships and in Monte Carlo, both in 1960.
At the tournament in Cincinnati, Ramirez won the singles title in 1956 and the doubles title in 1955. She was a doubles finalist in 1956.
In 1959 she won the South of France Championships in Nice, France.
Ramírez won the singles titles at the 1960 Mexico National Championships and the 1961 Caribbean Lawn Tennis Championship.
During her career, Ramírez had wins over Billie Jean King, Jones, and Christine Truman Janes.
According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Ramírez was ranked in the world top 10 in 1957 and from 1959 through 1961, reaching a career high of world no. 6 in 1961.
She married Alfonso Ochoa on 29 August 1962.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 runners-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1960French ChampionshipsClay Darlene Hard3–6, 4–6
Loss1961French ChampionshipsClay Ann Haydon2–6, 1–6

Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1957French ChampionshipsClay Rosie Reyes Shirley Bloomer
Darlene Hard		5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Win1958French ChampionshipsClay Rosie Reyes Mary Bevis Hawton
Thelma Coyne Long		6–4, 7–5
Loss1959French ChampionshipsClay Rosie Reyes Sandra Reynolds
Renée Schuurman		6–2, 0–6, 1–6
Loss1961US OpenGrass Edda Buding Darlene Hard
Lesley Turner		4–6, 7–5, 0–6

Mixed doubles (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1959French ChampionshipsClay Billy Knight Rod Laver
Renée Schuurman		6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament195519561957195819591960196119621963Career SR
Australian ChampionshipsAAAAAAASFA0 / 1
French ChampionshipsAA3R4R4RFFA2R0 / 6
WimbledonAA2R3RQF3RQFA1R0 / 6
U.S. Championships3R1RAAAAQFAQF0 / 4
SR0 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 30 / 10 / 30 / 17