Rosie Reyes


Rosa María Reyes Darmon was a Mexican tennis player who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Most of her success came on clay on which she won the women's doubles title at the 1958 French Championships with countrywoman Yola Ramírez. She also reached the finals at the same event in 1957 and 1959.
In singles, her best result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 1959 French Championships in which she lost in straight sets to Zsuzsa Körmöczy of Hungary.
Reyes competed in the women's doubles event at 1968 Summer Olympics, where tennis was reintroduced as an exhibition and demonstration event. Partnering Julie Heldman, she won the gold medal in the exhibition event, held in Mexico City, and the silver medal in the demonstration event, held in Guadalajara.

Personal life and death

Reyes married tennis player Pierre Darmon on 28 January 1960. She died from a lung disease at her home in Mexico City, on 4 January 2024, at the age of 84.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1957French ChampionshipsClay

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1974French OpenClay

Olympic finals

Doubles (1 gold, 1 silver)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Silver1968 (Demonstration)Mexico City OlympicsClay

Mixed Doubles (1 bronze)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Bronze1968 (Exhibition)Mexico City OlympicsClay