Rosie Darmon

In the 1950s and 1960s Mexican tennis player Rosie Darmon enjoyed success at Grand Slam tournaments, the Pan American Games, and the Olympics. Darmon partnered with compatriot Yola Ramírez at the French Open, with the pair winning the doubles title in 1958, as well as twice finishing as runners-up (1957, 1959) and reaching three consecutive semi-finals at Wimbledon (1957–59). At the 1959 French Open Darmon also reached the semi-finals in the singles but lost in straight sets to Zsuzsa Körmöczy of Hungary.

At the Pan American Games in 1955 Darmon won gold in the singles and doubles before winning silver in the mixed doubles at the 1959 Games. She had similar success at the Central American and Caribbean Games with gold in the doubles (1955), silver in the singles and doubles (1954), and a bronze in the singles (1958). At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics tennis was reintroduced as an exhibition and demonstration event. Darmon partnered with the American Julie Heldman, with the pair winning the exhibition doubles title and finishing as runners-up in the demonstration event. In the mixed doubles exhibition event Darmon partnered with her French husband, Pierre Darmon, where they finished third.

Darmon continued to play for several years after the Mexico City Olympics. In 1974 she partnered Marcelo Lara in the mixed doubles at the French Open. They reached the final only to lose to Martina Navratilova and Iván Molina, who represented Czechoslovakia and Colombia, respectively. For Navratilova the win was the first major title of her career, with her going on to win a record 59 titles in the Open Era. Darmon later captained the Mexican Federation Cup squad from 1988 to 1990 and was inducted into the Mexican Tennis Hall of Fame.