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Lea Pericoli wearing a Victorian lace tennis outfit by Teddy Tinling astatine Wimbledon successful 1970
Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis prima of the 1950s and 60s, has died aged 89.
Regarded arsenic 1 of her country's apical players, she reached the past 16 of the French Open doubly and the Wimbledon championships 3 times.
Pericoli, who was calved connected 22 March 1935 successful Milan, aboriginal became a fashionable tv presenter and journalist, but it was contention outfits adorned with feather and fur that made her an icon.
"She was a spot similar the parent to each of us," Angelo Binaghi, president of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, told section media.
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Playing a forehand instrumentality to María Josefa de Riba of Spain during their Women's Singles Second Round lucifer astatine the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship connected 21 June 1955 astatine the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club successful Wimbledon, London, England. María Josefa de Riba won the match
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Wearing a tennis formal trimmed with feathers, designed by British sportswear decorator Teddy Tinling connected 23 June 1964.
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Pictured holding an umbrella connected a tribunal during the 1965 Wimbledon Championships connected 23 June 1965
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Serving to Billie Jean Moffitt of the US during their Women's Singles Quarter Final lucifer astatine the 3rd variation of the Federation Cup connected 16th January 1965 astatine the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club successful Melbourne, Australia. Billie Jean Moffitt won the lucifer 6 - 1, 6 - 2
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Posing successful a feathered outfit connected tribunal successful the UK, 23 June 1968
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Pericoli (left) and Carol Kalogeropoulos of Greece, modeling Dacron outfits by inling astatine a property preview of the designer's caller tennis deterioration postulation astatine the Belvedere Restaurant successful Holland Park, London, 22 June 1970. Percoli is wearing a flaring displacement formal with good pleated trim and golden and pearl decorations. Kalogeropoulos wears a bare-midriff-effect outfit of see-through mini dress, covering a lace half-slip and bra, and metallic guipure shorts
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Attending the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2019 successful Monaco
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