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On This Date in Sports August 27, 1977: Rene Richards

In collaboration with the Sportsecyclopedia.com Rene Richards becomes the first transgender person to play in the U.S. Open, losing in straight sets (6-4,6-1) to Virginia Wade, one of the top-ranked women in the world. The 42-year-old physician who was born Richard Raskind had fought the U.S. Tennis

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On This Date in Sports August 27, 1977: Rene Richards

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