Cal did not have a women's tennis team when Jacobs played, but she won five Grand Slam singles titles, and reached the finals of two majors while she was a Cal student ...

No. 27: Helen Hull Jacobs. Cal Sports Connection: Jacobs was a 1930 graduate of Cal who reached the finals of two Grand Slam tennis events while she was a student at Cal.

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