found: Wikipedia, viewed 26 September 2016:Renée Richards (Renée Richards; born Richard Raskind on August 19, 1934, in New York City; American ophthalmologist and former professional tennis player; attended Horace Mann School, Yale University, and the University of Rochester Medical Center, specializing in ophthalmology and graduating in 1959 before starting an internship at Lenox Hill Hospital and a residency at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital; after the internship and residency, joined the United States Navy; in 1975, underwent male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, thereafter denied entry into the 1976 US Open by the United States Tennis Association, and successfully sued for gender discrimination; played tennis professionally from 1977 to 1981)
