Nancy Chaffee

Nancy Chaffee Whitaker (March 6, 1929 – August 11, 2002) was an American female tennis player who was active in the 1950s.

Chaffee won the national girls' 18-and-under title in 1947. She won the U.S. Indoor National Championships, played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in Manhattan, from 1950 through 1952, defeating Althea Gibson, Beverly Baker, and Patricia Canning Todd in the finals. Chaffee reached the singles semifinals of the 1950 U.S. National Championships as an unseeded player but was beaten in three sets by first-seeded and eventual champion Margaret Osborne. She was ranked a career-high world No. 4 at the end of 1951. At the 1951 Wightman Cup, she won her doubles match as the U.S. defeated Great Britain 6–1. She married sportscaster Jack Whitaker in 1991. She died on August 11, 2002, from complications of cancer.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles

ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1951 U.S. Championships Grass Patricia Todd Shirley Fry Doris Hart 4–6, 2–6