Full name | Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin |
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Country (sports) | USA |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | March 7, 1869
Died | May 12, 1909 | (aged 40)
Plays | Left-handed |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1974 ( member page) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | W ( 1888, 1889) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1889) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | F (1889, 1890) not official |
Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin ( née Townsend; March 7, 1869 – May 12, 1909) was a female tennis player from the United States. She is best remembered for being the first repeating women's singles champion at the U.S. Championships (now U.S. Open) in 1888 and 1889. [1] She developed the underhand technique.
She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974. [2]
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | 1888 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Ellen Hansell | 6–3, 6–5 |
Winner | 1889 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Lida Voorhees | 7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1890 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Ellen Roosevelt | 2–6, 2–6 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | 1889 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Margarette Ballard |
Marion Wright Laura Knight |
6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 1890 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Margarette Ballard |
Grace Roosevelt Ellen Roosevelt |
1–6, 2–6 |
Full name | Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin |
---|---|
Country (sports) | USA |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | March 7, 1869
Died | May 12, 1909 | (aged 40)
Plays | Left-handed |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1974 ( member page) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | W ( 1888, 1889) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1889) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | F (1889, 1890) not official |
Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin ( née Townsend; March 7, 1869 – May 12, 1909) was a female tennis player from the United States. She is best remembered for being the first repeating women's singles champion at the U.S. Championships (now U.S. Open) in 1888 and 1889. [1] She developed the underhand technique.
She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974. [2]
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | 1888 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Ellen Hansell | 6–3, 6–5 |
Winner | 1889 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Lida Voorhees | 7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1890 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Ellen Roosevelt | 2–6, 2–6 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | 1889 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Margarette Ballard |
Marion Wright Laura Knight |
6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 1890 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Margarette Ballard |
Grace Roosevelt Ellen Roosevelt |
1–6, 2–6 |