- Mary Browne
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For other people of the same name, see Mary Brown (disambiguation).
Mary Browne Personal information Date of birth June 3, 1891 Date of death August 19, 1971 (aged 80) Country United States
Grand Slam singles championships (3) U.S. Championships 1912, 1913, 1914 Mary Kendall Browne (June 3, 1891 – August 19, 1971) was the first American female professional tennis player, a World No. 1 amateur tennis player, and an amateur golfer. She was born in Ventura County, California, United States.
According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Browne was ranked in the world top ten in 1921 (when the rankings began), 1924, and 1926, reaching a career high of World No. 3 in those rankings in 1921.[1] Browne was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association in 1913 (when the rankings began), 1914, 1921, 1924, and 1925. She was the top ranked U.S. player in 1914.[2]
Browne was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1957.
Browne had been playing golf for only a few years when at the 1924 U.S. Women's Amateur, she was runner-up to champion Dorothy Campbell Hurd.
Contents
Grand Slam record
- French Championships
- Singles runner-up: 1926
- Wimbledon
- Women's Doubles champion': 1926
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1926
- U.S. Championships
- Singles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914
- Singles runner-up: 1921
- Women's Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1925
- Women's Doubles runner-up: 1926
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (3)
Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final 1912 U.S. Championships Eleonora Sears
6–4, 6–2 1913 U.S. Championships (2) Dorothy Green
6–2, 7–5 1914 U.S. Championships (3) Marie Wagner
6–2, 1–6, 6–1 Runner-ups (2)
Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final 1921 U.S. Championships Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 1926 French Championships Suzanne Lenglen
6–1, 6–0 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 Career SR Australian Championships NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH A A A A A 0 / 0 French Championships1 A A A NH NH NH NH NH A A A A NH A F 0 / 1 Wimbledon A A A NH NH NH NH A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 U.S. Championships W W W A A A A A A F A A SF 3R SF 3 / 7 SR 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 3 / 9 NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
1Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here from 1912 through 1914 and from 1920 through 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.
See also
References
External links
- USGA website for the 1924 Championship
- "Between the Lines: Suzanne Lenglen and the First Pro Tour"
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies' doubles champions (1913) Winifred McNair / Dora Boothby · (1914) Agnes Morton / Elizabeth Ryan · (1915-18) No competition (due to World War I) · (1919) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1920) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1921) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1922) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1923) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1924) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills Moody · (1925) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan · (1926) Mary Browne / Elizabeth Ryan · (1927) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan · (1928) Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson · (1929) Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson · (1930) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan · (1931) Phyllis Mudford / Dorothy S. Barron · (1932) Doris Metaxa / Josane Sigart · (1933) Simone Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan · (1934) Simone Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan · (1935) Freda James / Kay Stammers · (1936) Freda James / Kay Stammers · (1937) Simone Mathieu / Billie Yorke · (1938) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble · (1939) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble · (1940-45) No competition (due to World War II) · (1946) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1947) Patricia Canning Todd / Doris Hart · (1948) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1949) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1950) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1951) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin · (1952) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin · (1953) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Irvin · (1954) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1955) Angela Mortimer Barrett / Anne Shilcock · (1956) Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson · (1957) Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard · (1958) Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson · (1959) Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard · (1960) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard · (1961) Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt · (1962) Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt · (1963) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard · (1964) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey · (1965) Maria Bueno / Billie Jean Moffitt · (1966) Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey · (1967) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
U.S. National Championships women's doubles champions (1889) Margarette Ballard / Bertha Townsend • (1890) Ellen Roosevelt / Grace Roosevelt • (1891) Mabel Cahill / Emma Leavitt Morgan • (1892) Mabel Cahill / Adeline McKinlay • (1893) Aline Terry / Harriet Butler • (1894) Helen Hellwig / Juliette Atkinson • (1895) Helen Hellwig / Juliette Atkinson • (1896) Elisabeth Moore / Juliette Atkinson • (1897) Juliette Atkinson / Kathleen Atkinson • (1898) Juliette Atkinson / Kathleen Atkinson • (1899) Jane Craven / Myrtle McAteer • (1900) Edith Parker / Hallie Champlin • (1901) Juliette Atkinson / Myrtle McAteer • (1902) Juliette Atkinson / Marion Jones • (1903) Elisabeth Moore / Carrie Neely • (1904) May Sutton Bundy / Miriam Hall • (1905) Helen Homans / Carrie Neely • (1906) Ann Burdette Coe / Ethel Bliss Platt • (1907) Marie Wimer / Carrie Neely • (1908) Evelyn Sears / Margaret Curtis • (1909) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Edith Rotch • (1910) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Edith Rotch • (1911) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Eleonora Sears • (1912) Dorothy Green / Mary Browne • (1913) Mary Browne / Louise Riddell Williams • (1914) Mary Browne / Louise Riddell Williams • (1915) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Eleonora Sears • (1916) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Eleonora Sears • (1917) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Eleonora Sears • (1918) Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss • (1919) Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss • (1920) Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss • (1921) Mary Browne / Louise Riddell Williams • (1922) Marion Jessup / Helen Wills Moody • (1923) Kathleen McKane Godfree / Phyllis Howkins Covell • (1924) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills Moody • (1925) Mary Browne / Helen Wills Moody • (1926) Elizabeth Ryan / Eleanor Goss • (1927) Kathleen McKane Godfree / Ermyntrude Harvey • (1928) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills Moody • (1929) Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Peggy Mitchell • (1930) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / Sarah Palfrey Cooke • (1931) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / Eileen Bennett Whittingstall • (1932) Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke • (1933) Betthy Nutthall Shoemaker / Freda James • (1934) Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke • (1935) Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke • (1936) Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn / Carolin Babcock Stark • (1937) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble • (1938) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble • (1939) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble • (1940) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble • (1941) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1942) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1943) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1944) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1945) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1946) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1947) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1948) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1949) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1950) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1951) Shirley Fry Irvin / Doris Hart • (1952) Shirley Fry Irvin / Doris Hart • (1953) Shirley Fry Irvin / Doris Hart • (1954) Shirley Fry Irvin / Doris Hart • (1955) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1956) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1957) Louise Brough Clapp / Margaret Osborne duPont • (1958) Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard • (1959) Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard • (1960) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard • (1961) Darlene Hard / Lesley Turner Bowrey • (1962) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard • (1963) Robyn Ebbern / Margaret Court • (1964) Billie Jean King / Karen Hantze Susman • (1965) Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey • (1966) Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey • (1967) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
U.S. National Championships mixed doubles champions (1888) M. Wright / J. S. Clark • (1889) M. Wright / J. S. Clark • (1890) Mabel Cahill / R. Beach • (1891) Mabel Cahill / M. R. Wright • (1892) Mabel Cahill / Clarence Hobart • (1893) Ellen Roosevelt / Clarence Hobart • (1894) Juliette Atkinson / Edwin Fisher • (1895) Juliette Atkinson / Edwin Fisher • (1896) Juliette Atkinson / Edwin Fisher • (1897) Laura Henson / D.L. Magruder • (1898) Carrie Neely/ Edwin Fisher • (1899) Elizabeth Rastall / Albert Hoskins • (1900) Margaret Hunnewell / Alfred Codman • (1901) Marion Jones / Ray Little • (1902) Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant • (1903) Helen Chapman / Harry Allen • (1904) Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant • (1905) Augusta Schultz Hobart / Clarence Hobart • (1906) Sarah Coffin / Edward Dewhurst • (1907) May Sayers / Wallace Johnson • (1908) Edith Rotch / Nathaniel Niles • (1909) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson • (1910) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Joseph Carpenter, Jr. • (1911) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson • (1912) Mary Browne / Dick Williams • (1913) Mary Browne / Bill Tilden • (1914) Mary Browne / Bill Tilden • (1915) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Harry Johnson • (1916) Eleonora Sears / Willis Davis • (1917) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Irving Wright • (1918) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Irving Wright • (1919) Marion Jessup / Vincent Richards • (1920) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson • (1921) Mary Browne / Bill Johnston • (1922) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden • (1923) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden • (1924) Helen Wills Moody / Vincent Richards • (1925) Kathleen McKane Godfree / John Hawkes • (1926) Elizabeth Ryan / Jean Borotra • (1927) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Henri Cochet • (1928) Helen Wills Moody / John Hawkes • (1929) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott • (1930) Edith Cross / Wilmer Allison • (1931) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott • (1932) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Fred Perry • (1933) Elizabeth Ryan / Ellsworth Vines • (1934) Helen Jacobs / George Lott • (1935) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Enrique Maier • (1936) Alice Marble / Gene Mako • (1937) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Don Budge • (1938) Alice Marble / Don Budge • (1939) Alice Marble / Harry Hopman • (1940) Alice Marble / Bobby Riggs • (1941) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Jack Kramer • (1942) Louise Brough Clapp / Ted Schroeder • (1943) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert • (1944) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert • (1945) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert • (1946) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert • (1947) Louise Brough Clapp / John Bromwich • (1948) Louise Brough Clapp / Tom Brown • (1949) Louise Brough Clapp / Eric Sturgess • (1950) Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken McGregor • (1951) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman • (1952) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman • (1953) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas • (1954) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas • (1955) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas • (1956) Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken Rosewall • (1957) Althea Gibson / Kurt Nielsen • (1958) Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser • (1959) Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser • (1960) Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser • (1961) Margaret Court / Bob Mark • (1962) Margaret Court / Fred Stolle • (1963) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher • (1964) Margaret Court / John Newcombe • (1965) Margaret Court / Fred Stolle • (1966) Donna Floyd Fales / Owen Davidson • (1967) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson
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- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
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- Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
- 1891 births
- 1971 deaths
- French Championships
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