Margarette Ballard

Margarette Ballard is an American tennis player from the end of the 19th century.

In 1889, she won the first ever women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with Bertha Townsend.

Honours (partial)

Singles Titles

None known

Singles Finals lost

None known

Doubles Titles

	Date	Name and place of tournament	Cat.	($)	Surf.	Partner	Finalists	Score
1	11/06/1889	US National Champ’s Philadelphia	G. Slam		Grass (ext.)	Bertha Townsend	Marian Wright Laura Knight	6-0, 6-2	1889 US Open (tennis)

Doubles finals lost

	Date	Name and place of tournament	Cat.	($)	Surf.	Winners	Partner	Score
1	10/06/1890	US National Champ’s Philadelphia	G. Slam		Grass (ext.)	Ellen Roosevelt Grace Roosevelt	Bertha Townsend	6-1, 6-2	1890 US Open (tennis)

Performance at Grand Slams (partial)

Although the term "Grand Slam" refers to the four most important tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and did not become widely used until the 1950s.

Singles

Year	-		-		Wimbledon		US National
1890	-		-		-		1/2 final	Lida Voorhees

Result, final opponent

Doubles

Year	-		-		Wimbledon		US National
1889	-		-		-		Winner B. Townsend	M. Wright Laura Knight
1890	-		-		-		Final B. Townsend	E. Roosevelt G. Roosevelt

Result, partner, final opponent

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