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Bertha Townsend

Bertha Townsend

American tennis player

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) (1888 and 1889).[1] She discovered the under-hand technique.

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She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974.[2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Doubles (1 title, 1 runners-up)

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References

  1. [1]
    Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 694. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
  2. [2]
    "Hall of Famers - Bertha Townsend Toulmin". ITF. Retrieved 22 April 2012.


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