Bertha Townsend

Bertha Townsend
Full name	Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin
Country (sports)	USA
Born	March 7, 1869; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1888	U.S. Championships	Grass	Ellen Hansell	6–3, 6–5
Win	1889	U.S. Championships	Grass	Lida Voorhees	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1890	U.S. Championships	Grass	Ellen Roosevelt	2–6, 2–6

Doubles (1 title, 1 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1889	U.S. Championships	Grass	Margarette Ballard	Marion Wright Laura Knight	6–2, 6–0
Loss	1890	U.S. Championships	Grass	Margarette Ballard	Grace Roosevelt Ellen Roosevelt	1–6, 2–6

References

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

External links

Bertha Townsend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

[collins-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] "Hall of Famers - Bertha Townsend Toulmin". ITF. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

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