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1929 results

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#1 · (Edited)
Summary (courtesy of AndrewTas)

Wills got better winning the French, Wimbledon and US Championships again without losing a set and in more commanding fashion. Phoebe Holcroft Watson is a finalist at the US Championships defeating Jacobs in the semi-finals (she also defeated Jacobs in the Wightman Cup the week before), while Jacobs was a finalist at Wimbledon. Von Reznicek emerged during the year as a contender winning the German Championships.

Daphne Akhurst wins her fourth Australian title but doesnt tour Europe. The USA defeats Great Britain 4-3 at Forest Hills therefore going ahead in the series 4-3 (since 1923). Also Simone Mathieu (nee Passamard) reaches her first French final (she won play 7 more, winning 2).

World Rankings by A Wallis Myers

01 Helen Wills Moody (US)
02 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (England)
03 Helen Jacobs (US)
04 Betty Nuthall (England)
05 Bobbie Heine (South Africa)
06 Simone Passemand Mathieu (France)
07 Eileen Bennett (England)
08 Paula von Reznicek (Germany)
09 Peggy Saunders Michell (England)
10 Elsie Goldsack (England)

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Sources:

Andrew Tas provided many of the initial results from Ayres Almanack
AustinRunner made several detailed contributions to results.
GeeTee has provided hard to find Aussie results.
Nomarch has provided results for the Swiss Indoors

Many results are courtesy of Newmark, whose thread of results for 1929 may be found at:
https://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=422086

Ugarte consulted the London Times and American Lawn Tennis

I used the 1930 Wright and Ditson Annual and consulted the New York Times in detail for June and August results.
 
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#403 ·
About the above debated Swiss International Covered Court Championships:

in the past we have already often debated on this tournament, not only for 1929.

In this thread I added last March 10 the above LKK's post, that is exact
http://www.tennisforum.com/showpost.php?p=25341234&postcount=360
http://www.tennisforum.com/showpost.php?p=25341314&postcount=361

From 1929 to 1938 the Swiss International Covered Court Championships were held alternately in Geneva and Zurich, as definitely attested by the below honour roll of Swiss Federation ("off" for all years), that I have already posted in the past.
Therefore the above Mark's tournament is only Saint Moritz Indoor Tournament.

See also the Official Tournament Winners by Event thread, on page 3
http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=455933&page=3

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#404 ·
About the above debated Swiss International Covered Court Championships:

in the past we have already often debated on this tournament, not only for 1929.

In this thread I added last March 10 the above LKK's post, that is exact
http://www.tennisforum.com/showpost.php?p=25341234&postcount=360
http://www.tennisforum.com/showpost.php?p=25341314&postcount=361

From 1929 to 1938 the Swiss International Covered Court Championships were held alternately in Geneva and Zurich, as definitely attested by the below honour roll of Swiss Federation ("off" for all years), that I have already posted in the past.
Therefore the above Mark's tournament is only Saint Moritz Indoor Tournament.

See also the Official Tournament Winners by Event thread, on page 3
http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=455933&page=3

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Maybe the tournament from February was considered as the 1929 edition, because that one played in Nov/Dec is listed on the honour roll as the Swiss International Covered Court Championships '1930. The history of Swiss CCC didn't start in 1929, it was already played in the 1910s.
 
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