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US Open Results
This will be the thread for the collated US Open results. Do not reply to this thread. Post any results you have in the Grand Slam Project results thread, and I'll copy them in here.
Note that the Philadelphia Social Register (on google books-at least the 1908 edition) may yield up some first names of married women. |
1887
1887 started September 27
Singles (Draw=7) First Round Ellen Hansell d. Jessie Harding 6-1 6-0 Helen Day Harris d. Louise Allerdice 6-3 6-5 Laura Knight d. Ruth Cott 6-0 6-3 Alice Janney-bye Semifnals Hansell d. Harris 2-6 6-4 6-4 Knight d. Janney 6-0 6-1 Final Ellen Hansell d. Laura Knight 6-1 6-0 Townsend unable to play due to a death in her family. *Note on Hansell-Harris semi: a different source has score 1-6 6-4 6-4-check the Philly Inquirer |
1888
June 11 to June 15
In Philadelphia, at Wissahicken. Holder Nellie Hansell "sits out" until the Challenge Round final. Draw of 9. ----------------------------------- First Round Marion Wright d. Grace Roosevelt 6-2 6-3 Bertha Townsend d. Helen Day Harris 6-4 6-0 Violet Ward bye Adeline Robinson d. Roberts* 6-3 6-4 Ellie Roosevelt d. Miss Johnson 6-3 6-0 Second Round Wright d. Ward 6-0 6-5 Robinson d. Ellen Roosevelt 6-4 3-6 6-3 Townsend bye Semis Townsend d. Robinson 1-6 6-5 6-3 Wright bye Final Townsend d. Wright 6-2 6-2 Challenge Round Final Townsend d. Hansell 6-3 6-5 ----------------------------------- Draw notes: Harris=Mrs. Alan Harris Roberts is very liekly to be Augusta Roberts, a player mentioned by Ellen Hansell as active at this time. Called the "third annual" event in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Bertha (the paper also calls her "Bertie") Townsend repels the New York invasion by downing the New Yorker Robinson in an exciting contest. After barely winning the second set at 6-5 a partisan crowd cheers her on to victory over a tiring opponent. Sources indicate this was the first USTA santioned national women's title. The USTA later retroactively recognized the 1887 event. There was also a doubles event played in 1888, but the USTA must not have made that official until 1889, for that year is listed as the first. Unique features that are odd to our "modern" eyes are the 6-5 set scores and byes after the first round. Standard scoring of winning by 2 games and byes in round 1 only were still a couple of years away. |
1889
June 11 to June 15 at the Wissahicken Club in Philadelphia.
Draw of 8. Holder Bertha Townsend "sits out" until Challenge Final. ------------------------- First Round Grace Roosevelt d. Marion Wright default Helen Day Harris d. Rebecca Lycett 6-1 6-1 D.F. Butterfield d. Anne Cory Smith 6-3 6-1 Lida Voorhees d. Laura Knight 6-0 6-0 Semis Harris d. Butterfield 6-1 6-3 Voorhees d. G. Roosevelt 6-1 4-6 6-5 All Comers Final Voorhees d. Harris 6-5 2-6 6-3 Challenge Final Bertha Townsend d. Voorhees 7-5 6-2 |
1890
June 10 to June 14.
-------------------------------- In Philadelphia at Wissahickon Heights. Draw of 8. First Round Ellie Roosevelt d. D. Butterfield 6-0 6-0 Mabel Cahill(Ireland)d. Rebecca Lycett 6-1 6-1 Lida Voorhees d. F. Gregory 6-1 3-6 6-1 Margaret Ballard d. S. Day 6-2 6-1 Second Round E. Roosevelt d.Cahill 2-6 6-5 3-2 retired Voorhees d. Ballard 6-4 3-6 6-5 Final E. Roosevelt d. Voorhees 6-3 6-1 Challenge Round Final E. Roosevelt d. Bertha Townsend 6-2 6-2 -------------------------------- Ellie Roosevelt, a first cousin of the future President Franklin Roosevelt, becomes the first non-Philadelphian winner. For the final "nearly 2 thousand interested spectators" came to "watch the erractic bounding of felt-covered sphere". 'All have been compelled to confess that the late champion [Townsend] has not been playing nearly so well as last year of late". Roosevelt kept up a steady reply while Bertha attempted "brilliant shots" that just missed their mark. Ellie raced out to a 5-0 lead in set two before the champ recoverd to win 2 games. "With 40 to love in her [Bertha's] favor it seemed that Dame Fortune would yet deign to smile on her, but, alas! in trying to return a hot one, put two balls in the net in quick succession. Miss Roosevelt then took a brace and finally won the set and the championship." Early interest focused on Miss Cahill, who was visiting the US from Ireland. All admired "this plucky daughter of Erin" for playing despite doctor's orders not to because of an injured wrist. She came near to defeating Roosevelt in the semis but had to retire in the third set. Cahill's "manly play" was " a revelation to some spectators". Mabel got loads of applause for hitting spectacular volleys. After winning the first set Cahill tired. As the paper put it, "she gave unmistakable evidence of overtraining in the second set." Roosevelt "generously allowed her rival to rest several times, but it was all of no avail." |
1891
June 23 to 26. Draw of 9
*Holder E. Roosevelt "sits out" until the Challenge Round final. Preliminary Round Helen Day Harris d. F. K. Gregory 5-6 6-5 6-1 First Round Adelaide Clarkson d. Emma Leavitt Morgan 6-2 6-5 Grace Roosevelt d. Harris 3-6 6-3 6-4 Mabel Cahill(Ireland) d. Annabella Wistar 6-5 6-4 Lidia Voorhees d. Amy Williams 4-6 6-3 6-3 Semifinal G. Roosevelt d. Clarkson 6-0 6-1 Cahill d. Voorhees 6-1 6-0 Final Cahill d. G. Roosevelt 6-3 7-5 Challenge Round Cahill d. E. Roosevelt 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-3 ---------------------------- Morgan=Mrs. Fellows Morgan. Standards were still not in place for lawn tennis. The crazy quilt draw featured a "preliminary round", with Grace Roosevelt getting a bye, then in the next round Cahill got a bye straight into the final. The idea of putting all byes in the first round to even out the draw wasn't yet in use. If contestants were tied at 5 games all the next game decided the set. Yet in the ladies doubles final the middle set was decided by an 8-6 score. "A great crowd" watched the final match, "which was splendidly fought from start to finish, and every stroke was liberally applauded". Cahill attacked on her forehand with a "Lawford"-like stroke. (Lawford was a male champ who used a big topspin forehand). |
1892
Dates: June 21-25
Venue: Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Surface: Grass Singles (Draw=11) Holder Mabel Cahill sits out until the Challenge Round Preliminary Round Harriet Butler d. Amy Williams 6-2 6-1 Annabella Wistar d. Ethel Bankson 6-2 5-7 6-2 Augusta Schultz d. Elsie Donaldson 6-1 3-6 6-3 First Round (Quarterfinals) Bessie Moore d. Lily Slevin 6-0 6-0 Wistar d. Butler 6-4 2-6 8-6 Helen Day Harris d. Hattie Beaumont 6-2 4-6 6-2 Schultz d. Josephine White 6-1 6-1 Semifinals Moore d. Wistar default Harris d. Schultz 6-2 8-6 All Comers Final Bessie Moore d. Helen Harris 5-7 6-1 6-1 Challenge Final Mabel Cahill d. Bessie Moore 5-7 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2 --------------------------------------- Doubles (Draw=6) First Round Mabel Cahill (Ire)/Adeline McKinley d. Lily Slevin/Jospehine White 6-1 6-3 Helen Day Harris/Amy Williams d. Ethel Bankson/Hattie Beaumont 6-4 6-2 Semifinals Cahill/ McKinley d. Bessie Moore/Augusta Schultz 6-2 6-3 Harris/Williams d. Mamie Calahan/Emily Neff 6-4 6-2 Final Mabel Cahill (Ire)/Adeline McKinlay d. Helen Harris/Amy Williams 6-1 6-3 --------------------------------------- Mixed Doubles (Draw=6) First Round Mabel Cahill (Ire)/Clarence Hobart d Miss FK Gregory/Joseph Clark 6-2 6-3 Helen Day Harris/J Parke Hood d Adeline McKinley/JB McKinley 6-2 6-3 Semifinals Cahill/Hobart d Hattie Butler/Joseph Janney 6-3 6-3 Moore/Beach d Harris/Hood 6-2 6-4 Final Mabel Cahill (Ire)/Clarence Hobart d. Bessie Moore/Rodmond Beach 6-1 6-3 --------------------------------------- Draw note: Elizabeth Slevin was nicknamed Lily (NYT spelling) or Lillie (Philadelphia). --------------------------------------- Sources: Bud Collins Ultimate Tennis Book New York Times Philadelphia Inquirer --------------------------------------- Summary: This was the inaugural mixed doubles event at the US Championships. This year Mabel Cahill became the first player to win the "triple crown" at this, or any, major tournament. 16 year old Bessie Moore of New York is the main challenge to Cahill. Her main weakness, according the New York Times, is "she does not hit the ball hard enough." The Times reports an increase in volleying over the previous year by the ladies, noting that the lob is often employed as a tactic to combat it. The singles final is hotly contested. When Moore wins the 4th set to tie it the crowd erupts in prolonged applause. "But in the fifth set Miss Cahill was too much for her plucky antagonist...". |
1893
1893 US Open
June 20-23 at Philadelphia. Preliminary Round: **Miss Kemble d. Amy R. Williams 4-6 14-12 8-6 Elizabeth "Bessie" Moore d. Emily Neff 6-0 6-1 **Miss Stone d. Mrs. Clement Beecroft 6-0 6-2 First Round: Augusta L. "Alice" Schultz d. Hattie Butler 2-6 6-2 6-2 Annabella Wistar d. Colahan 6-1 6-2 Miss Bent d. Miss Hannis 6-2 7-5 *Underhill d. Bertha Townsend default Aline Terry d. Miss White 6-2 6-2 Hattie Beaumont d. Helen Day Harris 6-3 6-2 Bessie Moore d. Ethel Bankson 3-6 6-3 8-6 *Helen Hellwig d. Elizabeth Slevin 6-2 6-0 Quarters:(listed in paper as "2nd Round") Schultz d. Wistar 6-3 6-1 Underhill d. Bent 4-6 6-4 9-7 Terry d. Beaumont 6-2 6-0 Moore d.Hellwig 7-5 1-6 6-4 Semis: Terry d. Moore 6-3 4-6 6-4 Schultz d. Underhill 6-2 3-6 6-0 Final: Aline Terry d. Augusta Schultz 6-1 6-3 ---------------------------------------------------------- PR=Preliminary Round PR: Hattie Butler/Lieut Lansdale d Mrs Beecroft/Rev Michael 6-4 6-2 PR: Ethel Bankson/Robert Wllson d Miss Stone/Mr Prosser 3-6 6-1 6-2 PR: Ellen Roosevelt/Clarence Hobart d Amy Williams/Mr Clark 6-3 6-4 PR: Augusta Schultz/Mr Talmadge d Mrs Harris/Mr Hood 6-4 6-4 PR: Wistar/Mr Brown d Moore/Mr Johnston 6-8 7-5 6-3 PR: Aline Terry/Mr Colby d Mabel Cahill and partner by default 1R: Hattie Butler/Lieut Lansdale-bye (??) 1R: Miss Bankson/Mr Wilson -bye (??) 1R: Schultz/Talmadge d Harris/Hood 6-4 6-4 1R: Rosevelt/Hobart-bye (??) 1R: Terry/Colby d Wistar/Brown 7-5 6-3 QF: Bankson/Wilson d Butler/Lansdale 6-2 6-3 QF: Schultz/Talmadge-bye (??) QF: Roosevelt/Hobart d Terry/Colby 6-1 6-3 SF: Bankson/Wilson d Schultz/Talmadge 6-4 5-7 6-4 SF: Rossevelt/Hobart-bye (??) FI: Ellen Roosevelt/Clarence Hobart d. Ethel Bankson/Robert N. Wilson 6-1 4-6 10-8 ---------------------------------------------------------- *The New York Tribune, source for these results, spells Wilson's name as "Willson" Notes: The draw is reconstructed from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Some oddities: Miss Stone and Miss Kemble (see **) are shown winning in the Prelim round, but not mentioned after. This is probably an error on the paper's part. Also, first round matches marked * were actually listed in the paper as First round matches. If this was the case, then those women won a Prelim match and got byes in the next round. This is possible, as standards in draws, courts, and even balls were still being debated at the time. Early doubles action is incomplete. The Prelim match between Kemble-Williams set an early record for most games(in a 3 set match) at 50. The match lasted for over 4 hours. Miss Terry won the cup for 1 year and an enamel laurel wreath pin. Miss schultz won a pair of opera glasses made of gold and pearl! The ladies doubles winners got French traveling clocks, handy when playing away from home. After the final, dinner was served at the club. In the evening "The grounds were illuminated by electric lights and Chinese lanterns ..." The orchestra was stationed on the clubhouse porch and furnished the music. Dancing was indulged in all the evening and it was quite late when it was all over. |
1894
June 12 to June 16 at
Philadelphia. Draw of 11. ------------------------------------- *defending champ Aline Terry "sits out" until the challenge round. Preliminary Round Helen Hellwig bye Amy Williams d. White 6-2 6-2 Ethel Bankson d. Annabella Wistar 5-6 6-3 7-5 Hattie Beaumont d. Gertrude Kimball 2-6 6-3 6-2 Bertha Toulmin bye Mrs. Clement Beecroft bye Elizabeth Slevin bye Juliette Atkinson bye -------------------------------- First Round Hellwig d. Williams 6-2 6-2 Bankson d. Beaumont 6-1 6-0 Toulmin d. Beecroft 6-1 6-0 Atkinson d. Slevin 6-1 6-1 Second Round Hellwig d. Bankson 6-2 6-1 Toulmin d. Atkinson 4-6 7-5 6-4 Final Hellwig d. Toulmin 6-2 6-5 6-4 Challenge Round Hellwig d. Terry 7-5 3-6 6-0 3-6 6-3 ------------------------------------ There are some oddities. What we would call the first round is called the "preliminary round". The other strange thing are the 6-5 sets. Those are not typos. Yet the final indicates a score of 7-5. Toulmin=Bertha Townsend. |
1895
Philadelphia-June 25 to 29.
Draw of 12. ------------------------------ Holder Helen Hellwig sits out until Challenge Round final. First Round Juliette Atkinson d. Emily Neff default Amy Williams bye Kathleen Atkinson d. Gertrude Clarke 6-3 6-2 Mary Warren d. Alice Taylor 6-1 6-1 Bertha Toulmin bye Elizabeth Taylor bye Bessie Moore d. Ethel Bankson 6-2 6-1 Grace Booth d. Elizabeth Slevin 6-4 5-6 8-6 ------------------------------- Quarters J. Atkinson d. Williams 6-0 6-4 K. Atkinson d. Warren 6-3 6-2 Toulmin d. Taylor 6-1 6-2 Moore d. Booth 6-0 6-2 Semis J. Atkinson d. K. Atkinson 6-1 6-4 Moore d. Toulmin 6-4 6-4 Final J.Atkinson d. Moore 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-0 Challenge Round J. Atkinson d. Hellwig 6-4 6-3 6-2 ------------------------------ Two singles rounds were contested on opening day. |
1896
1896
June 17 to 20. Draw of 13 *Champ Juliet Atkinson "Sits out" until Challenge Round. First Round Bessie Moore d. Helen Field 6-0 6-1 Amy Willaims d. Clement Beecroft 6-2 6-4 Annabella Wistar d. Margarite Sayen 6-1 6-1 Grace Booth d. Laura Henson 5-6 6-3 6-0 Edith Rotch d. Maud Banks 6-5 6-1 Quarters Moore d. Williams 6-4 6-5 Gertrude Kimball d. Kathleen Atkinson 6-5 6-1 Wistar d. G.Booth 6-2 6-1 Rotch d. Helen Booth 6-3 6-2 Semis Moore d. Kimball 6-3 6-1 Wistar d. Rotch 6-4 6-2 Allcomers Final Moore d. Wistar 6-3 7-5 6-0 Challenge Round Final Moore d. Juliet Atkinson 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2 Moore is the champ in a year when bicycle tennis was the latest (and short lived) fad and double faults were called "double baulks". |
1897
June 15-19, Philadelphia, PA
1st round Juliet Atkinson d. Marie Wimer 8-6 6-3 Maud Banks d. Edith Rotch 6-2 2-6 6-2 Kate Atkinson bye Hattie Beaumont bye Edith Kenderine bye Ellen Ketcham d. Elizabeth Rastall 4-6 6-1 6-3 Carrie B. Neely bye Mrs. Frank Edwards bye --------------------------------- Quarters J.Atkinson d. Banks 6-1 4-6 6-1 K.Atkinson d. Beaumont 6-4 6-0 Kenderine d. Ketcham 6-2 4-6 8-6 Neely d. Edwards 6-2 6-1 ---------------------------------- Semis J.Atkinson d. K.Atkinson 6-1 6-3 Kenderine d. Neely 7-5 2-6 6-0 ----------------------------------- Final J.Atkinson d. Kenderine 6-2 4-6 6-0 Challenger Final J.Atkinson d. Elizabeth Moore*** 6-3 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-3 ---------------------------------------- ***Elizabeth "Bessie" Moore received a bye to the Challenger final as the title holder (1896). ---------------------------------------- Notes: Still a local affair, with the women listed with the clubs they represent! Carrie Neely is the one non-local, coming form Chicago. In 1998 the eastern women will face the first "Western" invasion, when Marion Jones comes east to vie for the title. All the participants had a sit down dinner after the ladies final. Fresh lemonade inside the clubhouse kept spectators cool. The local paper noted on day 3 that "all day carriages and buggies were coming to and fro the tennis festivities". |
1898
June 14 to 18. Draw of 11
Preliminary Round Carrie Neely bye Helen Chapman bye Marion Jones d. Helen Wriggins 6-1 6-3 Kathleen Atkinson bye Helen Crump d. Elsie Malone 6-0 6-0 Maud Banks d. Rebecca Lycett default Elizabeth Tostall bye Marie Wimer bye First Round Neely d. Chapman 6-3 6-2 M. Jones d. K. Atkinson 6-4 6-3 Crump d. Banks 6-1 6-3 Wimer d. Tostall 6-1 6-0 Semis M. Jones d. Neely 6-0 6-0 Crump d. Wimer 6-3 2-6 10-8 Final M. Jones d. Crump 6-4 7-5 6-4 Challenge Round Juliette Atkinson d. M. Jones 6-3 5-7 6-4 2-6 7-5 (*5mps) --------------------- The NYT also calls Wiemer "Wirmer" more than once. ----------------------------------- The final was a thriller. Atkinson saves a record 4 match points! A Tennis Battle That Was Royal Championship play breaks a record for stubborness and quality Miss Atkinson Wins--Successfully defends her cup against Miss Jones--Latter meets with misfortunes. Miss Juliet Atkinson is again lawn tennis champion of the women players of the United States. Good luck, superior physical condition and hard, nervy play enabled her to win yesterday at the Philadelphia Cricket Club grounds. Miss Marion Jones is the daughter of Senator Jones of Nevada. This is a total of 26 games for Miss Atkinson and 25 games for Miss Jones. The point total was 185 points for Miss Jones to 177 for Miss Atkinson. It can be safely said that none of the previous 11 women's contests (from 1887) was there such an exciting finish. To show the grand excitement of the contest and to tell why the crowded grand stand remained nearly filled until long after the dinner hour, it is but necessary to explain the score in the deciding moments. Each of the plucky girls had won two sets,and in the 5th and deciding set the score stood :Miss Jones 5, Miss Atkinson 3. All Miss Jones had to do was win the set on hand. In it the score was 40 to 30 in her favor. All she needed was one point to win the game, set, match, and United States championship. Just one little point, and here is where Miss Jones' misfortunes commenced. In the rally Miss Atkinson returned and the ball struck a ball not in play, lying in Miss Jones' court owing to the negligence of the umpires. The ball in play glanced off and shot along the ground, so that Miss Jones could not return it. This made the game "deuce" and Miss Atkinson won out. This brought the score in games to 5 to 4 in Miss Jones' favor. Still she had the better chance. Four times in this set she needed but a point to win,and yet she never got it, Miss Atkinson "deucing" it and eventually scoring the two consecutive points. Once Miss Jones had "vantage" and needed but a point. Miss Atkinson's return went outside of the court and and the match then and there belonged to Miss Jones, but the umpire on that line failed to do his duty and decided, contrary to the fact, that the ball was in. This decision alone cost Miss Jones the match. This little Westerner deserves unlimited praise for her splendid showing in this, her first appearance in a US championship match without the age and experience of her opponent, lacking her physical condition and having been unwell for several days, she all but defeated a champion twice. As to the quality of play, it was the best that has ever been put up at these tounaments. The rallies were often long and spirited and both played well and made some splendid strokes. Miss Atkinson went up to the net oftener and was very effective, but the game was distinctly a back court struggle. Both used a well-judged, hard, low fore-hand stroke with good effect,and did some remarkablt clever back hand work as well. As the club's poet, Mr. "Cliff" Patterson, put it: Good shots on both sides followed fast But some one had to yield at last. One thing that told very material in Miss Atkinson's favor was physique. To use a masculine athletic term of condition, "She was hard as nails". She is light and very active and this enabled her to cover more ground than Miss Jones, whose stocky stature and weight were no inconsiderable handicap. |
1899
June 21 to 24.
*Atkinson does not defend her title. Singles (Draw=15) First Round Maud Banks d. Bessie Rastall 6-2 6-3 Myrtle McAteer d. DH Rastall 6-0 6-4 Carrie Neely d. Ethel Steel 6-0 6-0 Georgina Jones d. Rachel Harlan default Marion Jones d. Rebecca Lycett 6-1 6-4 Hallie Champlin d. Helen Huey 7-5 6-2 Edith Parker d. Helen Chaplin 6-0 10-8 Jane Craven-bye Quarterfinals Banks d. McAteer 7-5 7-5 Neely d. G Jones 6-2 6-2 M Jones d. Champlin 6-1 6-2 Craven d. E. Parker 7-5 3-6 6-1 Semifinals Banks d. Neely 6-3 4-6 6-1 M Jones d. Craven 6-1 6-0 Final Marion Jones d. Edith Banks 6-1 6-1 7-5 |
1900
June 19-23 at Philadelphia.
Draw of 16. *Defender Marion Jones does not defend as she is overseas competing ib the Olympics and Wimbledon. First Round Huldah J. Steel d. Crowinshield default Dorothy Morris d. Bessie Rastall 2-6 6-3 6-2 Hallie Champlin d. Rebecca Lycett 6-1 6-4 Edith Parker d. Helen Huey 6-1 6-4 Marie Wimer d. Isabel Shaw 7-5 6-3 Myrtle McAteer d. Rachel Harland 6-2 6-1 Maud Banks d. D. Rastall 6-1 6-0 Margaret Hunnewell d. Ethel Steel 6-1 6-0 Quarters Morris d. H. Steel 6-2 4-6 7-5 Parker d. Champlin 8-6 6-2 McAteer d. Wimer 6-3 6-3 Banks d. Hunnewell 6-3 3-6 6-3 Semis Parker d. Morris 6-0 6-2 McAteer d. Banks 6-4 7-5 Final McAteer d. Parker 6-2 6-0 6-0 Doubles First Round M. Banks/Rastall bye McAteer/Wimer d. B. Banks/H. Steel 6-2 6-1 Champlin/Parker d. Lycett/Morris ???? Champlain/Hunnewell bye Semis McAteer/Wimer d. Banks/Rastall 6-3 4-6 6-4 Champlin/Parker d. Champlain/Hunnewell 6-4 3-6 6-2 Final Champlin/Parker d. McAteer/Wimer 9-7 6-2 6-2. ##################### Interest was not at a peak owing to the absence of Jones and Atkinson. The local paper maintains that the recent popularity of golf as a women's sport is partly to blame. On day one the specatators barely outnumbered the players. A capacity crowd shows for the final where Parker won the first two games only to drop 18 straight! Parker won 32 points in the whole match. All 16 contestants were single. Bessie Rastall also listed as "Elizabeth". |
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