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Week of September 14-20

Circa mid-September, Merano Autumn Tournament, Merano, Italy (Clay)

FI: Round robin women's singles event won by Hilde Krahwinkel (Ger)

DF: Ilse Friedleben (Ger)/Hilde Krahwinkel (Ger) d. Marie Horn (Ger)/Paula von Reznieck (Ger) 6-2, 6-2

MX: Lolette Payot (Swt)/Hector Fisher (Swt) d. Helen Dyson (GB)/Georges Glasser (Frn) default
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September 14-20, Swiss Championships, Montreux, Switzerland (Clay)

FI: Lolette Payot d. Lucia Valerio (Ity) 6-4 5-7 6-3

DF: Simone Barbier (Fr)/Lolette Payot d. Josane Sigart (Bel)/Lucia Valerio (Ity) 6-3 6-4

MX: Lolette Payot/Hector Fisher d. Josane Sigart (Bel)/Charles Aeschlimann 8-6 3-6 6-3

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Week of September 21-27


September 18-27th Pacific Southwest Chmps , Los Angeles (Hard)
Venue: Los Angeles Tennis Club

QF=3R

QF: Anna McKune Harper [1] d Dorothy Workamn 6-0 6-0
QF: Midge Gladman Van Ryn d Ethel Burkhardt Arnold 3-6 6-3 10-8
QF: Josephine Cruickshank d Carolin Babcock 7-5 7-5
QF: Edith Cross d Gladys Patz 3-6 6-3 6-0

SF: Harper [1] d Van Ryn 6-2 6-4
SF: Cruickshank d Cross 6-3 1-6 6-2

FI: Anna Harper [1] d. Josephine Cruickshank 3-6 6-3 6-4

Doubles

SF: Cruickshank/Van Ryn d Dr Esther Curtis Bartosch/Patz 6-4 6-2
SF: Cross/Harper d Elizabeth Deike/Dorothy Workman 6-4 6-3

FI: Edith Cross/Anna Harper d Josephine Crucikshank/Midge Van Ryn 6-2 4-6 6-4

MX: Edith Cross/Wilmer Allison d Anna Harper/George Lott 7-5 2-6 7-5
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September 21-26, Roehampton, Surrey, England (Clay)

FI: Jeanette Morfey d. Nancy Lyle 6-4 8-6

DF: Ermyntrude Harvey/Peggy Michell d. Evelyn Dearman/Nancy Lyle 6-2 7-5

MX: Frank Wilde/Ermyntrude Harvey d. Edward A. Dearman/Evelyn Dearman 6-2 6-1
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Circa late September, Gleneagles, Scotland (Clay)

FI: Olga Webb d. Kay Stammers 8-6 6-1

DF: Dorothy Alexander/Phoebe Holcroft-Watson d. Naomi Trentham/Olga Webb 6-8 6-2 10-8

MX: Ian Collins/Hon. Mrs G. Corbett d. W. Collins/Olga Webb 6-2 6-3
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Circa late September? Geneva, Switzerland (Clay)

FI: Simone Barbier (Frn) d. Lolette Payot 1-6 8-6 6-2

DF: Nelly Neppach (Ger)/Bella Pons (Sp) d. Simone Barbier (Frn)/Germaine Golding (Frn) 6-4 6-4

MX: Georges Glasser (Frn)/Lolette Payot d. Pierre Grandguillot (Frn)/Simone Barbier (Frn) 6-2 6-0
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ends September 26 Bronxville Field Club Invitation, Bronxville, New York
Venue: Bronxville Field Club

SF: Joan Ridley (GB) [2] d Adelaide Stuart Green 6-0 6-1
SF: Elsie Pittman (GB) [1] d Baroness Maud Levi (Ity) [3] 6-3 7-5

FI: Elsie Pittman (GB) [1] d Joan Ridley (GB) [2] 5-7 8-6 7-5

Doubles

SF: Pittman/Ridley d Mrs L Gouverneur Morris/Beatrice Moore 6-3 6-3
SF: Gladys Hawk/Maude Levi d Mrs Ari Lamme/ Mrs Clifford J Lockhorn 6-1 4-6 9-7

FI: Elsie Pittman/Joan Ridley d Gladys Hawk/Maud Levi 6-3 6-3

Pittman wins the Vivian Harcourt Challenge Trophy.

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Week of September 28-October 4

September 26- October 4 Pacific Coast Chmps , Berkeley. (Hard)

1R: Helen Jacobs [1] d Edith Schoonmaker 6-0 6-0
1R: Anna McCune Harper [2] d Edith Tough 6-0 6-0

2R: Jacobs [2] d Genevieve Grant 6-0 6-0
2R: Harper [2] d Mary Jane Foster 6-1 6-1

QF: Edith Cross d. Jacobs [1] 3-6 8-6 6-3

SF: Cross d Alice Marble 6-4 6-2
SF: Weisel d Harper [2] 10-8 6-4

FI: Edith Cross d. Dorothy Weisel 6-4 2-6 7-5

DF: Edith Cross/Anna Harper d. Alice Marble/Dorothy Weisel 6-4 6-4

MX: Helen Wills-Moody/ George Lott d. Edith Cross/George Hughes 6-3 3-6 6-0

Helen Wills-Moody didn't defend her singles title but does lay the mixed.
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began September 28 Greenbrier Autumn Tournament, White Sulphur Springs, West Va, US
Venue: Greenbrier Country Club

SF: Baroness Maud Rosenbaum Levi (Ity) d Virginia Hilleary 6-4 6-0
SF: Elsie Goldsack Pittman (GB) d Joan Ridley (GB) 6-3 7-9 7-5

FI: Baroness Maud Levi (Ity) d Elsie Pittman (GB) 6-4 7-5

DF: Pittman/Ridley d Margaret Carspecken/Hilleary 6-1 6-0

MX: Elsie Pittman/Frank Goeitz d Florence LeBoutillier/Howard Voshell 8-6 4-6 6-3

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September 28-October 3, Welsh Covered Court Championships, Craigside, Wales (Indoors on Wood)

FI: M. Johnstone d. N. Case 6-3 6-0

DF: Freda James/I. Howitt d. M. Johnstone/J. McAlpine 6-1 6-1

MX: V. Allman-Smith (Ire)/Joan Ingram d. William G. Ireland (Ire)/N. Case 6-3 6-4
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September 28-October 3, Ealing Autumn Hard Courts ,Ealing, England (Clay)
Venue: West Side Country Club

FI: Phyllis Mudford d. Dorothy Round 7-5 2-6 6-3

DF: Betty Nuthall/Eileen Fearnley-Whittingstall d. Phyllis Mudford/Dorothy Round 6-4 6-3

MX: Ryuki Miki (Jpn)/Dorothy Round d. Edward R. Avory/Phyllis Mudford 2-6 6-1 6-4
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September 28-October 3, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England (Clay)

FI: Ermyntrude Harvey d. Evelyn Dearman 6-4 6-4

DF: Evelyn Dearman/Nancy Lyle d. Ermyntrude Harvey/F. Scott 6-1 9-7

MX: Charles F. Scroope (Ire)/Nancy Lyle d. Cyril G. Eames/Ermyntrude Harvey 6-3 5-7 6-4

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Week of October 5-11


October ???? Queensland Championships Brisbane (Grass)

FI: Mal Molesworth d. Emily Westacott 61 63
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October ???? Coupe Poree, Paris, France

FI: Simone Mathieu d. Josane Sigart 46 64 64
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October 5-10, Bournemouth Autumn Tournament, Bournemouth, Dorset, England (Clay)

FI: Kitty Godfree d. Nancy Lyle 6-4 6-4

DF: Kitty Godfree/Joan Strawson d. Margaret Stocks/Mrs D. Rhys 6-0 6-0

MX: Noel G. Holmes (Ire)/Nancy Lyle d. Jack Lysaght/Kitty Godfree 6-4 6-4

Rhys is the maried name of D. Sloane-Stanley.
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began October 5 Virginia Hot Springs Tournament, Hot Springs, VA, US
Venue: Gold and Tennis Club

SF: Joan Ridley (GB) d Baroness Maud Rosembaum Levi (Ity) 4-6 6-4 8-6
SF: Elsie Goldsack Pittman (GB) d Florence LeBoutillier 6-3 6-3

FI: Joan Ridley (GB) d Elsie Pittman (GB) 6-2 2-6 6-4

DF: Pittman/Ridley d LeBoutillier/Levi 6-0 6-1

MX: Elsie Pittman/Vicotr Hockmeyer d Baroness Maud Levi/Charles Halsey 6-4 3-6 6-4

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Week of October 12-18

October 12-20, British Covered Court Championships, Queen's Club, London, England (Indoors on Wood)

FI: Mary Heeley d. Jeanette Morfey 6-1 6-0

DF: Ermyntrude Harvey/Peggy Michell d. Mary Heeley/Billie Yorke 6-0, 7-5
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XDF: John Olliff/P. Brazier d. Ryuki Miki (JPN)/Mary Heeley 6-4, 8-6
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Date? Balkan Championships*, Athens, Greece (Clay)

FI: I. Lenos d. [] Golescu (ROU) 6-2, 8-6
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DF: Vlasta Gostisa (YOU)/Laszlone Schreder (HUN)) d. [] Golescu (ROU)/Lenke Zissovitz (ROU) 6-3, 6-3
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XDF: Franjo Kukuljevic (YOU)/Vlasta Gostisa (YOU) d. Franjo Schaeffer (YOU)/Laszlone Schreder (HUN) 7-5, 6-4

* This was the inaugural Balkan Championships tournament. To begin with, it was restricted to players from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia

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Week of October 19-25

September 26-October 24, Metropolitan Championships, Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia

FI: Louie Bickerton d. Coral Buttsworth 6-4 6-3

DF: Louie Bickerton/Nell Hall d. Daphne Cozens/Mrs C. Edgar 6-1 2-6 6-0

MX: Jack Crawford/Marjorie Crawford d. Ray Dunlop/Nell Hall 6-3 6-4

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Week of October 26-November 1

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Week of November 2-8


November 2-7, Cromer Covered Court Tournament, Cromer, Norfolk, England (Hard, indoors)

FI: Dorothy Round d. [Ruth] Kirk 6-4, 6-0
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DF: Dorothy Round/Naomi Trentham d. M. Johnstone/J. McAlpine 6-3, 8-6
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XDF: Ryuki Miki (JPN)/Dorothy Round d. Fred Perry/Mary Heeley 3-6, 7-5, 8-6

Kirk also listed as "JS Kirk".

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Week of November 9-15

Circa mid-November, Tennis Club de Paris, Paris, France (Wood)

FI: Germaine Golding d. Jeanne Vaussard 6-4, 6-1
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DF: [] Freville/Jacqueline Goldschmidt d. Simone Desloges/Leila-Claude Anet 5-7, 6-3, 9-7
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XDF: Marcel Bernard/Leila-Claude Anet d. Raymond Rodel/Germaine Golding 6-1, 7-5

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Week of November 16-22

November 15-22, Argentine Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Clay)

SF: Rost d. Anita Lizana (Chi) 6-4 8-6
SF:Aussem d Mona Ricketts 6-1 6-2

FI: Cilly Aussem (Ger) d. Irmgard Rost 6-1, 6-4

DF: Cilly Aussem (Ger)/Irmgard Rost (Ger) d.Dellapiazzo/Monica Ricketts 6-1 6-2

MX: Ronald Boyd/Cilly Aussem (Ger) d. Lucilo de Castillo/Monica Ricketts 6-1, 6-3




iIt was no easy feat to travel to South America in 1931. Cilly and Irmgrad left Hamburg by ship on Sept 16 and didn't arrive in Buenos Aires until Oct 15. Aussem got seriously sick on her jaunt and never returned to her 1931 form.

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Week of November 23-29

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Week of November 30-December 6

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Week of December 7-13

December 5-12, Victorian Championships, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Grass)

FI: Esna Robertson d. Kath Le Mesurier 6-2 6-4

DF: Meryl O'Hara Wood/Gladys Toyne d. Frances-Hoddle-Wrigley/Kath Le Mesurier 4-6 8-6 8-6

MX: Jack Crawford/Marjorie Crawford d. Harry Hopman/Nell Hall 8-6 6-8 6-4.

At one point in the doubles final the eventual winners were dwon 0-5 in the final set.

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Week of December 14-20

Circa mid-December, Calcutta Championships, Calcutta, India (Grass?)

FI: Jenny Sandison d. Mrs Stork 3-6 6-3 8-6

DF: Jenny Sandison/Mrs Simon d. Mrs Stork/Mrs Williams 3-6 9-7 6-1

MX: Jenny Sandison/Ryuki Miki (Jpn) d. Mrs Simon/Minoru Kawachi (Jpn) 6-4 6-4

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Week of December 21-27