1930
Dates: June 23-July 5
Venue: The All-England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon
Surface: Grass
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Singles (Draw=96)
1st Round
Helen Wills-Moody (US) [1]-bye
Hilde Krahwinkel (Ger)-bye
Edith Clarke-bye
Evelyn Goldsworth-bye
Mrs. Bruce May-bye
Lucy Johnstone [Q]-bye
Manon Hargreaves [Q]-bye
Mence Canters (Neth)-bye
Phyllis Mudford [7]-bye
Miss CFC Turner-bye
Enid Broadbridge [Q]-bye
Gladys Thompson-bye
Grace Vaughton [Q]-bye
Winifred Beamish-bye
Betty Uber-bye
Elsie Stockel (Den)-bye
Mianne Palfrey (US) d. Lili de Alvarez (Sp) [4] default
Betty Dix d. Miss EH Smith 6-0 6-3
Esna Robertson (Aus) d. Christine Tyrell 6-3 6-1
Cristobel Hardie d. Gethyn Harry 4-6 6-1 6-4
Anne Peitz (Ger) d. Mrs H Ryland [Q] 6-2 6-3
Elsie Pittman d. Jeanette Morfrey 6-3 3-6 6-2
Joan Ridley d. Margaret Stocks 1-6 6-1 7-5
Sarah Palfrey (US) d. Billie Yorke 6-1 6-4
Simone Mathieu (Fra) [5] d. Mrs JRM Brumwell [Q] 6-2 6-2
Eileen Whittingstall d. Violet Owen 6-1 7-5
Evelyn Dearman d. Doris Eastley [Q] 6-1 8-6
Joan Fry d. Ruth Watson 1-6 6-2 6-4
Gwen Sterry d. Aimee Charpenel (Fra) 6-2 6-3
Beatrice Feltham d. Olga Webb 6-3 4-6 6-2
Mary Heeley d. Yvonne Law [Q] 6-1 6-4
Phyllis Satterthwaite d. Mrs JL Colegate 6-0 6-3
Betty Nuthall d. Phoebe Holcroft-Watson [2] default
Nancy Lyle d. Madzy Rollin Couquerque (Neth) 7-5 6-4
Dorothy Jameson d. Elsa Haylock 6-4 3-6 6-3
Effie Hemmnant d. Else Dam (Den) 6-2 6-1
Naomi Trentham d. Joan Strawson 6-4 6-4
Ermyntrude Harvey d. Sylvia Henrotin (Fra) 6-8 6-0 7-5
Nancy Edwards d. Sylvia Mayne 6-2 4-6 6-4
Mary McIlquham d. Vera Marshall 6-2 6-0
Elizabeth Ryan (US) [8] d. Miss HM Brooke 6-2 6-3
Vera Montgomery d. Helen Burr 6-4 6-2
Josanne Sigart (Bel) d. Edith Cross (US) 3-6 6-3 6-3
Davina Gordon d. Janet Cox 6-3 6-3
Lolette Payot (Sui) d. Diddie Vlasto (Fra) 6-4 6-1
Anita Elton d. Marjorie Stork [Q] 6-3 6-2
Kath Le Messurier (Aus) d. Peggy Scriven 10-8 6-1
Mary Greef (US) d. Trudi Wolf (Aut) 6-1 6-1
Helen Jacobs (US) [3]-bye
Margaret Mellows-bye
Madge Slaney-bye
Jenny Sandison (Ind)-bye
Simone Barbier (Frn)-bye
Madge List-bye
Dorothy Anderson-bye
Sybil Johnson-bye
Cilly Aussem (Ger) [6]-bye
Winifred Bower-bye
Violette Gallay (Fra)-bye
Kathleen Bridge-bye
Freda James [Q]-bye
Joan Lycett-bye
Dorothy Round-bye
Jacqueline Gallay (Fra)-bye
2nd Round
Wills-Moody [1] d. Krahwinkel 6-2 6-1
Goldsworth d. Clarke 6-4 6-2
Johnstone [Q] d. May 6-3 3-6 7-5
Canters d. Hargreaves [Q] 6-2 6-4
Mudford [7] d. Turner 6-1 6-1
Broadbridge [Q] d. Thompson 8-6 4-6 6-2
Vaughton [Q] d. Beamish 2-6 6-0 6-4
Uber d. Stockel 6-2 5-7 7-5
Dix d. M Palfrey 3-6 6-4 6-2
Robertson d. Hardie 6-2 6-4
Pittman d. Peitz 3-6 6-2 6-3
Ridley d. S Palfrey 3-6 6-4 6-1
Mathieu [5] d. Whittingstall 6-4 6-3
Fry d. Dearman 6-4 6-8 6-4
Sterry d. Feltham 2-6 6-1 6-3
Sattertghwaite d. Heeley 6-3 6-0
Nuthall d. Lyle 6-3 6-4
Jameson d. Hemmant 6-2 6-3
Harvey d. Trentham 9-11 6-1 6-3
McIlquham d. Edwards 6-2 6-1
Ryan [8] d. Montgomery 6-2 6-4
Sigart d. Gordon 6-1 6-2
Payot d. Elton 6-2 8-10 6-3
Greef d. Le Messurier 6-2 2-6 7-5
Jacobs [3] d. Mellows 6-3 6-1
Slaney d. Sandison 6-0 2-6 6-1
List d. Barbier 6-2 6-4
Johnson d. Anderson 6-2 6-3
Aussem [6] d. Bower 6-3 6-0
Bridge d. V. Gallay 6-1 6-1
James[Q] d. Lycett 6-3 6-3
Round d. J Gallay 6-1 6-4
3rd Round
Wills-Moody [1] d. Goldsworth 6-1 6-2
Canters d. Johnstone [Q] 6-4 6-2
Mudford [7] d. Broadbridge [Q] 6-2 6-2
Uber d. Vaughton [Q] 6-3 6-2
Robertson d. Dix 3-6 6-2 6-1
Ridley d. Pittman 7-5 5-7 7-5
Mathieu [5] d. Fry 6-2 6-1
Satterthwaite d. Sterry 2-6 7-5 6-3
Nuthall d. Jameson 6-4 6-3
McIlquham d. Harvey 2-6 8-6 4-2 retired
Ryan [8] d. Sigart 6-3 6-4
Payot d. Greef 6-4 6-3
Jacobs [3] d. Slaney 6-3 6-0
List d. Johnson 6-1 6-2
Aussem [6] d. Bridge 6-3 6-2
James d. Round 4-6 6-3 6-4
4th Round
Wills-Moody [1] d. Canters 6-0 6-1
Mudford [7] d. Uber 6-0 6-0
Ridley d. Robertson 6-4 6-1
Mathieu [5] d. Satterthwaite 6-4 7-5
Nuthall d. McIlquham 6-2 6-3
Ryan [8] d. Payot 6-0 3-6 8-6
Jacobs [3] d. List 6-0 6-1
Aussem [6] d. James 7-5 6-4
Quarterfinals
Wills-Moody [1] d. Mudford [7] 6-1 6-2
Mathieu [5] d. Ridley 6-2 6-1
Ryan [8] d. Nuthall 6-2 2-6 6-0
Aussem [6] d. Jacobs [3] 6-2 6-1
Semifinals
Wills-Moody [1] d. Mathieu [5] 6-3 6-2
Ryan [8] d. Aussem [6] 6-3 0-6 4-4 retired
Final
Helen Wills-Moody [1] d. Elizabeth Ryan [8] 6-2 6-2
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Doubles (Draw=48)
1st Round
Kitty Godfree/Phoebe Watson [2]-bye
Mence Canters (Neth)/Madzy Rollin Conquerque (Neth)-bye
Beatrice Feltham/Mary Heeley-bye
Katherine Lewis/Betty Uber-bye
Betty Dix/Elsa Haylock-bye
Margaret Meadows/Olga Webb-bye
Phyllis Mudford/Gwen Sterry-bye
Marion Phayre/Evelyn Standring-bye
Edith Cross (US)/Sarah Palfrey (US) [4] d. Eileen Antrobus/Freda James [Q] 6-4 6-1
Kathleen Bridge/Mary McIlquham d. Vera Marshall/Miss EH Smith 6-0 6-3
Sylvia Mayne/Vera Montgomery d. Cecily Marriott/Madge Slaney 6-4 4-6 8-6
Evelyn Dearman/Sybil Edwards d. Else Dam (Den)/Else Stockel (Den) 7-5 6-0
Mrs JL Colegate/Christine Tyrrell d. Cilly Aussem (Ger)/Mianne Palfrey (US) 6-8 6-3 7-5
Elsie Pittman/Joan Ridley d. Jacqueline Gallay (Fra)/Violette Gallay (Fra) 6-3 6-4
Eileen Fearnley-Whittingstall/Betty Nuthall d. Dorothy Round/Naomi Trentham 6-2 6-0
Hilde Krahwinkel (Ger)/Ann Peitz (Ger) d. Lucy Johnstone/Mie Johnstone [Q] 6-3 2-6 6-4
Elizabeth Ryan (US)/Helen Wills-Moody (US) [1] d. Helen Burr/Gladys Thompson 6-0 6-0
Jenny Sandison (Ind)/Mrs EC Simon d. Gladys Osborne/Mrs BC Windle [Q] 6-2 8-6
Dorothy Jameson/Ruth Watson d. Nancy Radcliffe-Platt/Phylis Radcliffe 7-5 4-6 6-1
Violet Owen/Margaret Stocks d. Janet Cox/Lena McKenna (Ind) 6-2 6-0
Madge List/Nancy Lyle d. Dorothy Furnivall/Miss L Philip [Q] 6-1 6-1
Kath Le Messurier (Aus)/Esna Robertson (Aus) d. Phyllis Satterthwaite/Trudi Wolf (Ast) 6-4 6-3
Sybil Johnson/Eleanor Rose d. Lolette Payot (Sui)/Muriel Thomas 6-4 6-3
Dorothy Hill/Joan Lycett d. Cristobel Hardie/Mrs WT Tucker 6-4 6-2
Joan Fry/Ermyntrude Harvey [3]-bye
Simone Barbier (Fra)/Simone Mathieu (Fra)-bye
Enid Clarke/Davina Gordon-bye
Peggy Bouverie/Joan Ingram [LL]-bye
Sylvia Henrotin (Fra)/Josanne Sigart (Bel)-bye
Sybil Stokes/Zoe Stokes [Q]-bye
Winifred Beamish/Agnes Tuckey-bye
Effie Hemmant/Joan Strawson-bye
2nd Round
Canters/Couquerque d. Godfree/Watson [2] default
Feltham/Heeley d. Lewis/Uber 6-1 6-4
Dix/Haylock d. Meadows/Webb 6-1 6-3
Mudford/Sterry d. Phayre/Standring 6-1 6-3
Cross/Palfrey [4] d. Brdige/McIlquham 6-2 7-5
Mayne/Montgomery d. Dearman/Edwards 1-6 7-5 6-0
Colegate/Tyrrell d. Pittman/Ridley 2-6 6-3 6-3
Nuthall/Whittingstall d. Krahwinkel/Peitz 6-3 6-2
Ryan/Moody [1] d. Sandison/Simon 6-0 6-4
Owen/Stocks d. Jameson/Watson 9-7 8-6
List/Lyle d. Le Messurier/Robertson 6-1 2-6 6-2
Hill/Lycett d. Johnson/Rose 5-7 6-4 6-2
Barbier/Mathieu d. Fry/Harvey [3] default
Bouverie/Ingram [LL] d. Clarke/Gordon 6-8 7-5 6-3
Henrotin/Sigart d. Stokes/Stokes [Q] 6-1 6-1
Hemmant/Strawson d. Beamish/Tuckey 6-2 6-3
3rd Round
Feltham/Heeley d. Canters/Conquerque 6-4 6-2
Mudford/Sterry d. Dix/Haylock 9-7 9-7
Cross/Palfrey [4] d. Mayne/Montgomery 7-5 6-4
Nuthall/Whittingstall d. Colegate/Tyrrell 6-2 6-2
Ryan/Wills-Moody [1] d. Owen/Stocks 6-1 6-3
Hill/Lycett d. List/Lyle 6-2 6-1
Barbier/Mathieu d. Bouverie/Ingram [LL] 6-8 6-4 6-3
Henrotin/Sigart d. Hemmant/Strawson 6-4 8-6
Quarterfinals
Feltham/Heeley d. Dix/Haylock 4-6 7-5 10-8
Cross/Palfrey [4] d. Nuthall/Whittingstall 4-6 10-8 6-3
Ryan/Wills-Moody [1] d. Hill/Lycett 6-2 6-0
Henrotin/Sigart d. Barbier/Mathieu 6-2 6-2
Semifinals
Cross/Palfrey [4] d. Feltham/Heeley 8-6 6-2
Ryan/Wills-Moody [1] d. Henrotin/Sigart 6-2 6-0
Final
Elizabeth Ryan/Helen Wills-Moody [1] d. Edith Cross/Sarah Palfrey [4] 6-2 9-7
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Mixed Doubles (Draw=67)
1st Round
Elizabeth Ryan (US)/Jack Crawford (Aus) [2]-bye
Dorothy Hill/Noel Turnbull-bye
Betty Dix/Yoshiro Ohta (Jap)-bye
Phoebe Watson/John Olliff-bye
Gwen Sterry/Billy Collins-bye
Greg Mangin (US)/ Sarah Palfrey (US)-bye
Simone Barbier (Fra)/Jacquees Grandguillot (Egy)-bye
Nancy Lyle/Edward Buzzard-bye
Nancy Edwards/Cam Malfroy (NZ)-bye
Agnes Tuckey/Tamino Abe (Jap)-bye
Cyril G Eames/ Ermyntrude Harvey/Cyril Eames-bye
Jacqueline Gallay (Fra)/Pierry Landry (Fra)-bye
Edith Cross (US)/Wilmer Allison (US)-bye
Vera Montgomery/Gerald Sherwell (SA)-bye
Mrs WT Tucker/George Perkins [Q]-bye
Elsa Stockel (Den)/Ambrose Dudley-bye
Eileen Whittingstall/Henri Cochet (Fra) [3]-bye
Madge List/Norman Latchford-bye
Simone Mathieu (Fra)/Takeichi Harada (Jap)-bye
Mence Canters (Neth)/Henk Timmer (Neth)-bye
Trudi Wolf (Aus)/Bela von Kehrling (Hun)-bye
Joan Fry/Ian Collins-bye
Violet Owen/Harry Lee-bye
Anne Peitz (Ger)/Fritz Kuhlmann (Ger)-bye
Mary Greef (US)/Berkeley Bell (US)-bye
Lolette Payot (Sui)/James Willard (Aus)-bye
Josanne Sigart (Bel)/Harry Hopman (Aus)-bye
Joan Strawson/WAH Duff (Can) [Q]-bye
Muriel Thomas/Ryuki Miki (Jap)-bye
Jenny Sandison (Ind)/Philip Glover-bye
Esna Robertson (Aus)/Gar Moon (Aus) d. Lucy Johnstone/John Pennycuick 6-1 8-6
Joan Lycett/Patrick Wheatley d. Kath Le Messurier (Aus)/Harry Barclay (Aus) 6-4 6-3
Cilly Aussem (Ger)/Bill Tilden [1] d. Mary Heeley/Fred Perry 6-1 6-4
Madzy Rollin Couquerque (Neth)/Jan van der Heide (Neth)-bye
Effie Hemmant/Nigel Sharpe-bye
Winifred Beamish/Buster Andrews (NZ)-bye
Madge Slaney/ Hyotare Satoh (Jap)-bye
Elsa Haylock/Edward Mather-bye
Sylvia Henrotin (Fra)/Toto Brugnon (Fra)-bye
Evelyn Dearman/Hector Chiesa (Sui)-bye
Violette Gallay (Fra)/Raymond Rodel (Fra)-bye
Mary McIlquham/Donald Greig-bye
Phyllis Mudford/Gordon Crole-Rees-bye
Kitty Godfree/Leslie Godfree-bye
Dorothy Anderson/Henry Burrows [Q]
Margaret Stocks/Brian Gilbert-bye
Kathleen Bridge/Henry Purcell (Ire)-bye
Dorothy Round/Pat Hughes-bye
Lili de Alvarez (Sp)/Jean Borotra (Fra) [4]-bye
Enid Clarke/Captain JH Frowen-bye
Marion Phayre/Leslie Hill [Q]-bye
Joan Ridley/Stanley Harris-bye
Aimee Charpenel (Fra)/Lepold de Borman (Bel)-bye
Naomi Trentham/William Powell-bye
Susan Noel/Andre Lacroix (Bel)-bye
Elsie Pittman/Eric Peters-bye
Mrs JL Colegate/Nicholae Mishu (Rom)-bye
Daniel Prenn (Ger)/ Hilde Krahwinkel (Ger)/Daniel Prenn (Ger)-bye
Sybil Johnson/Vladimir Landau (Mon)-bye
Mianne Palfrey (US)/John Doeg (US)-bye
Betty Nuthall/Pat Spence (SA)-bye
Helen Jacobs (US)/George Lott (US)-bye
Else Dam (Neth)/Jack Hillyard-bye
Peggy Bouverie/D Ingram-bye
2nd Round
Ryan/Crawford [2] d. Hill/Turnbull 6-3 6-3
Dix/Ohta d. Watson/Olliff default
S Palfrey/Mangin d. Sterry/Collins 6-2 6-3
Barbier/Grandguillot d. Lyle/Buzzard 5-7 6-2 7-5
Tuckey/Abe d. Edwards/Malfroy 5-7 6-3 6-3
Gallay/Landry d. Harvey/Eames default
Cross/Allison d. Montgomery/Sherwell 3-6 6-4 6-2
Tucker/Perkins [WC] d. Stockel/Dudley 6-4 6-2
Whittingstall/Cochet [3] d. List/Latchford 2-6 6-4 6-1
Canters/Timmer d. Mathieu/Harada 6-4 6-1
Fry/Collins d. Wolf/Kehrling 6-1 7-5
Owen/Lee d. Peitz/Kuhlmann 6-4 6-2
Payot/Willard d. Greef/Bell 3-6 6-2 6-3
Sigart/Hopman d. Strawson/Duff [Q] 6-2 5-7 6-1
Thomas/Miki d. Sandison/Glover 9-7 4-6 6-4
Lycett/Wheatley d. Robertson/Moon 7-9 6-4 6-2
Aussem/Tilden [1] d. Couquerque/van der Heide 6-4 6-4
Beamish/Andrews d. Hemmant/Sharpe 2-6 6-4 6-3
Haylock/Mather d. Slaney/Satoh 1-6 9-7 6-3
Henrotin/Brugnon d. Dearman/Chiesa default
McIlquham/Greig d. Gallay/Rodel 6-2 6-3
Mudford/Crole-Rees d. Godfree/ Godfree 3-6 6-3 6-4
Stocks/Gilbert d. Anderson/Burrows [Q] 6-4 4-6 8-6
Round /Hughes d. Bridge/Purcell 6-3 6-1
Clarke/Frowen d. Alvarez/Borotra [4] default
Ridley/Harris d. Phayre/Hill [Q] 6-4 6-4
Trentham/Powell d. /Borman 6-1 7-5
Pittman/Peters d. Noel/Lacroix 6-1 6-3
Krahwinkel/Prenn d. Colegate/Mishu 15-13 6-3
Johnson/Landau d. M Palfrey/Doeg default
Nuthall/Spence d. Jacobs/Lott 1-6 7-5 6-2
Bouverie/Ingram d. Dam/Hillyard 11-9 6-2
3rd Round
Ryan/Crawford [2] d. Dix/Ohta 6-3 6-4
S Palfrey/Mangin d. Barbier/Grandguillot 6-3 6-3
Gallay/Landry d. Tuckey/Abe 7-5 6-4
Cross/Allison d. Tucker/Perkins [WC] 9-7 7-5
Whittingstall/Cochet [3] d. Canters/Timmer 6-0 6-0
Fry/Collins d. Owen/Lee 6-0 6-3
Sigart/Hopman d. Payot/Willard 6-3 6-8 6-0
Thomas/Miki d. Lycett/Wheatley 6-4 6-3
Aussem/Tilden [1] d. Beamish/Andrews default
Henrotin/Brugnon d. Haylock/Mather 8-6 6-3
Mudford/Crole-Rees d. McIlquham/Greig 6-2 3-6 6-4
Stocks/Gilbert d. Round/Hughes 7-5 2-6 6-2
Ridley/Harris d. Clarke/Frowen 9-7 3-6 6-2
Pittman/Peters d. Trentham/Powell 6-4 6-3
Krahwinkel/Prenn d. Johnson/Landau 6-3 6-1
Bouverie/Ingram [LL] d. Nuthall/Spence 6-4 6-4
4th Round
Ryan/Crawford [2] d. S Palfrey/Mangin 6-2 6-4
Cross/Allison d. Gallay/Landry 6-4 6-3
Whittingstall/Cochet [3] d. Fry/Collins 6-2 6-2
Sigart/Hopman d. Thomas/Miki 6-4 6-4
Aussem/Tilden [1] d. Henrotin/Brugnon 6-4 9-7
Mudford/Crole-Rees d. Stock/Gilberts 6-3 6-3
Pittman/Peters d. Ridley/Harris 6-4 6-3
Krahwinkel/Prenn d. Bouverie/Ingram 6-1 6-2
Quarterfinals
Ryan/Crawford [2] d. Cross/Allison 6-2 3-6 6-3
Whittingstall/Cochet [3] d. Sigart/Hopman 7-5 9-7
Mudford/Crole-Rees d. Aussem/Tilden [1] default
Krahwinkel/Prenn d. Pittman/Peters 6-1 6-4
Semifinals
Ryan/Crawford [2] d. Whittingstall/Cochet [3] 6-3 7-9 6-4
Krahwinkel/Prenn d. Mudford/Crole-Rees 4-6 6-3 6-3
Final
Elizabeth Ryan/Jack Crawford [2] d. Hilde Krahwinkel/Daniel Prenn 6-1 6-3
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Draw notes:
This is the first time the ladies singles draw reaches 96 entries. Defaults by the #2 and #3 seeds in doubles opened up the draw.
Mrs Eileen Antrobus=nee Connell
Janet Cox=Mrs Cox. nee Dudley
Nancy Edwards=Mrs HV Edwards, nee Nancy Palmer
Evelyn Goldsworth is called "Elsie" by the NYT.
Sylvia Mayne=Mrs MAO Mayne
Vera Montgomery =Mrs Mrs VH Montgomery
Violet Owen=nee Violet Chamberlain, married 28 January 1930
Esna Robertson of Australia = married name of Boyd
Evelyn Standring=Mrs HW Standring, nee Phayre. She plays doubles here with her sister Marion.
Whittingstall=nee Bennett
H. S. Lewis Barclay=Harry Samuel Lewis Barclay of Australia.
H.L.Barclay, tasmania tennis, Captain Barclay
Missing full names for:
Miss HM Brooke
Mrs JRM Brumwell
Mrs. Bruce May
Mrs JL Colegate
Miss L Philip
Mrs H Ryland
Mrs EC Simon
Miss EH Smith
Mrs WT Tucker
Miss CFC Turner
Mrs BC Windle
Missing male names for:
Captain JH Frowen
D Ingram
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Sources:
http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/pdfs/1930_LS_A4.pdf
http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/pdfs/1930_LD_A4.pdf
http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/pdfs/1930_MX_A4.pdf
The New York Times
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Summary:
Defaults and retirementsplayed a big role at theChampionships this year from the start. Lili de Alvarez, the 3 time finalist, and British star Phoebe Watson both withdraw from singles before the tournament commences. Both hope to play mixed doubles and enter the draws-both default. Watson is having throat issues and Lili swollen tendons.
All of this makes Helen Wills-Moody an even firmer favorite to win. Helen Wills-Moody brooks no opposition, rolling over the field in devastating fashion. Her sternest foe is the French Simone Mathieu, who manges 5 games in 6-3 6-2 in a semifinal defeat.
It was the other semifinal that produced fireworks. Tiny Cilly Aussem has bloomed this year under the coaching of Bill Tilden. After losing the first set she blitzed Ryan 6 games to nil. The winning of the middle chapter tired her however, and things were tied at 4 all when a shock ending occurred.
Serving at 0-30, Cilly slipped and fell on the turf after an exhausting rally. 0-40. Limping to the baseline, Aussem tossed the ball up to serve and collapsed in a dead faint. The German is carried off court on a stretcher. This incident also took her out of the mixed doubles, where she was the #1 seed with Bill Tilden.
Elizabeth Ryan came on court for the final flashing a big smile. Old "Chop and Drop" has been playing here since 1912. She hauls off doubles trophies every year, yet can't grab the singles trophy. Today is no exception. Helen Wills-Moody has too much power for Ryan to employ her tactical game.
'Her only effective weapon was a tantalizing drop shot which hopped over the net and then fell almost dead while Mrs Moody had to rusg from the baseline in order to retrieve it. These were shots, however, tht even Borotra or Allison couldn't have saved, and at match point Mrs Moody-with a sense of humor nobody expected of her-quietly gave Miss Ryan a dose of her own medicine by sending over a brilliant drop shot herself.'
'..So Mrs Moody is still Queen of Wimbledon-a queen more commanding, majestic than ever.
Wills and Elizabeth Ryan won the doubles as expected, but British fans had a fresh face to cheer in Sarah Palfrey and partner Edith Cross. "Little" Sarah combines a pretty face and shapely form with exciting volleys at net. Wearing a flame colored bandeau, on one rapid volley exchange Sarah hit Elizabeth Ryan in the face with the ball. In the second set the steady Edith Cross evened the score up at 5 apiece. 'The crowd went wild' wrotethe New York Times. The young upstarts were poised to tie matters at 8 all with the crowd cheering them on all the way. The last game went to deuce, but errors by Sarah ended things.
Ryan had a grand Wimbledon. In winning the mixed with Jack Crawford she took two out of three titles. Only the singles eluded her. She was a bit lucky to reach the final, having been down 6-5 and a couple points from defeat vs The Swiss Miss Lolette Payot in round four.
The British had their worst ever Wimbledon. Ermyntrude Harvey fainted near the umpire chair at 2-4 in the third vs Mrs McIlquham in a match of long rallies. Just before dropping Harvey declared, "I cannot go on." She had to default in all three events.
The following is a full report on the final
-From the London 'Times', Saturday, July 5, 1930:
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Lawn Tennis – The Championships – America's Day
"Yesterday was the Fourth of July, and the large number of Americans who made their way to the All England Lawn Tennis Courts at Wimbledon found much comfort there for their absence on that day of days from home, from the Stars and Stripes, the exploding of crackers, the noise and bustle of parades, and the hundred-per-cent enthusiasm for country and hometown.
"The American women's champion, Mrs Helen Wills Moody, proved she was still peerless among women players, and won the Championship at Wimbledon for the fourth time in succession […] Mrs Moody's right to the title is complete and undisputed. No one has made anything of a challenge against her this year, and Miss Elizabeth Ryan yesterday failed as simply as any of the others who had gone before. Had she been playing as she did some years ago, she might have employed her cunning and experience to some purpose, but it availed nothing against one who was mistress of the situation right from the start and always called the tune.
"No present-day player seems to have any prospect of overcoming Mrs Moody, for nearly all of them try to play in the same hard-hitting way. Until they can learn to use their heads as well as their arms, and to realise that mere power and force are not everything, they will not meet with much success. A more complete all-round game, in which strokes are constantly being varied, is necessary above all things. Young players are frequently so much coached that they lose all initiative. They play by the book, by the written or spoken word, they do not think or see for themselves, they have little confidence in themselves and their own powers of thinking and foresight, and they are afraid to strike out on a trail of their own. There will be a new champion when that is done. […]
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Mrs Moody's Victory
"Miss Ryan made but a slight resistance to Mrs Moody. She had come on the court prepared to vary her play in such a way as to keep Mrs Moody running, but she was seldom allowed to settle down and only at rare intervals could she do as she had planned. It was Mrs Moody who piped while Miss Ryan danced, and Miss Ryan got only two games in each set. She started well to take the first of all in which Mrs Moody was serving. She had a short return shot just dropping over the net on the far side to which neither Mrs Moody nor even Jean Borotra could have got up.
"That was only a brief tale, however, and Mrs Moody was soon in her stride. It was an easy stride, too, for she stood almost motionless in the centre of the baseline hitting strong and deep to the far corners with almost monotonous regularity, and Miss Ryan was made to run with energy from side to side in an endless and fruitless chase. That was as much as she could do, and she was early in the match seen to be tiring. She had a chance in the fourth game with only one point required, and hit out when up at the net with Mrs Moody at her mercy.
"She did better in the following game and won by getting Mrs Moody's service back with the same gentle returns. But that was all she could do in that set. An occasional well-placed and well-judged shot won a point, but more often they failed to baffle Mrs Moody, who got up to drive them far from Miss Ryan's reach.
"Miss Ryan started very feebly in the second set and lost a game as quickly as it could be lost. The second, however, came her way, two of her drop shots finding Mrs Moody far away and unable to get there in time. Mrs Moody, however, was soon back in the lead in the third game. Then Miss Ryan made her last despairing effort, and in doing so strove to quickly get up to the net after her service and was foot-faulted, for the linesmen yesterday seemed to have suddenly discovered that many players do foot-fault. That upset her calculations a little, and though she did contrive to get near to the net at times it was small profit, for Mrs Moody had the means of stopping that kind of thing with fine drives down the side of the court.
"Mrs Moody then began to serve at her best, and a love game followed – the fifth. Miss Ryan came back at that and won to love on her service, Mrs Moody being rather weak in her returns on the backhand. That was all, for Mrs Moody went straight away to win. In the last game Miss Ryan made one of her short shots; Mrs Moody got it back and Miss Ryan hit out. Then, to show that she too was an adept at a short shot, Mrs Moody made a stop volley that just fell over the net, and won."