Lenglen continued her dominance and met Lambert Chambers again in the Challenge Round. Lambert Chambers had defeated Ryan and Mallory to reach the final but lost 6-4 6-0. Lenglen also won the French Closed Championships and the Olympic Games. In fact Lenglen goes undefeated all year in singles as she wins 12 events.
Mallory defeated her semi-final conquerer of the previous year at the US Championships in the final and therefore won her 5th US Championships. The USTA changed the date of the US Nationals from June to September. This measure was approved and had the beneficial effect of allowing players to go overseas to compete at Wimbledon in June and return for the national title.
The ITF decided to make the Ladies Doubles a championship event at the World Hard Court and World Indoor events. It was pointed out that Wimbledon had already given the women this status in 1913.
Sources Covered:
covered January 1-February 29 in the New York Times
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Many results are from research done by Newmark. His original thread may be found at: Results from 1920
October 25-November 1, Border States Championships, Phoenix
Draw=12
1R
Margaret Chesney d Margaret Crowell 3-6 6-3 6-1
Mrs Palmer d Wilhema Rebeil 6-3 5-7 7-5
Ellen Atwood d Mrs Studley 6-0 6-0
Grace Kissinger d Mrs Redewill 6-1 6-1
QF
Eva Behn d F Loftus 6-0 6-0
Chesney d Palmer 6-2 6-2
Kissinger d Atwood 7-5 2-6 6-4
Mrs Collister d Angela Marshall 6-3 2-6 7-5
SF
Chesney d Behn 6-2 6-1
Kissinger d Collister 6-1 6-0
FI: Marguerite Chesney d. Grace Kissinger 9-7 6-2
DF: Ellen Attwood/Marguerite Chesney d. Grace Kissinger/Mrs Palmer 4-6 7-5 8-6
October 11-23, World Covered Court Championships*, London, England (Wood)
Venue: Queen's Club
*This event also carried the title of the London Covered Court Championships
Singles (Draw=25)
1R: Mabel Davey Clayton-bye
1R: Mrs Floud-bye
1R: Helen Leisk-bye
1R: Evelyn Colyer d Countess Raben 6-1 6-3
1R: Madeline O'Neill d Lady Malleson 6-3 7-5
1R: Geraldine Beamish d Miss W. Donaldson 7-5 6-0
1R: Dorothy Shepherd d Mrs G. Koch 6-1 6-2
1R: Irene Peacock (SA) d Gladys Colston 7-5 6-1
1R: Phyllis Howkins d Annie Cobb 6-0 6-1
1R: Dorothy Holman d Miss JP Anderson 6-0 6-0
1R: Kitty McKane d. Mme Prince Miville 6-0 6-0
1R: Mrs Knight-bye
1R: Mrs Warburg-bye
1R: Lady Domini Ellidi Crosfield-bye
2R: Calyotn d Floud 6-0 6-0
2R: Leisk d Colyer 6-3 6-1
2R: Beamish d O'Neill 6-3 6-0
2R: Craddock d Shepherd 10-8 6-1
2R: Peacock d Howkins 6-0 6-3
2R: Holman d Satterwaite 3-6 6-1 6-1
2R: McKane d. Mrs. Knight 6-1 6-0
2R: Warburg d Crosfield 6-4 3-6 6-3
November 12-27, Victorian Championships, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Grass)
Singles (Draw=33)
1R: Mrs H.R. Fuller d. Mrs A.C. Foster default
2R: Mall Molesworth d. Fuller 6-2 6-1
2R: Flora Rowe d. Ethel Wilcox 6-2 6-2
2R: Louie Bury d. ????
2R: Lily Addison d. Flossie Twelftree 6-1 6-1
2R: L. Cutting d. Robina Bushby 8-6 4-6 6-3
2R: Jean Saltau d. Pauline Davies 6-4 1-6 7-5
2R: Ursula Bere d. Lorna Bollen 5-7 8-6 6-2
2R: Jean Littlejohn d. Dorothy Fox 6-3 6-2
2R: Floris Saint-George d. Mrs Pollock 8-6 6-1
2R: Marjorie Mountain d. Mrs Wilkins 2-6 6-1 6-2
2R: Dorothy Rendall d. Mrs Hudson 6-3 6-0
2R: Dorothy Schlesinger d. Doris Chinn 6-1 6-2
2R: Daphne Akhurst d. Daisy Batten 6-2 6-3
2R: Maud Bushby d. Gwen Scott 6-4 6-0
2R: Kath Le Messurier d. P. Elder 6-4 4-6 6-1
2R: Esna Boyd d. Mellicent McArthur 6-4 6-3
3R: Molesworth d. Rowe 6-2 6-3
3R: Addison d. Bury 6-2 6-3
3R: Cutting d. Saltau 6-4 2-6 6-3
3R: Littlejohn d. Bere 7-5 6-3
3R: Saint-George d. Mountain 7-5 6-0
3R: Schlesinger d. Rendall 6-1 6-4
3R: Akhurst d. M. Bushby 6-2 6-0
3R: Boyd d. Le Messurier 8-6 6-2
QF: Molesworth d. Addison 6-3 1-6 6-2
QF: Littlejohn d. Cutting 8-6 4-6 6-4
QF: Saint-George d. Schlesinger 5-7 6-4 6-4
QF: Boyd d. Akhurst 6-2 retired
SF: Molesworth d. Littlejohn 6-2 2-6 6-4
SF: Boyd d. Saint-George 6-3 8-6
FI: Mall Molesworth d. Esna Boyd 7-5 8-6
Doubles
SF: Esna Boyd/Dorothy Schlesinger d. Mall Molesworth/Mrs Wilkins 5-7 6-3 6-2
SF: Lily Addison/K. Westmoreland d. Kath Le Messurier/Flora Row 6-4 6-3
FI: Esna Boyd/Dorothy Schlesinger d. Lily Addison/K. Westmoreland 6-3 8-6
Mixed Doubles
SF: Dorothy Schlesinger/Pat O’Hara Wood d. Jean Littlejohn/George Roberts 6-3 6-4
SF: Floris Saint-George/Norman Peach d. Lily Addison/Rupert Wertheim 6-4 6-4
United States National Lawn Tennis Association rankings:
(1) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
(2) Marion Zinderstein Jessup McLure
(3) Eleanor Tennant
(4) Helen Baker
(5) Eleanor Goss Lanning
(6) Louise Hammond Raymond
(7) Marie Wagner
(8) Helene Pollak Falk
(9) Edith Sigourney
(10) Margaret Grove
(11) Mrs. Robert Le Roy
(12) Leslie Bancroft
(13) Mollie D. Thayer
(14) Florence Ballin
(15) Clare Cassel
(16) Corrine Gould
(17) Marguerite Davis
(18) Edith Handy
(19) Mrs. M. Wale Kress
(20) Mrs. Ream Leachman
(21) Phyllis Walsh
(22) Mrs. M. B. Huff
(23) Bobbie Esch
(24) Mrs. Benjamin F. Briggs
(25) Jessie Grieve
(26) Marjorie Thorn
(27) Mrs. E. V. Lynch
(28) Anne B. Townsend
(29) Mrs. Rawson Wood
(30) Mrs. Frank Welty
(31) Ruth Wise
(32) Marjorie Hires
(33) Mrs. Albert Humphries
(34) Mrs. DeForrest Candee
(35) Mrs. Jean McG. Kullman
(36) Mrs. Samuel H. Waring
(37) Mildred Willard
(38) Mrs. Percy Wilbourne
(39) Jacquelyn Green
(40) Mrs. Nathaniel Niles
(41) Martha Bayard
(42) Ceres Baker
(43) Ruth King
(44) Mary Law
(45) Mrs. David Mills
(46) Ruth Fierem
(47) Mrs. S. Wolf
(48) Helen Sewell
(49) Florence Sheldon
(50) Mildred Rask
Helen Wills Moody finished the year ranked ninth in California.