1937 UNITED STATES NATIONAL DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: August 24-31
Venue: Longwood Cricket Club, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Surface: Grass
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Doubles (Draw=27)
1st Round
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan/Alice Marble [2]-bye
Evangeline MacLennan/Marilyn McRae bye
Virginia Rice Johnson/Kay Winthrop d. Baba Madden/Sissy Madden 6-0 6-0
Marie Luise Horn (Ger)/Anita Lizana (Chile) d. Barbara Duffy/Ingraham 6-1 6-0
Dorothy Andrus/Sylvia Henrotin (Fra) d. Margaret Jessee/Barbara Winslow 6-2 6-3
Hope Knowles/Polly Morrell d. Louise Harding/Marion Wood default
Elizabeth Corbiere/Carolin Mabley d. Mary Cootes/Alison Harrison 9-7 6-4
Freda James (GB)/Kay Stammers (GB) [1F] d. Virginia Ellis/Harriet Theopold 7-5 6-1
Caroline Babcock/Midge Van Ryn [1] d. Pat Henry/Jean Milne 6-2 6-4
Norma Taubele/Grace Surber d. Elizabeth Blackman/Eleanor Dawson 6-2 6-4
Pat Cummings/Dorothy Deston d. Eunice Dean/Millicent Hirsch default
Dodo Bundy/Jadwiga Jedrejowska (Pol) d. Mary Hardwick (GB)/Margot Lumb (GB) 6-4 6-3
Helen Jacobs/Gracyn Wheeler d. Bonnie Miller Blank/Jane Stanton 6-2 6-4
Margaret Anderson/Mary Bremmer-bye
Dorothy Wightman/Hazel Wightman-bye
Evelyn Dearman (GB)/Joan Ingram (GB) [2F]-bye
2nd Round
Fabyan/Marble [2] d. MacLennan/McRae 6-0 6-2
Horn/Lizana d. Johnson/Winthrop 6-4 6-1
Andrus/Henrotin d. Knowles/Polly Morrell 6-3 6-2
James/Stammers [1F] d. Corbiere/Mabley 6-3 7-5
Babcock/Van Ryn [1] d. Taubele/Surber 6-2 6-4
Bundy/Jedrzejowska d. Cumming/Deston 6-3 6-1
Jacobs/Wheeler d. M. Anderson/Bremmer 6-0 6-3
Dearman/Ingram [2F] d. D. Wightman/H. Wightman 6-0 6-3
Quarterfinals
Fabyan/Marble [2] d. Horn/Lizana 6-4 6-4
James/Stammers [1F] d. Andrus/Henrotin 4-6 6-3 6-3
Babcock/Van Ryn [1] d. Bundy/Jedrzejowska 7-9 6-2 8-6
Dearman/Ingram [2F] d. Jacobs/Wheeler 4-6 6-1 6-4
Semifinals
Fabyan/Marble [2] d. James/Stammers [1F] 6-3 7-5
Babcock/Van Ryn [1] d. Dearman/Ingram [2F] 6-3 5-7 6-2
Final
Sarah Fabyan/Alice Marble [2] d. Carolin Babcock/Midge Van Ryn [1] 7-5 6-4
Sarah, Alice, Midge, and Carolin walk out for the final
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Mixed Doubles (Draw=45)
1st Round
Alice Marble/Gene Mako-bye
Eleanor Dawson/Henry Culley-bye
Mrs E. K. Nash/Toto Brugnon (Fra)-bye
Margaret Anderson/Dwight Robinson-bye
Carolin Babcock/Henner Henkel (Ger)-bye
Margot Lumb (GB)/John McDiarmid-bye
Polly Morrill/Howard York-bye
Dorothy Andrus/Jiro Yamagishi (Jap)-bye
Midge Van Ryn/John Van Ryn-bye
Jane Stanton/Gilbert Hall d. Harriet Theopold/Alvah Sulloway 6-1 6-4
Carolin Mabley/Alfred Jarvis d. Alison Harrison/Dwight Davis 9-7 6-3
Sylvia Henrotin (Fra)/Yvon Petra (Fra) d. Charlotte Darling/Bill Clothier II 6-2 6-1
Mary Hardwick (GB)/Charles Hare (GB) d. Sissy Madden/Harry Thompson 6-3 6-3
Virginia Rice Johnson/Robert Harmon d. Evangeline MacLennan/Bernie Coghlan 5-7 6-3 6-1
Virginia Ellis/Hideo Nishimura (Jap) d. Norma Taubele/Arthur Hendrix 7-5 9-7
Kay Stammers (GB)/Gregory Mangin d. Gracyn Wheeler/Bernard Welsh default
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan/Don Budge d. Elizabeth Corbiere/J. Brooks Fenno 6-0 6-
Pat Cummings/Norman Anderson d. Dorothy Deston/Norman Drake default
Eunice Dean/Lewis Wetherell d. Pat Henry/George Toley 3-6 6-3 6-4
Jean Milne/Sumner Rodman d. Marilyn McRae/William Earle 6-2 6-3
Dodo Bundy/Bobby Riggs d. Barbara Winslow/Charles Carr default
Joan Ingram (GB)/Clarence Jones (GB) d. Martha Guild/Henry Guild 6-0 5-2
Louise Harding/James Roberts d. Gladys Vallebuona/Lindley Tiers 6-2 2-6 6-3
Jadwida Jedrzejowska (Pol)/Joe Hunt-bye
Helen Jacobs/Wayne Sabin-bye
Hope Knowles/Gilbert Hunt-bye
Elizabeth Blackman/Clarence Chaffee-bye
Evelyn Dearman (GB)/Pat Hughes (GB)-bye
Anita Lizana (Chile)/Bitsy Grant-bye
Freda James (GB)/Murray Deloford-bye
Margaret Jessee/Robert Kamrath-bye
Marie Luise Horn (Ger)/Gottfried Von Cramm (Ger)-bye
2nd Round
Marble/Mako d. Dawson/Culley default
Nash/Brugnon d. Anderson/Robinson 7-5 6-3
Babcock/Henkel d. Lumb/McDiarmid 6-4 7-9 6-1
Andrus/Yamagishi d. Morrill/York 6-2 6-1
Van Ryn/Van Ryn d. Stanton/Hall 6-2 6-4
Henrotin/Petra d. Mabley/Jarvis 6-2 6-2
Hardwick/Hare d. Johnson/Harm0n 9-7 6-4
Stammers/Mangin d. Ellis/Nishimura 6-2 6-8 6-3
Fabyan/Budge d. Cummings/N. Anderson 6-1 6-0
Dean/Wetherell d. Milne/Rodman 11-13 6-3 6-2
Bundy/Riggs d. Ingram/Jones 6-4 6-4
Jedrzejowska/Hunt d. Harding/Roberts 6-3 6-2
Jacobs/Sabin d. Knowles/Hunt 6-3 6-2
Dearman/Hughes d. Blackman/C. Chaffee 6-3 6-1
James/Deloford d. Lizana/Grant 17-15 6-3
Horn/Von Cramm d. Jessee/Kamrath 7-5 5-7 6-3
3rd Round
Marble/Mako d. E.K. Nash/Brugnon 6-3 6-2
Andrus/Yamagishi d. Babcock/Henkel 6-8 6-3 7-5
Henrotin/Petra d. Van Ryn/Van Ryn 4-6 6-3 6-2
Hardwick/Hare d. Stammers/Mangin 6-3 6-1
Fabyan/Budge d. Dean/Wetherell 6-3 6-4
Bundy/Riggs d. Jedrzejowska/Hunt 5-7 6-4 6-3
Jacobs/Sabin d. Dearman/Hughes 6-1 6-2
Horn/Von Cramm d. James/Deloford 9-7 5-7 6-4
Quarterfinals
Andrus/Yamagishi d. Marble/Mako 6-0 6-3
Henrotin/Petra d. Hardwick/Hare 6-3 6-1
Fabyan/Budge d. Bundy/Riggs 6-1 3-6 6-2
Jacobs/Sabin d. Horn/von Cramm 7-5 7-5
Semifinals
Henrotin/Petrova d. Andrus/Yamagishi 6-2 6-3
Fabyan/Budge d. Jacobs/Sabin 6-2 6-4
Final
Sarah Fabyan/Don Budge d. Sylvia Henrotin/Yvon Petra 6-2 8-10 6-0
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Draw Notes:
Missing full names for:
Mrs E. K. Nash
Robert Kamrath (b. 1917) is correct and verifed by the Times. In other years his brother Karl (B. 1911) also played at Longwood.
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Sources:
New York Times
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Summary:
With many foreign stars on hand 6,000 appear on the last 4 days.
The toughest match defenders Sarah palfrey Fabyan and Alice Marble has was in the semifinals. The #1 British team of Kay Stammers and Freda James shot out to a 4-1 lead in the 2nd set through combination of hard hitting, rushing the net, and volley errors of Sarah's part. The Brits even had a point for 5-1, but failed to close. Matters ended on Stammers' serve and she double faulted and Marble split the middle with a volley for the final point.
In the 2nd semi Carolin Babcock and Midge Van Ryn seemed to have the match in hand when up 6-3 6-2 40-30, only to see the British team of Dearman/Ingram reel off 5 straight games. The Americans regrouped in the final chapter to win 6-3 5-7 6-2. The Times wrote: "The Americans appeared so unnerved by abrupt turn of the tide against them that it was thought they might never collect their forces again. ut, after losing the first game of the final set, they braced and, with Mrs Van Ryn volleying in her best fashion for the first time in the match, put on so much pressure from the net that Miss Ingram and Miss Dearman had to give ground steadily though obstinately in beautiful rallies of sharp, aggressive hitting."
Sarah's volleys and Alice 's serve were a bit too tough for Carolin and Midge in a close 7-5 6-4 final.
Sarah won the mixed for the 3rd time. It was the first mixed title for her partner Don Budge.