Summary
"Little Miss Almost" finally wins a major. The pert, pretty, and personable Sarah Palfrey Cooke is a popular winner at the US Nationals. With Wimbledon not being held for the second year running due to World War II the Forest Hills event is the de facto biggest event of the year.
Sarah becomes the first US Champion from the East Coast since the days of Molla Mallory in the 1920s. She took out #1 seed Pauline Betz in a 7-5 6-2 final.
Betz was lucky to make the final at all. In round one a 16 year old sensation from Florida served for the match. Doris Hart wears long skirts to hide a deformed knee. Knee notwithstanding, she is a rabbit about the court. She took the first set to "hysteric applause". In set two Betz won at love as Doris' shots flew out of court. Hart came back from 2 match points in the third at 4-5 15-40- one saved with a near ace. At 6-5 she served for the upset of the year, but was broken at love. They then held serve until 9-9, when Betz ran off 8 straight points. It was the match of the women's tournament.
Alice Weiwers, who was originally from Luxembourg, won the French Championships, which is probably limited to French Nationals.
Sources:
American Lawn Tennis
Newmark in particular has contributed many rare results from Europe. I also wish to thank those who contributed to an earlier thread on 1941 at: https://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=363982
This thread builds on the shoulders of that thread.
"Little Miss Almost" finally wins a major. The pert, pretty, and personable Sarah Palfrey Cooke is a popular winner at the US Nationals. With Wimbledon not being held for the second year running due to World War II the Forest Hills event is the de facto biggest event of the year.
Sarah becomes the first US Champion from the East Coast since the days of Molla Mallory in the 1920s. She took out #1 seed Pauline Betz in a 7-5 6-2 final.
Betz was lucky to make the final at all. In round one a 16 year old sensation from Florida served for the match. Doris Hart wears long skirts to hide a deformed knee. Knee notwithstanding, she is a rabbit about the court. She took the first set to "hysteric applause". In set two Betz won at love as Doris' shots flew out of court. Hart came back from 2 match points in the third at 4-5 15-40- one saved with a near ace. At 6-5 she served for the upset of the year, but was broken at love. They then held serve until 9-9, when Betz ran off 8 straight points. It was the match of the women's tournament.
Alice Weiwers, who was originally from Luxembourg, won the French Championships, which is probably limited to French Nationals.
Sources:
American Lawn Tennis
Newmark in particular has contributed many rare results from Europe. I also wish to thank those who contributed to an earlier thread on 1941 at: https://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=363982
This thread builds on the shoulders of that thread.