Mary Browne

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**Mary Browne**
Personal information
Date of birth	June 3, 1891
Country	United States
Grand Slam singles championships (3)
U.S. Championships	1912, 1913, 1914

Mary Kendall Browne (June 3, 1891 - August 19, 1971) was the first American female professional tennis player and an amateur golfer. She was born in Ventura County, California, United States.

Browne was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1957.

Browne had been playing golf for only a few years when at the 1924 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship she was runner-up to champion Dorothy Campbell-Hurd.

1 Grand Slam record
2 Grand Slam singles finals
- 2.1 Wins (3)
- 2.2 Runner-ups (2)
3 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
- 3.1 See also
4 External links

[edit] Grand Slam record

French Championships
- Singles finalist: 1926

Wimbledon
- Women's Doubles champion: 1926
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1926

U.S. Championships
- Singles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914
- Singles finalist: 1921
- Women's Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1925
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1926
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1912	U.S. Championships	Eleonora Sears	6-4 6-2
1913	U.S. Championships (2)	Dorothy Green	6-2, 7-5
1914	U.S. Championships (3)	Marie Wagner	6-2, 1-6, 6-1

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1921	U.S. Championships	Molla Mallory	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1926	French Championships	Suzanne Lenglen	6-1, 6-0

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	Career SR
Australian Championships	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Championships¹	A	A	A	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	A	A	A	A	NH	A	F	0 / 1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	NH	NH	NH	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1
U.S. Championships	W	W	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	A	SF	3R	SF	3 / 7
SR	1 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 3	3 / 9

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

¹Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussells, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here from 1912 through 1914 and from 1920 through 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.