Bertha Townsend

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Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin (March 7, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – May 12, 1909) was a female tennis player from the United States. She is best remembered for being the first repeating women's singles champion at the U.S. Championships (now: U.S. Open) (1888 and 1889). She discovered the under-hand technique.

She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974.

[edit] Grand Slam record

[edit] U.S. Championships

• Singles champion: 1888, 1889
  • Singles finalist: 1890
• Doubles champion: 1889
  • Doubles finalist: 1890

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