Mary Browne

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Mary Browne
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Date of birth June 3, 1891
Country Flag of the United States 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.

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[edit] Grand Slam record

  • 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 Bjurstedt 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 Brussels, 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.

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