Bertha Townsend

Bertha Townsend

Full name	Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin
Country	USA
Born	(1869-03-07)March 7, 1869 Philadelphia, PA, USA
Died	May 12, 1909(1909-05-12) (aged 40)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	W (1888, 1889)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	W (1889)

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.^[1]

Grand slam record

U.S. Championships

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

Grand Slam finals

Singles

Titles (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent	Score
1888	U.S. Championships	Ellen Hansell	6–3, 6–5
1889	U.S. Championships	Lida Voorhees	7–5, 6–2

Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent	Score
1890	U.S. Championships	Ellen Roosevelt	2–6, 2–6

References