Bertha Townsend

Bertha Townsend
Full name	Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin
Country (sports)	USA
Born	March 7, 1869; Philadelphia, PA, USA
Died	May 12, 1909 (aged 40)
Plays	Left-handed
Int. Tennis HoF	1974 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	W (1888, 1889)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	W (1889)

Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin (née Townsend; March 7, 1869 – 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).^[1] She discovered the under-hand technique.

She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974.^[2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1888	U.S. Championships	Grass	Ellen Hansell	6–3, 6–5
Winner	1889	U.S. Championships	Grass	Lida Voorhees	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1890	U.S. Championships	Grass	Ellen Roosevelt	2–6, 2–6

Doubles (1 title, 1 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1889	US Championships	Grass	Margarette Ballard	Marion Wright Laura Knight	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	1890	US Championships	Grass	Margarette Ballard	Grace Roosevelt Ellen Roosevelt	1–6, 2–6

References

↑ Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 694. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
↑ "Hall of Famers - Bertha Townsend Toulmin". ITF. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

External links

Bertha Townsend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

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[collins-1] Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 694. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.

[2] "Hall of Famers - Bertha Townsend Toulmin". ITF. Retrieved 22 April 2012.