Eleanor Tennant

Eleanor "Teach" Tennant (1895 – May 11, 1974[1]) was an American tennis player and tennis coach notable for the being the first female player to turn professional.[2] Tennant was once ranked third in America[3] and was the coach of Grand Slam winners: Alice Marble, Bobby Riggs, Pauline Betz, and Maureen Connolly. Tennant also coached Hollywood stars including Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, who gave her the nickname "Teach".[2][4]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up1920U.S. ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Helen BakerUnited States Eleanor Goss
United States Marion Zinderstein		3–6, 1–6

Further reading

  • Spain, Nancy (1953). Teach Tennant: The Story of Eleanor Tennant, the Greatest Tennis Coach in the World. London: W. Laurie.
  • Marble, Alice; Leatherman, Dale (1991). Courting Danger. New York: St. Martin's Press.

References

  1. ↑ "Eleanor Tennant, who taught many tennis‐notables, dead". The New York Times. May 13, 1974.
  2. 1 2 "Eleanor Tennant". www.si.com. Sports Illustrated. January 13, 1958.
  3. ↑ "Alice Marble: excerpts from Courting Danger: QuickSports Tennis". Tennis.quickfound.net. 1990-12-12. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  4. ↑ Everettt R. Holles (September 18, 1973). "Old coach on Riggs: 'boring'". The New York Times.



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