Mabel Cahill

Mabel Cahill
Cahill (left) with Emma Leavitt-Morgan
Full name Mabel Esmonde Cahill
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born (1863-04-02)April 2, 1863
Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, UK
Died 1 January 1905(1905-01-01) (aged 41)
Ireland, UK
Plays Right-handed
Int. Tennis HoF 1976 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open W (1891, 1892)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open W (1891, 1892)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open W (1891, 1892)
Mabel E. Cahill, from an 1892 publication.

Mabel Esmonde Cahill (1863–1905) was a female tennis player from Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom,. who was active in the late 19th century and was the first foreign woman to win a major tennis tournament when she won the 1891 US National Championships.

Career

Born 2 April 1863, Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Cahill won the Orange Club ladies championship in 1890 and 1891.[1][2]

Cahill became the first foreign woman to win a major tournament when she defeated Ellen Roosevelt in the 1891 US Championships women's final at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.[3] She successfully defended her women's singles title in 1892[4] and also won the women's doubles title with Adeline McKinlay and the mixed doubles title with Clarence Hobart. She did not defend her titles in 1893.[5] She died on 1 January 1905 in Ireland.

In 1976 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[6]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 titles)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner1891U.S. ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Ellen Roosevelt6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Winner1892U.S. ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Elisabeth Moore5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles (2 titles)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner1891U.S. ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Emma Leavitt-MorganUnited States Ellen Roosevelt
United States Grace Roosevelt		2–6, 8–6, 6–4
Winner1892U.S. ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Adeline McKinlayUnited States Phyllis Walsh
United States Grace Robert LeRoy		6–1, 6–3

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner1892U.S. ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Clarence HobartUnited States Elisabeth Moore
United States Rodmond Beach		6–1, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ "Tennis at Orange" (PDF). The New York Times. 28 June 1890. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Miss Cahill Defeats Miss Morgan" (PDF). The New York Times. 13 June 1891. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "In The Tennis Court" (PDF). The New York Times. 27 June 1891. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Miss Cahill Still Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. 25 June 1892. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "The girls played great tennis" (PDF). The New York Times. June 23, 1893.
  6. ↑ International Tennis Hall of Fame


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