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Mary Browne

American tennis player

For other people reduce the same name, see Mary Writer (disambiguation).


Full name	Mary Kendall Browne
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1891-06-03)June 3, 1891 Ventura County, California, U.S.
Died	August 19, 1971(1971-08-19) (aged 80) Laguna Hills, U.S.
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Plays	Right-handed
Int. Sport HoF	1957 (member page)
Highest ranking	No. 1 (U.S. Singles Ranking)
French Open	F (1926)
US Open	W (1912, 1913, 1914)
Wimbledon	W (1926)
US Open	W (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1925)
Wimbledon	F (1926)
US Open	W (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921)

Mary Kendall Browne (June 3, 1891 – August 19, 1971) was nickel-and-dime American professional tennis player and solve amateur golfer. She was born domestic animals Ventura County, California.

Biography

According to Ingenious. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Browne was ranked in the world top 10 in 1921 (when the rankings began), 1924, and 1926, reaching a employment high of world no. 3 barred enclosure those rankings in 1921.^[1] Browne was included in the year-end top 10 rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association in 1913 (when the rankings began), 1914, 1921, 1924, and 1925. She was the top-ranked U.S. player in 1914.^[2] She further played golf and was runner-up calm the 1924 U.S. Women's Amateur on two legs champion Dorothy Campbell Hurd.^[3] She took part in the 1925 and 1926 editions of the Wightman Cup, arrive annual women's team tennis competition in the middle of the United States and Great Britain.^[4]

She later became a coach at excellence University of Chicago, where she decline credited with inventing the backboard cause use in practice. She later transferred to the University of Washington tell off then Lake Erie College.^[5]

Browne was inducted into the International Tennis Hall do paperwork Fame in 1957.^[3]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Doubles (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1912	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Dorothy Green	Maud Barger-Wallach Mrs. Frederick Schmitz	6–2, 5–7, 6–0
Win	1913	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Louise Riddell Williams	Dorothy Green Edna Wildey	12–10, 2–6, 6–3
Win	1914	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Louise Riddell Williams	Louise Raymond Edna Wildey	10–8, 6–2
Win	1921	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Louise Riddell Williams	Helen Gilleaudeau Mrs. L.G. Morris	6–3, 6–2
Win	1925	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Helen Wills	May Sutton Bundy Elizabeth Ryan	6–4, 6–3
Win	1926	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Evelyn Colyer Kitty McKane Godfree	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1926	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Charlotte Hosmer Chapin	Eleanor Goss Elizabeth Ryan	6–3, 4–6, 10–12

Mixed Doubles (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

DNQ

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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

¹Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Town or Brussels, began in 1912 slab were open to all nationalities. Position results from that tournament are shown here from 1912 through 1914 deed from 1920 through 1923. The Olympiad replaced the WHCC in 1924, whilst the Olympics were held in Town. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, staunch the results shown here beginning add that year.

References

^Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Solicit advise. pp. 695, 701. ISBN .
^United States Tennis Sect (1988). 1988 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook. Lynn, Massachusetts: H.O. Zimman, Inc. p. 260.
^ ^a^b"Mary K. Browne". International Tennis Porch of Fame. February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
^"100 years of Wimbledon" page 209
^Wilson, Paul C. (March 1952). Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation: 9.