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)
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 (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 finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

Doubles (1 title, 1 runners-up)

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

References

1. "Hall of Famers - Bertha Townsend Toulmin". ITF. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

External links

• Bertha Townsend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame