Eleanor Goss

Eleanor Goss

Full name	Eleanor Goss-Lanning
Country (sports)	United States
Born	November 18, 1895 New York, USA
Died	November 1982 Salisbury, Connecticut, USA
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	F (1918)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	W (1918, 1919, 1920, 1926)

Martha Bayard and Eleanor Goss (right)

Eleanor Goss (November 18, 1895 – November 1982) was an American tennis player of the inter-war period. She won the US Women's National Championship in women's doubles four times, including three consecutive titles between 1918 and 1920 with Marion Zinderstein Jessup.

In 1918, she also reached the women's singles final, where she was beaten by Molla Bjurstedt Mallory.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1918	US National Championships	Molla Bjurstedt	4–6, 3–6

Doubles (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1918	US National Championships	Marion Zinderstein	Molla Bjurstedt Mrs. Johan Rogge[1]	7–5, 8–6
Winner	1919	US National Championships	Marion Zinderstein	Eleonora Sears Hazel Hotchkiss	10–8, 9–7
Winner	1920	US National Championships	Marion Zinderstein	Eleanor Tennant Helen Baker	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1923	US National Championships	Hazel Hotchkiss	Kathleen McKane Phyllis Covell	6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	1924	US National Championships	Marion (Zinderstein) Jessup	Hazel Hotchkiss Helen Wills	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1926	US National Championships	Elizabeth Ryan	Mary Kendall Browne Charlotte Chapin	3–6, 6–4, 12–10

References

1. Mrs. Rogge, tennis champion of Norway (…) at nytimes.com

External links

• Eleanor Goss at the International Tennis Federation
• Eleanor Goss at Sports Reference