Helen Wills career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional American tennis player Helen Wills.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 22 (19 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1922	U.S. Championships	Grass	Molla Mallory	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1923	U.S. Championships	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	1924	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathleen McKane	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1924	U.S. Championships (2)	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–1, 6–3
Winner	1925	U.S. Championships (3)	Grass	Kathleen McKane	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Winner	1927	Wimbledon	Grass	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–4
Winner	1927	U.S. Championships (4)	Grass	Betty Nuthall	6–1, 6–4
Winner	1928	French Championships	Clay	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6–1, 6–2
Winner	1928	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–3
Winner	1928	U.S. Championships (5)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Winner	1929	French Championships (2)	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1929	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–1, 6–2
Winner	1929	U.S. Championships (6)	Grass	Phoebe Holcroft Watson	6–4, 6–2
Winner	1930	French Championships (3)	Clay	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Winner	1930	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1931	U.S. Championships (7)	Grass	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6–4, 6–1
Winner	1932	French Championships (4)	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	7–5, 6–1
Winner	1932	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–3, 6–1
Winner	1933	Wimbledon (6)	Grass	Dorothy Round	6–4, 6–8, 6–3
Runner-up	1933	U.S. Championships	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–8, 6–3, 0–3, retired
Winner	1935	Wimbledon (7)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	1938	Wimbledon (8)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–4, 6–0

Doubles: 10 finals (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1922	U.S. Championships	Grass	Mary Browne	Molla Mallory Edith Sigourney	6–4, 7–9, 6–3
Winner	1924	Wimbledon	Grass	Hazel Wightman	Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1924	U.S. Championships (2)	Grass	Hazel Wightman	Eleanor Goss Marion Jessup	6–4, 6–3
Winner	1925	U.S. Championships (3)	Grass	Mary Browne	Elizabeth Ryan May Sutton	6–4, 6–3
Winner	1927	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Bobbie Heine Irene Bowder Peacock	6–3, 6–2
Winner	1928	U.S. Championships (4)	Grass	Hazel Wightman	Edith Cross Anna McCune Harper	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1930	French Championships	Clay	Elizabeth Ryan	Simone Barbier Simonne Mathieu	6–3, 6–1
Winner	1930	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Edith Cross Sarah Palfrey	6–2, 9–7
Winner	1932	French Championships (2)	Clay	Elizabeth Ryan	Betty Nuthall Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1933	U.S. Championships	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Freda James Betty Nuthall	default

Mixed doubles: 7 finals (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1922	US Open	Hard	Howard Kinsey	Bill Tilden Molla Mallory	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1924	US Open	Hard	Vincent Richards	Bill Tilden Molla Mallory	6–8, 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up	1928	French Open	Clay	Frank Hunter	Henri Cochet Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	1928	US Open	Hard	John B. Hawkes	Edgar Moon Edith Cross	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1929	French Open	Clay	Frank Hunter	Henri Cochet Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1929	Wimbledon	Grass	Frank Hunter	Ian Collins Joan Fry	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1932	French Open	Clay	Sidney Wood	Fred Perry Betty Nuthall	4–6, 2–6

Olympic finals

Singles: 1 final (1 gold medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponents	Score
Gold	1924	Paris Olympics	Grass	Julie Vlasto	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 1 final (1 gold medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Gold	1924	Paris Olympics	Grass	Hazel Wightman	Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane	7–5, 8–6

Career finals

Singles: 67 (58 titles, 9 runners-up)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (19–3) Summer Olympics (1–0) State Championships (6–2) other tournaments (32–4)

Titles by Surface Hard (12–0) Grass (31–8) Clay (15–1)

Outcome	Date	Championship	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	September 11, 1921	California State Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Helen Baker	3–6, 9–7, 6–0
Winner	May 13, 1922	Pacific Coast Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Rea Leachman	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	July 15, 1922	Rhode Island State Championships	Providence, RI, USA	Grass	Leslie Bancroft	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	July 19, 1922	Newport Invitational	Newport, RI, USA	Grass	Leslie Bancroft	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	August 19, 1922	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	September 3, 1922	Rockaway Hunting Club	Cedarhurst, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Winner	July 1, 1923	Pacific Coast Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Charlotte Hosmer	6–2, 6–0
Winner	July 2, 1923	Illinois State Championships	Chicago, IL, USA	Clay	Marian Leighton	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	July 29, 1923	New York State Championships	Rye, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–4, 0–6, 1–6
Winner	August 18, 1923	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–2, 6–1
Winner	September 1923	California State Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Charlotte Hosmer	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	July 5, 1924	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Kitty McKane	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	July 21, 1924	1924 Summer Olympics	Paris, France	Clay	Diddi Vlasto	6–2, 6–2
Winner	August 16, 1924	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–1, 6–3
Winner	September 1924	California State Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	May Sutton	6–3, 6–4
Winner	May 31, 1925	Central California Championships	Sacramento, CA, USA	Hard	Charlotte Hosmer	6–2, 6–2
Winner	June 28, 1925	Pacific Coast Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Charlotte Hosmer	6–4, 6–0
Winner	July 18, 1925	Longwood Invitational	Chestnut Hill, MA, USA	Grass	Marion Jessup	7–5, 6–2
Winner	July 24, 1925	Essex Country Club Invitational	Manchester, MA, USA	Grass	Mary Browne	6–2, 6–1
Winner	August 2, 1925	Seabright Invitational	New Jersey, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–1, 6–0
Winner	August 9, 1925	New York State Championships	Rye, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	August 24, 1925	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Kitty McKane	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	September 13, 1925	California State Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Lucy McCune	6–0, 6–0
Winner	January 24, 1926	Metropole Hotel	Cannes, France	Clay	Diddi Vlasto	6–3, 7–5
Winner	January 31, 1926	Gallia Club	Cannes, France	Clay	Helen Contostavlos	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	February 16, 1926	Carlton Club	Cannes, France	Clay	Suzanne Lenglen	3–6, 6–8
Winner	February 21, 1926	Bristol Hotel	Beaulieu, France	Clay	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6–1, 6–1
Winner	March 1, 1926	Monte Carlo Championships	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–3
Winner	March 7, 1926	Riviera Championships	Mentone, France	Clay	Lili de Alvarez	6–4, 6–4
Winner	March 14, 1926	South of France Championships	Nice, France	Clay	Isabella Mumford	6–0, 6–1
Winner	March 21, 1926	Côte d'Azur Championships	Cannes, France	Clay	Joan Ridley	default
Winner	August 1, 1926	Maidstone Women's Invitational	East Hampton, NY, USA	Grass	Mary Browne	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	August 7, 1926	Seabright Invitational	Seabright, NJ, USA	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	4–6, 1–6
Winner	March 23, 1927	Hotel Huntington Invitation	Pasadena, CA, USA	Hard	Marion Williams	6–2, 6–1
Winner	June 4, 1927	North London Championships	Stamford Hill, London, UK	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	6–2, 6–2
Winner	June 11, 1927	Kent Championships	Beckenham, Kent, UK	Grass	Kitty McKane	6–2, 6–4
Winner	July 1, 1927	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–4
Winner	July 30, 1927	Essex Country Club Invitational	Manchester, MA, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–1, 6–2
Winner	August 30, 1927	US National Championships	New York, NY, YSA	Grass	Betty Nuthall	6–1, 6–4
Winner	June 4, 1928	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Eileen Bennett	6–1, 6–2
Winner	July 6, 1928	Wimbledon	London, UK	Grass	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–3
Winner	July 29, 1928	Essex Country Club Invitational	Manchester, MA, USA	Grass	Edith Cross	6–1, 6–3
Winner	August 11, 1928	Maidstone Women's Invitational	East Hampton, NY, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Winner	August 27, 1928	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Winner	June 3, 1929	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	6–3, 6–4
Winner	July 6, 1929	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–1, 6–2
Winner	August 24, 1929	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Phoebe Holcroft Watson	6–4, 6–2
Winner	March 16, 1930	Hotel Huntington Invitational	Pasadena, CA, USA	Hard	Edith Cross	6–1, 6–3[1]
Winner	June 1, 1930	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Winner	July 5, 1930	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	6–2, 6–2
Winner	October 5, 1930	Pacific Coast Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Anna McCune Harper	6–3, 6–1
Winner	July 25, 1931	Essex Country Club Invitation	Manchester, MA, USA	Grass	Anna McCune Harper	6–0, 6–1
Winner	August 1, 1931	Seabright Invitational	NJ, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–0, 6–0
Winner	August 20, 1931	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Eileen Whittingstall	6–4, 6–1
Winner	June 5, 1932	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	7–5, 6–1
Winner	July 2, 1932	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–3, 6–1
Winner	July 10, 1932	Dutch Championships	Noordwijk, Netherlands	Clay	Madzy Rollin Couquerque	6–1, 6–1
Winner	July 17, 1932	Strasbourg	Strasbourg, Germany	Clay	Ilse Friedleben	6–0, 8–6
Winner	June 24, 1933	London Championships, Queens	London, UK	Grass	Elsie Pittman	co-winners, rain
Winner	July 7, 1933	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Dorothy Round Little	6–4, 6–8, 6–3
Runner-up	August 19, 1933	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–8, 6–3, 0–3 ret.
Winner	June 8, 1935	Saint George's Hill	Weybridge, Surrey, UK	Grass	Elsie Pittman	6–0, 6–4
Winner	July 5, 1935	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	May 14, 1938	North London Hard Court Tournament	Highbury, UK	Hard	Yvonne Law	6–2, 7–5
Winner	May 21, 1938	Surrey Grass Court Championships	Surbiton, UK	Grass	Margot Lumb	6–3, 6–4
Winner	July 1, 1938	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–4, 6–0
Winner	July 9, 1938	Irish Championships	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	Thelma Jarvis	6–4, 6–2

• Scores, players, events courtesy of Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guides^[2]

Team competition finals: 10 (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partners	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1923	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Eleanor Goss Molla Mallory Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Geraldine Beamish Mabel Clayton Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane	7–0
Runner-up	1.	1924	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Eleanor Goss Marion Jessup Molla Mallory Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Geraldine Beamish Evelyn Colyer Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	1–6
Runner-up	1.	1925	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Mary Browne Eleanor Goss Molla Mallory May Sutton	Dorothea Chambers Evelyn Colyer Joan Fry Ermyntrude Harvey Kathleen McKane	3–4
Winner	1.	1927	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Charlotte Hosmer Chapin Eleanor Goss Helen Jacobs Molla Mallory Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Joan Fry Ermyntrude Harvey Betty Hill Kathleen McKane Betty Nuthall Gwendolyn Sterry	5–2
Runner-up	1.	1928	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Penelope Anderson Eleanor Goss Helen Jacobs Molla Mallory	Eileen Bennett Ermyntrude Harvey Betty Nuthall Peggy Saunders Phoebe Holcroft Watson	3–4
Winner	1.	1929	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Edith Cross Helen Jacobs Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Dorothy Shepherd Barron Phyllis Howkins Covell Peggy Michell Betty Nuthall Peggy Saunders Phoebe Holcroft Watson	4–3
Runner-up	1.	1930	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Edith Cross Helen Jacobs Sarah Palfrey	Joan Fry Ermyntrude Harvey Kathleen McKane Phyllis Mudford Phoebe Holcroft Watson	3–4
Winner	1.	1931	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Anna Harper Helen Jacobs Sarah Palfrey Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Dorothy Shepherd Barron Phyllis Mudford Betty Nuthall Dorothy Round Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	5–2
Winner	1.	1932	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Anna Harper Helen Jacobs Sarah Palfrey	Peggy Mitchell Phyllis Mudford Betty Nuthall Dorothy Round Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	4–3
Winner	1.	1938	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Dorothy Bundy Alice Marble Sarah Palfrey	Evelyn Dearman Joan Ingram Freda James Margot Lumb Margaret Scriven Kay Stammers	5–2

• Wightman Cup reference ^[3]

Double bagel (6–0, 6–0) match victories: 35

No.	Year	Championship	Location	Surface	Opponent	Round
1.	1922	Rockaway Hunting Club	USA	Grass	Clare Cassel	SF
2.	1923	Illinois State Championships	USA	Clay	Mrs Leo Alter	SF
3.	1923	Illinois State Championships	USA	Clay	Marian Leighton	F
4.	1923	New York State Championships	USA	Grass	Mrs Nathaniel Dain	1R
5.	1924	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Mrs. L Beaupre	1R
6.	1924	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Miss Falk	2R
7.	1925	Pacific Coast Championships	CA, USA	Hard	Miss Davies	3R
8.	1925	New York State Championships	USA	Grass	Beatrice Koukol	2R
9.	1925	California State Championships	Berkeley, USA	Hard	Lucy McCune	1R
10.	1925	Australia vs California	CA, USA	Hard	Sylvia Harper	–
11.	1926	Gallia Club	Cannes, France	Clay	Ms. Saunders	SF
12.	1926	Carlton Club	Cannes, France	Clay	KA Frisher	1R
13.	1926	Carlton Club	Cannes, France	Clay	Cosette St Omer Roy	3R
14.	1926	Beaulieu, France	Beaulieu, France	Clay	Lily Hamerton	1R
15.	1926	Beaulieu, France	Beaulieu, France	Clay	Emily Wright	2R
16.	1926	Monte Carlo Championships	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mrs Marriott	3R
17.	1926	Riviera Championships	Mentone, France	Clay	Daisy Hamerton	1R
18.	1926	South of France Championships	Nice, France	Clay	Helen Shirley	2R
19.	1926	Côte d'Azur Championships	Cannes, France	Clay	Mrs JR Hall	2R
20.	1926	Côte d'Azur Championships	Cannes, France	Clay	Mrs JM Padwick	QF
21.	1927	Kent Championships	Kent, England	Grass	Billie Tapscott	QF
22.	1928	Wimbledon	UK	Grass	V. Gallay	3R
23.	1928	Maidstone Women's Invitational	New York, USA	Grass	Ms Rice	2R
24.	1928	Maidstone Women's Invitational	New York, USA	Grass	Ms Andrus	1R
25.	1929	Wimbledon	UK	Grass	Ms Tomblin	2R
26.	1929	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Katherine Lamarche	1R
27.	1929	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Ms Francis	2R
28.	1929	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	3R
29.	1930	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Ms Neufeld	2R
30.	1931	Seabright Invitational	New Jersey, US	Grass	Helen Jacobs	F
31.	1931	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Edith Sigourney	1R
32.	1932	Strasbourg	Strabourg, France	Clay	Frau Richter	SF
33.	1933	Wimbledon	UK	Grass	Ms Macready	2R
34.	1938	London Championships	England (Queens Club)	Grass	Mrs Alston	3R
35.	1938	Irish Championships	Dublin	Grass	Joy Myerscough	QF

Performance timelines

Singles

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

Tournament	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Championships^1	A	A	NH	A	2R^2	A	W	W	W	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	4 / 5	20–1
Wimbledon	A	A	F	A	1R^2	W	W	W	W	A	W	W	A	W	A	A	W	8 / 10	63–2
U.S. Championships	F	W	W	W	A	W	W	W	A	W	A	F	A	A	A	A	A	7 / 9	50–2
SR	0 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 2	1 / 1	0 / 2	2 / 2	3 / 3	3 / 3	2 / 2	1 / 1	2 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1	19 / 24	123 / 5

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

¹Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals (or members of French tennis clubs). The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here for 1922 and 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.

² During the 1926 French Championships Helen Wills had an appendectomy that hadn't healed by the time Wimbledon started. Though one week prior the tournament was informed she wouldn't play, she was defaulted from her opening round match at Wimbledon.

Longest winning streaks and records

• 180 match win streak from 1927–1933.^[4][5]
• Did not lose a set from 1927–1933.^[4]
• Wills was ranked world No. 1 for eight years. ^[4]

See also

• Suzanne Lenglen career statistics

References

1. "Santa Cruz Evening News: March 17, 1930". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
2. Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide. Wright and Ditson. 1920–1938.
3. Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis: 100 Years of Great Players and Events.
4. "NY Time obituary". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
5. Buckley, James. Scholastic Year in Sports 2012. p. 164.