Mary Browne

Mary Browne

Full name	Mary Kendall Browne
Country (sports)	United States
Born	June 3, 1891 Ventura County, CA, USA
Died	August 19, 1971 (aged 80)
Plays	Right-handed
Int. Tennis HoF	1957 (member page)
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 1 (U.S. Singles Ranking)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	F (1926)
US Open	W (1912, 1913, 1914)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1926)
US Open	W (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1925)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	F (1926)
US Open	W (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921)

Mary Kendall Browne (June 3, 1891 – August 19, 1971) was the first American female professional tennis player, a World No. 1 amateur tennis player, and an amateur golfer. She was born in Ventura County, California, United States.

Biography

She was born on June 3, 1891.

According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Browne was ranked in the world top ten in 1921 (when the rankings began), 1924, and 1926, reaching a career high of World No. 3 in those rankings in 1921.^[1] Browne was included in the year-end top ten 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]

Browne was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1957.

Browne had been playing golf for only a few years when at the 1924 U.S. Women's Amateur, she was runner-up to champion Dorothy Campbell Hurd.

Grand Slam record

• French Championships
  • Singles runner-up: 1926
• Wimbledon
  • Women's Doubles champion': 1926
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1926
• U.S. Championships
  • Singles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914
  • Singles runner-up: 1921
  • Women's Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1925
  • Women's Doubles runner-up: 1926
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921

Grand Slam singles finals

3 Titles, 2 Runners-up

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent in final	Score in final
Winner	1912	U.S. Championships	Eleonora Sears	6–4, 6–2
Winner	1913	U.S. Championships	Dorothy Green	6–2, 7–5
Winner	1914	U.S. Championships	Marie Wagner	6–2, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1921	U.S. Championships	Molla Mallory	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1926	French Championships	Suzanne Lenglen	1–6, 0–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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 Championships^1	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

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

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. 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 from 1912 through 1914 and from 1920 through 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.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

1. Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 701. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.
2. United States Tennis Association (1988). 1988 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook. Lynn, Massachusetts: H.O. Zimman, Inc. p. 260.

External links

• USGA website for the 1924 Championship
• "Between the Lines: Suzanne Lenglen and the First Pro Tour"
• International Tennis Hall of Fame