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Bertha Townsend

Bertha Townsend
Full name Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin
Country (sports)  USA
Born (1869-03-07)March 7, 1869
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Died May 12, 1909(1909-05-12) (aged 40)
Plays Left-handed
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 (née Townsend; March 7, 1869 – 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.



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