Full name | Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin |
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Country (sports) | USA |
Born |
Philadelphia, PA, USA |
March 7, 1869
Died | May 12, 1909 | (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.