Eleanor Goss
Full name | Eleanor Goss-Lanning |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | New York, New York | November 18, 1895
Died | November 6, 1982 (aged 86)[1] 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) |
Eleanor Goss (November 18, 1895 – November 6, 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.
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)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1918 | US National Championships | Grass | Molla Bjurstedt | 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1918 | US National Championships | Grass | Marion Zinderstein | Molla Bjurstedt Mrs. Johan Rogge[2] |
7–5, 8–6 |
Win | 1919 | US National Championships | Grass | Marion Zinderstein | Eleonora Sears Hazel Hotchkiss |
10–8, 9–7 |
Win | 1920 | US National Championships | Grass | Marion Zinderstein | Eleanor Tennant Helen Baker |
6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 1923 | US National Championships | Grass | Hazel Hotchkiss | Kathleen McKane Phyllis Covell |
6–2, 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1924 | US National Championships | Grass | Marion Zinderstein | Hazel Hotchkiss Helen Wills |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1926 | US National Championships | Grass | Elizabeth Ryan | Mary Kendall Browne Charlotte Chapin |
3–6, 6–4, 12–10 |
References
- ^ Connecticut Death Index, 1949–2012
- ^ Mrs. Rogge, tennis champion of Norway (…) at nytimes.com
External links
- Eleanor Goss at the International Tennis Federation
- Eleanor Goss at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)