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)
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 (March 7, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – 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.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent in final	Score in final
Winner	1888	U.S. Championships	Ellen Hansell	6–3, 6–5
Winner	1889	U.S. Championships	Lida Voorhees	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1890	U.S. Championships	Ellen Roosevelt	2–6, 2–6

Doubles (1 title, 1 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1889	US Championships	Margarette Ballard	Marion Wright Laura Knight	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	1890	US Championships	Margarette Ballard	Grace Roosevelt Ellen Roosevelt	1–6, 2–6

External links

• Bertha Townsend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame