Mabel Cahill
Full name | Mabel Esmonde Cahill |
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Country (sports) | Great Britain |
Born | Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, UK | April 2, 1863
Died | 1 January 1905 Ireland, UK | (aged 41)
Plays | Right-handed |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1976 (member page) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | W (1891, 1892) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1891, 1892) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | W (1891, 1892) |
Mabel Esmonde Cahill (1863–1905) was a female tennis player from Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom,. who was active in the late 19th century and was the first foreign woman to win a major tennis tournament when she won the 1891 US National Championships.
Career
Born 2 April 1863, Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Cahill won the Orange Club ladies championship in 1890 and 1891.[1][2]
Cahill became the first foreign woman to win a major tournament when she defeated Ellen Roosevelt in the 1891 US Championships women's final at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.[3] She successfully defended her women's singles title in 1892[4] and also won the women's doubles title with Adeline McKinlay and the mixed doubles title with Clarence Hobart. She did not defend her titles in 1893.[5] She died on 1 January 1905 in Ireland.
In 1976 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[6]
Grand Slam finals
Singles (2 titles)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1891 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Ellen Roosevelt | 6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 1892 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Elisabeth Moore | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Doubles (2 titles)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1891 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Emma Leavitt-Morgan | Ellen Roosevelt Grace Roosevelt |
2–6, 8–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 1892 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Adeline McKinlay | Phyllis Walsh Grace Robert LeRoy |
6–1, 6–3 |
Mixed doubles (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1892 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Clarence Hobart | Elisabeth Moore Rodmond Beach |
6–1, 6–3 |
References
- ^ "Tennis at Orange" (PDF). The New York Times. 28 June 1890. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Miss Cahill Defeats Miss Morgan" (PDF). The New York Times. 13 June 1891. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "In The Tennis Court" (PDF). The New York Times. 27 June 1891. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Miss Cahill Still Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. 25 June 1892. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "The girls played great tennis" (PDF). The New York Times. 23 June 1893.
- ^ International Tennis Hall of Fame
External links
- 1863 births
- 19th-century female tennis players
- 19th-century Irish people
- British female tennis players
- Irish female tennis players
- Sportspeople from County Kilkenny
- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
- United States National champions (tennis)
- 1905 deaths
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's singles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- European tennis biography stubs
- Irish sportspeople stubs