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1897 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
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List of Champions of the 1897 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open):
Robert Wrenn
defeated
Wilberforce Eaves
4-6 8-6 6-3 2-6 6-2
Juliette Atkinson
defeated
Elisabeth Moore
6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
Men's Singles
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Robert Wrenn
----Robert "Bob" Duffield Wrenn was a left-handed American tennis player, four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first "enshrinees" in the International Tennis Hall of Fame....
defeated
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Wilberforce Eaves
Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom. At the 1908 London Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's singles tournament. He was also the first non-American to reach the final in the US National Singles Championships in 1897.-Runner-ups :...
4-6 8-6 6-3 2-6 6-2
Women's Singles
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Juliette Atkinson
Juliette Paxton Atkinson was an American female tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States....
defeated
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Elisabeth Moore
Elisabeth Holmes Moore was an American tennis champion. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.-Biography:She was born on March 5, 1876 in Brooklyn...
6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3