Eleanor Goss
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Eleanor Goss was an American tennis
player of the inter-war period.
Notably, 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 Jessup.
In 1918, she also reached the women's singles final, where she was beaten by Molla Bjurstedt Mallory.
" refers to the four major tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and not in common usage until the 1950s.
Result, final opponent
Result, partner, final opponent
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player of the inter-war period.
Notably, she won the US Women's National Championship, in women's doubles four times, including three consecutive titles between 1918
1918 in sports
1918 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Most sport was curtailed due to a combination of World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic.-American football:College championship...
and 1920
1920 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* 17 September — the National Football League is founded as the American Professional Football Association at Canton, Ohio; it is a coalition of teams primarily from the Ohio League, New York Pro Football League, the Chicago football circuit, and other teams in...
with Marion Zinderstein Jessup.
In 1918, she also reached the women's singles final, where she was beaten by Molla Bjurstedt Mallory.
Singles finals lost
|Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Winner | Score | ||
1 | 1918 | US Women's National Champ’s, Forest Hills Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | M. Bjurstedt Mallory | 6-4, 6-3 | 1918 US Open (tennis) |
Doubles titles
|Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Partner | Finalists | Score | ||
1 | 1918 | US Women's National Champ’s, Forest Hills Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Marion Zinderstein | M. Bjurstedt Mallory Mrs. Johan Rogge |
7-5, 8-6 | 1918 US Open (tennis) | |
2 | 1919 | US Women's National Champ’s, Forest Hills Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Marion Zinderstein | Eleonora Sears Eleonora Sears Eleonora Randolph Sears was an American tennis player of the interwar period.She won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship four times, including three consecutively... Hazel Hotchkiss Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman was an American tennis player.-Personal life:Wightman was born in Healdsburg, California and married George Wightman of Boston in 1912. She died in Newton, Massachusetts... |
10-8, 9-7 | 1919 US Open (tennis) | |
3 | 1920 | US Women's National Champ’s, Forest Hills Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Marion Zinderstein | Eleanor Tennant Helen Baker |
6-3, 6-1 | 1920 US Open (tennis) | |
4 | 1926 | US Women's National Champ’s, Forest Hills Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Elizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events... |
Mary Kendall Browne Charlotte Chapin |
3-6, 6-4, 12-10 | 1926 US Open (tennis) |
Doubles finals lost
|Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Winners | Partner | Score | ||
1 | 1923 | US Women's National Champ’s, Forest Hills Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Kathleen McKane Phyllis Covell |
Hazel Hotchkiss Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman was an American tennis player.-Personal life:Wightman was born in Healdsburg, California and married George Wightman of Boston in 1912. She died in Newton, Massachusetts... |
2-6, 6-2, 6-1 | 1923 US Open (tennis) | |
2 | 1924 | US Women's National Champ’s, Forest Hills Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Hazel Hotchkiss Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman was an American tennis player.-Personal life:Wightman was born in Healdsburg, California and married George Wightman of Boston in 1912. She died in Newton, Massachusetts... Helen Wills Helen Wills Helen Wills may refer to:* Helen Wills Moody, eight-time Wimbledon tennis champion* Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, neuroscience research institute at the University of California, Berkeley... |
Marion Zinderstein | 6-4, 6-3 | 1924 US Open (tennis) |
Performance in Grand Slams (partial)
Although the term "Grand SlamGrand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
" refers to the four major tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and not in common usage until the 1950s.
Singles
Year | - | French Open French Open (tennis) The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are... |
Wimbledon | US National | ||||
1918 1918 in sports 1918 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Most sport was curtailed due to a combination of World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic.-American football:College championship... |
- | - | - | Final | M. B. Mallory | |||
Result, final opponent
Doubles
Year | Australian Open | French Open French Open (tennis) The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are... |
Wimbledon | US National | ||||
1918 1918 in sports 1918 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Most sport was curtailed due to a combination of World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic.-American football:College championship... |
- | - | - | Winner M. Z. Jessup |
B. Mallory M. J. Rogge |
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1919 1919 in sports -American football:College championship* College football national championship – Centre Praying Colonels, Harvard Crimson, Illinois Fighting Illini, Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Texas A&M Aggies... |
- | - | - | Winner M. Z. Jessup |
E. Sears Eleonora Sears Eleonora Randolph Sears was an American tennis player of the interwar period.She won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship four times, including three consecutively... H. Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman was an American tennis player.-Personal life:Wightman was born in Healdsburg, California and married George Wightman of Boston in 1912. She died in Newton, Massachusetts... |
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1920 1920 in sports -American football:NFL championship* 17 September — the National Football League is founded as the American Professional Football Association at Canton, Ohio; it is a coalition of teams primarily from the Ohio League, New York Pro Football League, the Chicago football circuit, and other teams in... |
- | - | - | Winner M. Z. Jessup |
E. Tennant Helen Baker |
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1923 1923 in sports -American football:NFL championship* Canton BulldogsCollege championship* College football national championship – California Golden Bears, Cornell Big Red, Illinois Fighting Illini and Michigan Wolverines -Association football:England... |
- | - | - | Final H. Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman was an American tennis player.-Personal life:Wightman was born in Healdsburg, California and married George Wightman of Boston in 1912. She died in Newton, Massachusetts... |
M. Godfree P. H. Covell |
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1924 1924 in sports -American football:NFL championship* Cleveland BulldogsCollege championship* College football national championship – Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Penn Quakers -Association football:England... |
- | - | - | Final M. Z. Jessup |
H. Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman was an American tennis player.-Personal life:Wightman was born in Healdsburg, California and married George Wightman of Boston in 1912. She died in Newton, Massachusetts... Helen Wills Helen Wills Helen Wills may refer to:* Helen Wills Moody, eight-time Wimbledon tennis champion* Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, neuroscience research institute at the University of California, Berkeley... |
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1926 1926 in sports -American football:NFL championship* Frankford Yellow Jackets win the National Football League championship with a league record of 14–1–1College championship... |
- | - | - | Winner E. Ryan Elizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events... |
M. K. Browne C. Chapin |
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Result, partner, final opponent