Elisabeth Moore
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Elisabeth Holmes Moore was an American tennis
Tennis
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 champion. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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 in 1971.

Biography

She was born on March 5, 1876 in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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. She died on January 22, 1959 in Starke, Florida
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.

Grand Slam results

  • Singles champion: 1896, 1901, 1903, 1905; Singles runner-up: 1892, 1897, 1902, 1904
  • Women's Doubles champion: 1896, 1903; Women's Doubles runner-up: 1895, 1901, 1904
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1902, 1904; Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1892, 1905

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