Louise Riddell Williams
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Louise Riddell-Williams was an American tennis
player of the start of the 20th century.
She won the US Women's National Championship three times, in women's doubles with Mary Kendall Browne, in 1913, 1914 and 1921.
" refers to the four main tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and not in popular usage until the 1950s.
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 start of the 20th century.
She won the US Women's National Championship three times, in women's doubles with Mary Kendall Browne, in 1913, 1914 and 1921.
Double titles
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Partner | Finalists | Score | ||
| 1 | 1913 | US Women's National Champ’s |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) |  Mary Kendall Browne |
Dorothy Green Dorothy Green (tennis) Dorothy Green was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.In 1912, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with Mary Kendall Browne, who beat her the following year in the singles final.-Singles finals lost:... Edna Wildey |
12-10, 2-6, 6-3 | 1913 US Open (tennis) | |
| 2 | 1914 | US Women's National Champ’s |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Mary Kendall Browne |
Louise Raymond Edna Wildey |
10-8, 6-2 | 1914 US Open (tennis) | |
| 3 | 1921 | 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.) | Mary Kendall Browne |
Helen Gilleaudeau Mrs. L.G. Morris |
6-3, 6-2 | 1921 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 main tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and not in popular usage until the 1950s.
Doubles
| 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 | ||||
| 1913 1913 in sports -American football:College championship* College football national championship – Auburn Tigers, Chicago Maroons and Harvard Crimson -Association football:England... |
- | - | - | Winner M. K. Browne |
D. Green Dorothy Green (tennis) Dorothy Green was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.In 1912, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with Mary Kendall Browne, who beat her the following year in the singles final.-Singles finals lost:... Edna Wildey |
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| 1914 1914 in sports -American football:College championship* College football national championship –Auburn Tigers, Army Black Knights, Illinois Fighting Illini and Texas Longhorns -Association football:England... |
- | - | - | Winner M. K. Browne |
L. Raymond Edna Wildey |
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| 1921 1921 in sports -American football:NFL championship* Chicago Staleys win the 1921 American Professional Football Association title, albeit not without dispute... |
- | - | - | Winner M. K. Browne |
Gilleaudeau M. L. Morris |
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Result, partner, final opponent.