Martha Guthrie of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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, was an important amateur tennis player in the early part of the 20th Century. She was ranked No. 8 in the United States in 1916.

Guthrie reached the semifinals at the 1915 U.S. National Championships before falling to future International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame

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 enshrinee Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6. She also was a quarterfinalist in doubles that year.

She was a semifinalist at the 1915 U.S. Clay Court Championships, again falling to Mallory. Also was a quarterfinalist in doubles that year.

At the tournament in Cincinnati

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, she won the singles title and the doubles title in 1916.

She was a singles finalist, women’s doubles winner and mixed doubles winner (with William McElroy) at the 1915 Ohio State championships.