Mary Browne
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| Country |  United StatesUnited States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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| U.S. Championships | 1912, 1913, 1914 |
Mary Kendall Browne (June 3, 1891 – August 19, 1971) was the first American female professional tennis player, a World No. 1 amateur tennis player, and an amateur golf
Golf
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er. She was born in Ventura County, California
Ventura County, California
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, United States
United States
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.
According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail
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, Browne was ranked in the world top ten in 1921 (when the rankings began), 1924, and 1926, reaching a career high of World No. 3 in those rankings in 1921. Browne was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association
United States Tennis Association
The United States Tennis Association is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass-roots to the professional levels...
in 1913 (when the rankings began), 1914, 1921, 1924, and 1925. She was the top ranked U.S. player in 1914.
Browne was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
International Tennis Hall of Fame
The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The hall of fame and honors players and contributors to the sport of tennis and includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indoor tennis facility, and a court tennis facility.-History:The hall of fame and...
in 1957.
Browne had been playing golf for only a few years when at the 1924 U.S. Women's Amateur, she was runner-up to champion Dorothy Campbell Hurd.
Grand Slam record
- French Championships
- Singles runner-up: 1926
- WimbledonThe Championships, WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
- Women's Doubles champion': 1926
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1926
- U.S. Championships
- Singles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914
- Singles runner-up: 1921
- Women's Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1925
- Women's Doubles runner-up: 1926
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921
Wins (3)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1912 | U.S. Championships |  Eleonora Sears |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 1913 | U.S. Championships (2) | 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:... |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 1914 | U.S. Championships (3) | Marie Wagner Marie Wagner Marie Wagner was an American tennis champion.-Biography:She was born on February 2, 1883. Wagner won the United States tennis indoor championships a record number of times. She won the singles in 1908, 1913, 1914, and 1917. She won the doubles in four years.She was inducted into the International... |
6–2, 1–6, 6–1 |
Runner-ups (2)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1921 | U.S. Championships | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1926 | French Championships |  Suzanne LenglenSuzanne Lenglen Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926... |
6–1, 6–0 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | Career SR |
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| Australian Championships | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
| French Championships 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... 1 |
A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | NH | A | F | 0 / 1 |
| Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 |
| U.S. Championships U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
W | W | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | A | SF | 3R | SF | 3 / 7 |
| SR | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 3 / 9 |
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
1Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here from 1912 through 1914 and from 1920 through 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.
See also
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam finalTennis performance timeline comparison (women)This article presents in a tabular form the career tennis Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships and Olympic singles results of every woman who has reached the singles final of at least one Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships or Olympic tournament during her career...