Maud Barger-Wallach
Encyclopedia
Maud Barger-Wallach was an American female tennis player of the early 1900s.
In 1908 Barger-Wallach became the oldest U.S. Open
champion at the age of 38 (42 year-old Molla Mallory
won in 1926, taking away her old-age record).
At the age of 61 in 1931 she traveled overseas with the U.S. men's tennis contingent, and when Sidney Wood
of the U.S. won the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles over Frank Shields
of the U.S. in the final, in a walkover because Shields was injured, Wood gave his trophy to Barger-Wallach to hold till the next time that he and Shields should play each other on grass (as at Wimbledon), telling her to give it to the winner. Wood finally met Shields in a tournament on grass at Queen's Club in London three years later, beating him, and Barger-Wallach then gave Wood's Wimbledon trophy to him.
Barger-Wallach was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame
in 1958.
In 1908 Barger-Wallach became the oldest U.S. Open
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...
champion at the age of 38 (42 year-old Molla Mallory
Molla Mallory
Anna Margarethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory was a Norwegian-born American tennis player.-Tennis career:...
won in 1926, taking away her old-age record).
At the age of 61 in 1931 she traveled overseas with the U.S. men's tennis contingent, and when Sidney Wood
Sidney Wood
Sidney Wood was an American tennis player.Wood was born in Black Rock, Connecticut. He won the Arizona State Men’s Tournament on his 14th birthday, which qualified him for the French Championship and led to him earning a spot at Wimbledon He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania,...
of the U.S. won the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles over Frank Shields
Frank Shields
Francis Xavier Alexander Shields, Sr. was an amateur American tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s.-Tennis career:Between 1928 and 1945 he was ranked eight times in the U.S...
of the U.S. in the final, in a walkover because Shields was injured, Wood gave his trophy to Barger-Wallach to hold till the next time that he and Shields should play each other on grass (as at Wimbledon), telling her to give it to the winner. Wood finally met Shields in a tournament on grass at Queen's Club in London three years later, beating him, and Barger-Wallach then gave Wood's Wimbledon trophy to him.
Barger-Wallach was inducted in 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 1958.