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1930 U.S. National Championships
The 1930 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, New York. The tournament ran from August 28 until September 13. It was the 50th staging of the U.S. National Championships and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Finals Men's singles John Doeg defeated Frank Shields 10–8, 1–6, 6–4, 16–14 Women's singles Betty Nuthall defeated Anna McCune Harper 6–1, 6–4 Men's doubles George Lott / John Doeg defeated Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn 8–6, 6–3, 4–6, 13–15, 6–4 Women's doubles Betty Nuthall / Sarah Palfrey defeated Edith Cross / Anna McCune Harper 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 Mixed doubles Edith Cross / Wilmer Allison defeated Marjorie Morrill / Frank Shields Francis Xavier Alexander Shields Sr. (November 18, 1909 – August 19, 1975) was an American amateur tennis player of the 1920s an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The term Grand Slam is also attributed to the Grand Slam tournaments, referred to as Majors, and they are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of the field and, in recent years, the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate men's and women's tour orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grass Court
A grass court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Grass courts are made of grasses in different compositions depending on the tournament. While grass courts are more traditional than other types of tennis courts, they are far less commonly used today compared to hard courts and clay courts. There are several disadvantages with grass courts: in particular, they are much more expensive to maintain compared to other surfaces. Also, grass courts (in the absence of suitable covers) are usually unplayable for the day if rain appears, as grass becomes very slippery when wet and will not dry for many hours. In contrast, play on a hard court can resume in 30 to 120 minutes after the end of rain, and clay courts can even remain playable in light rain. Furthermore, since most of the foot traffic during a tennis match occurs repetitively over a small surface area of the court, even with the best maintenance a grass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 In American Tennis
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off; Marcus Didius Julianus the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Australian Championships (tennis)
The 1931 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 27 February to 9 March. It was the 24th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 6th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Jack Crawford and Coral McInnes Buttsworth. Finals Men's singles Jack Crawford defeated Harry Hopman 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 Women's singles Coral McInnes Buttsworth defeated Marjorie Cox Crawford 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 Men's doubles Charles Donohoe / Ray Dunlop defeated Jack Crawford / Harry Hopman 8–6, 6–2, 5–7, 7–9, 6–4 Women's doubles Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louie Bickerton defeated Nell Lloyd / Gwen Utz 6–0, 6–4 Mixed doubles Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford defeated Emily Hood Westacott / Aubrey Willard 7–5, 6–4 References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Wimbledon Championships
The 1930 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was scheduled to run from Monday 23 June until Saturday 5 July 1930 but the men's doubles final was postponed to Monday 7 July to allow Wilmer Allison time to recuperate after his men's singles final. It was the 50th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1930. Bill Tilden and Helen Moody won the singles titles. Champions Men's singles Bill Tilden defeated Wilmer Allison, 6–3, 9–7, 6–4 Women's singles Helen Moody defeated Elizabeth Ryan, 6–2, 6–2 Men's doubles Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn defeated John Doeg / George Lott, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 Women's doubles Helen Moody / Elizabeth Ryan defeated Edith Cross / Sarah Palfrey, 6–2, 9–7 Mixed doubles Jack Crawford / Elizabeth Ryan defeated Daniel Prenn / Hilde Krahwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Morrill
Marjorie Morrill Painter Whiting (née Morrill; March 29, 1908 – November 27, 2009), known during her tennis career as Marjorie 'Midge' Morrill, was an American female tennis player who was ranked No. 2 in the United States in 1930. From 1928 to 1934, she was ranked in the top 10 four times. Personal life Morrill was the daughter of Joseph Morrill, a Boston lawyer, and Olive Morison Morrill, and lived on Glenridge Road in Dedham, Massachusetts. Joseph Morrill gave land to the Dedham Tennis Club to build courts on the same street. Marjorie Morrill was known to "spend hours every day hitting the ball against the backboard there." Morrill was married to Whitfield Painter for 42 years and had three children with him: Nancy, Margot, and Whitfield, Jr. The Painter family moved frequently around the U.S. to accommodate Mr. Painter's sales job with Plymouth Cordage. After the elder Whitfield's death, she married John Whiting, who predeceased her after seven years of marriage. Morrill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Van Ryn
John Van Ryn (June 30, 1905 – August 7, 1999) was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as the doubles partner of Wilmer Allison. Van Ryn won the Seabright Invitational in New Jersey in 1928, defeating Wilmer Allison in the final, Allison retiring at 10-10 in the fifth set. That same year he won the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships at the Merion Cricket club defeating Frank Shields in the final in three straight sets. In 1929 he defeated Bill Tilden in the final of the Brooklyn Heights Casino Indoor Invitation in three straight sets. In 1930 Van Ryn won the Mason & Dixon Tournament at The Greenbrier resort defeating Gregory Mangin in the quarterfinal in three straight sets, Frank Hunter in the semifinal in five sets, and Allison in the final in four sets. He won the United North and South tournament at the Pinehurst Resort in 1931 defeating Clifford Sutter in the final in three straight sets. That same season he won the Brooklyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna McCune Harper
Anna McCune Harper (née Anna Virginia McCune, July 2, 1902 – June 14, 1999) was a female tennis player from the U.S. She won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1931 partnering George Lott. She was the runner-up in singles at the 1930 U.S. Championships, losing to Betty Nuthall. She also was the runner-up in women's doubles at the 1928, 1930, and 1932 U.S. Championships and in mixed doubles at the 1931 edition of these championships. Harper was ranked in the U.S. top 10 on five consecutive years from 1928 through 1932 and was top ranked in 1930. Biography In 1924, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley, where she joined the sorority Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa (, also known as SK or Sig Kap) is a sorority founded on November 9, 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The sorority has initiated 226,000 members, has 119 collegiate chapters, and has over 98 alumnae chapters. It is offic .... In 1925, she married Lawrence Averell Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Shields
Francis Xavier Alexander Shields Sr. (November 18, 1909 – August 19, 1975) was an American amateur tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s, and an actor known for '' Hoosier Schoolboy'' (1937). He was ranked world No. 2 in 1931, and U.S. No. 1 in 1933. Tennis career Noel Dickson in the Melbourne Herald ranked him world No. 2 in 1931, and world No. 5 in 1930 by A. Wallis Myers of ''The Daily Telegraph''."Big Bill Tilden is Second Only to Henri Cochet" ''The Montreal Gazette'', November 27, 1930. Between 1928 and 1945, the USLTA ranked him eight times in the U.S. Top Ten, reaching No. 1 in 1933, and No. 2 in 1930. In January 1928, Shields was runner-up to |
