Bertha Townsend, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bertha Townsend

US tennis player

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1869

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 12-May-1909

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Bertha Townsend

  • Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin (née Townsend; March 7, 1869 – May 12, 1909) was a female tennis player from the United States.
  • She is best remembered for being the first repeating women's singles champion at the U.S.
  • Championships (now: U.S.
  • Open) (1888 and 1889).
  • She discovered the under-hand technique. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974.

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