Helen Homans
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Helen Houston Homans McLean (February 8, 1877 – March 29, 1949) was an American tennis champion.[1]
Career
Homans won the women's doubles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championship[2]Template:Rp and the singles title the next year.[2]Template:Rp
Homans played mixed doubles with Marshall McLean as early as 1902[3] and married him in New York City in 1907.[4] In mixed doubles, she reached the semifinals partnering Harry F. Allen in 1905.[5]
Also in 1905, she reached the women's singles All-Comers final at Cincinnati before falling to May Sutton. (Sutton then defeated Myrtle McAteer in the Challenge Round to claim the title.) Homans won the 1905 women's doubles title in Cincinnati with McAteer, and was a 1905 mixed doubles finalist with Robert LeRoy.
In 1911, she won three of the New Jersey State Championships titles.[6]
In 1913, she regained her title when she defeated Marie Wagner at the Morristown Field Club in Morristown, New Jersey.[7] On September 19, 1913, she was defeated by Clare Cassell at the Montclair Athletic Club.[8]
In 1915, Molla Bjurstedt of Norway, the national indoor champion, defeated McLean in the final round of the Class A tennis singles at the West Side Tennis Club.[9] She finished second in the U.S. National Championships women's doubles with Augusta Bradley Chapman in 1915.[10]
McLean was still ranked fourth in 1913 and third in 1915 in the U.S. national ranking.[11] In 1915, she won the U.S. Indoor Championships.
Personal life
She was married to Marshall McLean (1869–1952), a New York City attorney.[12]
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 title)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1906 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Template:Flagicon Maud Barger-Wallach | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1905 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Template:Flagicon Carrie Neely | Template:Flagicon Marjorie Oberteuffer Template:Flagicon Virginia Maule |
6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1906 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Template:Flagicon Louise Clover Boldt | Template:Flagicon Ethel Bliss Platt Template:Flagicon Ann Burdette Coe |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1915 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Template:Flagicon Augusta Bradley Chapman | Template:Flagicon Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Template:Flagicon Eleonora Sears |
8–10, 2–6 |
References
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- ↑ Kings County Tennis. (5 Jun 1902). New York Times. p. 10
- ↑ Marriage Announcement at NYTimes.com. Retrieved on October 20, 2009
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