Today in Tennis History (Part 2)
Sub-Topics: Australian Open - Davis Cup - French Open - Tennis Player - US Open - Wimbledon
Historical Events
Results 101 - 200 of 575
1928-08-27 - 42nd US Womens Tennis: Helen W Moody beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 61)
1928-09-17 - 48th US Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats F T Hunter (46 64 36 75 63)
1928-09-17 - Henri Cochet wins US Tennis Open
1929-07-05 - 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62)
1929-08-24 - 43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62)
1929-09-14 - 49th US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64)
1930-06-01 - 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61)
1930-06-01 - 6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61)
1930-07-04 - 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62)
1930-07-05 - 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64)
1930-08-23 - 44th US Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64)
1930-09-13 - 50th US Mens Tennis: J H Doeg beats Francis Shields (10-8 16 64 16-14)
1931-07-03 - 51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover)
1931-08-20 - 45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61)
1931-08-23 - 45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61)
1931-09-12 - 51st US Mens Tennis: H E Vines beats George M Lott Jr (79 63 97 75)
1932-07-01 - 45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (63 61)
1932-07-02 - 52nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ellsworth Vines beats H Austin (64 62 60)
1932-08-19 - 46th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62)
1932-09-03 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title
1932-09-10 - 52nd US Mens Tennis: Henry E Vines beats Henri Cochet (64 64 64)
1933-07-08 - 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63)
1933-08-19 - 47th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret)
1933-09-09 - 53rd US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Jack Crawford (63 1113 46 60 61)
1933-09-10 - 53rd US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J H Crawford (63 11-13 46 60 61)
1933-09-11 - Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at US Tennis championship
1934-01-27 - 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61)
1934-08-18 - 48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (61 64)
1934-08-19 - 48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64)
1934-09-08 - 54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86)
1935-07-06 - 48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75)
1935-09-11 - 49th US Womens Tennis: H H Jacobs beats Sarah H Palfrey Fabyan (62 64)
1935-09-12 - 55th US Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63)
1936-01-07 - Tennis champs Helen Moody & Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
1936-07-04 - 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75)
1936-09-12 - 50th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62)
1936-09-12 - 56th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J Donald Budge (26 62 86 16 108)
1937-07-02 - 57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62)
1937-09-11 - 51st US Womens Tennis: Anita Lizana beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (64 62)
1937-09-11 - 57th US Mens Tennis: J D Budge beats G v Cramm (61 79 61 36 61)
1938-07-01 - 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63)
1938-07-02 - 51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (64 60)
1938-09-17 - 52nd US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Nancye Wynne Bolton (60 63)
1938-09-17 - 58th US Mens Tennis: J Donald Budge beats C Gene Mako (63 68 62 61)
1938-09-17 - Don Budge wins US Tennis open & completes Grand Slam
1938-09-24 - Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title
1939-07-07 - 52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60)
1939-07-08 - 59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62)
1939-09-16 - 53rd US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64)
1939-09-16 - 59th US Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats S Welby van Horn (64 62 64)
1940-09-07 - 54th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63)
1940-09-07 - 60th US Mens Tennis: McNeill beats Robert Riggs (46 68 63 63 75)
1940-09-09 - 60th US Mens Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert L Riggs (46 68 63 63 75)
1941-09-06 - 55th US Womens Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62)
1941-09-06 - 61st US Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)
1941-09-07 - 61st US Mens Tennis: R L Riggs beats Francis Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)
1941-11-26 - Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro
1942-09-06 - 56th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (46 61 64)
1942-09-07 - 62nd US Mens Tennis: F Schroeder Jr beats F Parker (86 75 36 46 62)
1943-09-05 - 57th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (63 57 63)
1943-09-06 - 63rd US Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60)
1944-09-03 - 58th US Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86)
1944-09-03 - Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US Tennis title
1944-09-04 - 64th US Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63)
1945-09-02 - 59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64)
1945-09-03 - 65th US Mens Tennis: Sgt Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 61 62)
1946-07-06 - 53rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough (62 64)
1946-07-06 - 60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64)
1946-09-08 - 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)
1946-09-08 - 66th US Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom Brown Jr (97 63 60)
1946-09-08 - Jack Kramer wins US Tennis Open
1947-06-25 - Tennis shoe introduced
1947-07-04 - 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62)
1947-07-05 - 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64)
1947-09-14 - 61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61)
1947-09-14 - 67th US Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Frank A Parker (46 26 61 60 63)
1948-03-11 - 1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir)
1948-03-11 - Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the US Tennis Open
1948-07-02 - 62nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich (75 06 62 36 75)
1948-07-03 - 55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86)
1948-09-19 - 62nd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats A L Brough (46 64 15-13)
1948-09-19 - 68th US Mens Tennis: "Pancho" Gonzales beats E Sturgess (62 63 14-12)
1948-09-19 - Richard A Gonzales wins US Tennis Open
1949-07-01 - 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64)
1949-07-02 - 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8)
1949-09-05 - 63rd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61)
1949-09-05 - 69th US Mens Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (1618 26 61 62 64)
1950-04-26 - U of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82
1950-07-07 - 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63)
1950-07-08 - 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)
1950-08-22 - Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in natl tennis competition
1950-09-05 - 64th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63)
1950-09-05 - 70th US Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63)
1950-09-26 - Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
1951-03-08 - Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)
1951-07-06 - 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor (64 64 64)
1951-07-07 - 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (61 60)
1951-09-04 - 71st US Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas Jr (64 61 61)
1951-09-05 - 65th US Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (63 16 64)
1951-09-05 - 71st US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Elias Seixas Jr (64 61 61)
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