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The Majors   

Date	Tournament	Surface	Winner	Finalist	Score	Semifinalists
19-Jan-1940	Australian Championships	Grass	Nancye Wynne Bolton [AUS]	Thelma Long [AUS]	5-7 6-4 6-0	Hartigan, Hopman
2-Sep-1940	US National Championships	Grass	Alice Marble [USA]	Helen Jacobs [USA]	6-2 6-3	Hardwick, Scott

 

Top Performances    Top

Titles	Alice Marble (10)
Finals	Pauline Betz (13)
Match Wins	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher (63)
Match Win Percentage	Alice Marble (1.0)	(minimum 40 matches)
Three-Set Wins	Mary Arnold (10)
Three-Set Win Percentage	Mary Arnold (83.3%)	(minimum 10 three-set matches)
Three-Set Matches Played	Mary Hardwick (19)
Total Matches Played	Mary Hardwick (80)
Events Played	Mary Hardwick (24)

 

Event Calendar    Top

Majors shown in bold, exhibitions and junior events in italics. For winners of multiple titles, events won shown in parentheses.
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Date	Tournament	Surface	Winner	Titles	Finalist	Score	Semifinalists	Top 10s	Geo%
1-Jan-1940	Sydney Manly	Grass	Alison Hattersley [AUS]	1/2	Joan Hartigan [AUS]	6-3 6-4	Fitch, Stebbing	0	100.0%
2-Jan-1940	Bombay		Khanum Singh [IND]	1/2	Phyllis De Lima [IND]	6-3 1-6 6-2		0	100.0%
2-Jan-1940	Tampa	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	1/6	Marta Barnett [USA]	6-2 6-1	Comer, Stanton	0	100.0%
7-Jan-1940	Cape Town		Olive Craze [RSA]	1/2	Margaret Currie [RSA]	6-1 6-3		0	100.0%
8-Jan-1940	Orlando	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	2/6	Mary Hardwick [GBR]	6-2 7-9 6-4	Sheer, Stanton	0	87.0%
11-Jan-1940	Palm Springs	Hard	Helen Bernhard [USA]	1/2	Dodo Cheney [USA]	6-3 6-4	Arnold, Nuthall	1	95.0%
15-Jan-1940	Bombay Princess Mary		Khanum Singh [IND]	2/2	Lakshmi Merchant [IND]	6-3 6-2		0	100.0%
15-Jan-1940	Copenhagen	Carpet	Hilde Sperling [DEN]	1/2	Else Stockel [DEN]	UNK		1	100.0%
16-Jan-1940	St. Petersburg	Clay	Mary Hardwick [GBR]	1/3	Pauline Betz [USA]	8-6 6-3	Scott, Brown Hamilton	0	90.0%
19-Jan-1940	Australian Championships	Grass	Nancye Wynne Bolton [AUS]	1/3	Thelma Long [AUS]	5-7 6-4 6-0	Hartigan, Hopman	1	94.0%
21-Jan-1940	Los Angeles Metro	Hard	Mary Arnold [USA]	1/3	Catherine Malcolm [USA]	6-8 6-3 6-3	Purdy, Dockstader	0	93.0%
22-Jan-1940	Australian Championships Juniors	Grass	Joyce Wood [AUS]	1/3	Gladys Fischer [AUS]	6-2 6-1		0	100.0%
22-Jan-1940	Bombay Presidency	Clay	Leela Row [IND]	1/2	Khanum Singh [IND]	6-4 6-0		0	100.0%
23-Jan-1940	West Palm Beach	Clay	Mary Hardwick [GBR]	2/3	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	6-1 6-3	Betz, Scott	1	91.0%
27-Jan-1940	Killara	Grass	Joan Hartigan [AUS]	1/3	Alison Hattersley [AUS]	2-6 6-3 6-2	Stebbing, Proctor	0	100.0%
29-Jan-1940	Bombay Western India Chps		Leela Row [IND]	2/2	Khanum Singh [IND]	6-2 6-2		0	100.0%
5-Feb-1940	Wellington	Grass	Nancye Wynne Bolton [AUS]	2/3	Thelma Long [AUS]	6-4 6-1	Beverly, Hardcastle	1	75.0%
6-Feb-1940	Miami Beach	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	3/6	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	7-5 6-4	Comer, Hart	2	83.0%
10-Feb-1940	San Francisco NoCal Chps	Hard	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	1/5	Patricia Canning Todd [USA]	6-2 6-4	Osborne Dupont, Peyre	1	100.0%
12-Feb-1940	Daytona Beach	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	1/6	Pauline Betz [USA]	8-6 7-5	Hardwick, Scott	3	71.0%
19-Feb-1940	Colombo		Mrs D E Wijewardena [SRI]		Doris Fonseka [SRI]	6-4 7-5	Murdoch	0	100.0%
21-Feb-1940	New York Natl Indoors	Carpet	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	2/6	Pauline Betz [USA]	6-4 1-6 7-5	Wheeler Kelleher, Winthrop Mckean	2	97.0%
24-Feb-1940	Stockholm Indoors	Carpet	Inge Behrens [DEN]		Kerstin Nilsson [SWE]	6-1 7-5		0	50.0%
26-Feb-1940	Melbourne MCC Chps	Grass	May Blick [AUS]		Nell Hopman [AUS]	2-6 8-6 6-4	Mauger, Coate	0	100.0%
10-Mar-1940	Hamilton	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	3/6	Pauline Betz [USA]	6-2 6-4	Wheeler Kelleher, Pedersen	2	59.0%
10-Mar-1940	Orange Aus		Joan Hartigan [AUS]	2/3	Florrie Blackhall [AUS]	7-5 6-8 6-1	Stebbing, Jenkins	0	100.0%
13-Mar-1940	San Remo	Clay	Hella Kovac [YUG]	1/4	Annalisa Bossi [ITA]	4-6 6-1 6-1	San Donnino, Tonolli	0	75.0%
17-Mar-1940	Hamilton Coral Beach		Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	1/8	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	10-8 6-3	Hirsch, Pedersen	1	62.0%
18-Mar-1940	Johannesburg	Clay	Olive Craze [RSA]	2/2	Sheila Piercey Summers [RSA]	4-6 6-4 6-4		0	100.0%
19-Mar-1940	Alassio	Clay	Hella Kovac [YUG]	2/4	Alice Florian [GER]	6-2 7-5	Tonolli, Riboli	0	62.0%
21-Mar-1940	Hamburg Indoors	Carpet	Ursula Heidtmann [GER]		Thilde Dietz [GER]	6-1 10-12 6-4	Eberstein, Rosenthal	0	100.0%
21-Mar-1940	Rockhampton		May Hardcastle [AUS]	1/3	Dorn Mcgill [AUS]	6-1 6-2		0	100.0%
22-Mar-1940	Perth	Grass	Joyce Wood [AUS]	2/3	Mary Omahoney [AUS]	6-0 6-1	Mcnamara, Paterson	0	100.0%
23-Mar-1940	Hobart	Clay	Nell Hopman [AUS]		Thelma Long [AUS]	6-4 3-6 6-1	Berg, Coate	0	100.0%
24-Mar-1940	Bulawayo		L Franklin [RHO]		D Gumpertz [RHO]	6-3 6-1		0	100.0%
25-Mar-1940	Brookline Indoors	Carpet	Kay Winthrop Mckean [USA]		Marjorie Sachs [USA]	6-4 6-3	Madden, Lincoln	0	100.0%
25-Mar-1940	Los Angeles Hillcrest	Hard	Mary Arnold [USA]	2/3	Marjorie Lauderbach [USA]	9-7 2-6 6-1	Bartosh, Bradley	0	94.0%
25-Mar-1940	Manila		Round robin event				Solisa (F), Kamo	0	50.0%
25-Mar-1940	Nuwara Eliya		Doreen Sansoni [SRI]		Sheila Roberts	6-1 6-4	Wijewardena, Fonseka	0	88.0%
26-Mar-1940	Genoa	Clay	Hella Kovac [YUG]	3/4	Annalisa Bossi [ITA]	3-6 6-3 6-0	San Donnino, Somogyi	0	69.0%
28-Mar-1940	Del Monte	Hard	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	1/3	Patricia Canning Todd [USA]	UNK	Winslow	0	100.0%
1-Apr-1940	Palermo	Clay	Annalisa Bossi [ITA]	1/4	Wally San Donnino [ITA]	6-1 6-2	Somogyi, Szilvassy	0	30.0%
7-Apr-1940	California Interclub		Round robin event					0	95.0%
8-Apr-1940	Pinehurst		Alice Mcdonald [USA]		Barbara Nields [USA]	3-6 11-9 6-3	Kelley, Heflin	0	100.0%
8-Apr-1940	Sydney City	Grass	Vivienne Berg [AUS]	1/2	Enid Irwin [AUS]	6-2 1-6 6-3	Vickery, Stebbing	0	100.0%
9-Apr-1940	Taormina	Clay	Annalisa Bossi [ITA]	2/4	Hella Kovac [YUG]	6-3 6-3	Riboli, Schumann	0	41.0%
13-Apr-1940	Beverly Hills	Hard	Dodo Cheney [USA]	1/8	Helen Bernhard [USA]	6-2 7-5	Workman, Purdy	1	100.0%
15-Apr-1940	Rome	Clay	Annalisa Bossi [ITA]	3/4	Ucci Manzutto [ITA]	6-3 1-6 6-4	San Donnino, Kovac	0	52.0%
16-Apr-1940	Houston	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	4/6	Mary Hardwick [GBR]	6-4 5-7 6-2	Wolfenden, Canning Todd	2	87.0%
22-Apr-1940	Asheville		Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	2/8	Helen Pedersen [USA]	5-7 6-2 6-4	Fulton, Wolfenden	1	86.0%
22-Apr-1940	Brisbane	Grass	May Hardcastle [AUS]	2/3	Emily Westacott [AUS]	4-6 6-2 6-2	Mcgill, Niemeyer	0	100.0%
23-Apr-1940	Capri	Clay	Klara Somogyi [HUN]		Hella Kovac [YUG]	6-2 6-1	Manfredi, Berescu	0	33.0%
25-Apr-1940	Ojai	Hard	Dodo Cheney [USA]	2/8	Pauline Betz [USA]	6-4 6-4	Winslow, Arnold	2	100.0%
29-Apr-1940	Budapest Intl	Clay	Zsuzsa Kormoczy [HUN]	1/2	Marta Peterdy [HUN]	6-3 6-0		0	100.0%
29-Apr-1940	Hot Springs		Mary Hardwick [GBR]	3/3	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	6-4 6-3	Knowles, Raymond	0	88.0%
3-May-1940	Geraldton	Clay	Mavis Cooke [AUS]		Mary Paterson [AUS]	6-4 5-7 6-4	Ryan, Hunter	0	100.0%
6-May-1940	Chattanooga		Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	3/8	Mary Hardwick [GBR]	7-5 6-0	Wolfenden, Canning Todd	1	90.0%
6-May-1940	Dublin Hard	Clay	Betty Lombard [IRL]	1/2	Mary Nichols [IRL]	6-1 6-1		0	100.0%
6-May-1940	Nambour		Edie Niemeyer [AUS]	1/2	May Hardcastle [AUS]	2-6 6-4 6-3	Reinke, Lack	0	100.0%
11-May-1940	Berkeley State	Hard	Pauline Betz [USA]	4/6	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	6-3 7-5	Catton, Stanton	1	90.0%
11-May-1940	Buenos Aires River Plate	Clay	Felisa Piedrola [ARG]		Mary Teran De Weiss [ARG]	6-2 7-5	Obarrio, Fitting	0	75.0%
13-May-1940	Brookline State	Grass	Emily Lincoln [USA]		Sissy Madden [USA]	6-2 6-3	Winthrop Mckean, Sachs	0	100.0%
13-May-1940	Kingston		Thora Bado [JAM]		Jean Mcnair [JAM]	6-2 6-1	Leyden	0	100.0%
14-May-1940	Atlanta	Clay	Alice Marble [USA]	1/10	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	6-3 6-3	Wheeler Kelleher, Hardwick	2	93.0%
15-May-1940	Long Beach	Hard	Mary Arnold [USA]	3/3	Helen Bernhard [USA]	6-2 6-3	Lauderbach, Workman	0	100.0%
16-May-1940	Wiesbaden	Clay	Wally San Donnino [ITA]		Vittoria Tonolli [ITA]	6-1 4-6 6-1	Kappel, Bossi	0	50.0%
20-May-1940	New Haven	Grass	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	4/8	Louise Raymond [USA]	7-5 7-5	Lincoln, Barnett	1	100.0%
25-May-1940	Los Angeles SoCal Chps	Hard	Pauline Betz [USA]	5/6	Mary Arnold [USA]	6-0 6-2	Cheney, Stanton	2	87.0%
27-May-1940	Melbourne Hard	Clay	Thelma Long [AUS]	1/4	Alison Baker [AUS]	UNK		0	100.0%
28-May-1940	Singapore 1		Mrs N H Levien [NZL]		Alice Pennefeather [SIN]	4-6 6-1 6-4	Eber, Chia	0	50.0%
29-May-1940	Vienna	Clay	Margarethe Kappel [GER]	1/2	Ursula Rosenow [GER]	8-6 3-6 4-0 RET	Rosenthal, Horn	0	100.0%
1-Jun-1940	Kansas City	Clay	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	2/5	Mary Hardwick [GBR]	6-0 6-2	Canning Todd, Brown Hamilton	0	95.0%
2-Jun-1940	Akron Exho		Round robin event					1	75.0%
3-Jun-1940	Rye Invitational		Barbara Nields [USA]		Louise Raymond [USA]	6-4 6-4	Morrill, Childress	0	100.0%
5-Jun-1940	Leipzig	Clay	Annalisa Bossi [ITA]	4/4	Lisa Fabian [GER]	6-1 4-6 7-5	Muehlberg, Gentsch	0	87.0%
6-Jun-1940	Brookline	Grass	Helen Germaine [USA]	1/2	Edna Steinbach [USA]	6-3 6-1	Sanfilippo, Lopaus	0	100.0%
6-Jun-1940	Hartford	Grass	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	5/8	Marta Barnett [USA]	7-5 6-4	Hirsch, Pedersen	1	100.0%
7-Jun-1940	Dortmund	Clay	Inge Buderus [GER]		Ruth Thiemen [GER]	6-3 6-3	Teudt, Rduch	0	87.0%
7-Jun-1940	Sears Cup		Round robin event					0	95.0%
8-Jun-1940	Mill Valley	Hard	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	2/3	Shirley Catton [USA]	7-5 6-1	Knode, Duncan	0	100.0%
8-Jun-1940	Newton		Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	6/8	Helen Pedersen [USA]	6-2 6-2	Sachs, Madden	1	100.0%
10-Jun-1940	Charlotte	Clay	Doris Hart [USA]		Nellie Sheer [USA]	9-7 6-3	Barnett, Mclennan	0	100.0%
10-Jun-1940	Painesville		Millicent Hirsch [USA]	1/3	Virginia Hollinger [USA]	5-7 6-4 6-4	Lewis, Hubbell	0	100.0%
10-Jun-1940	St. Louis		Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	3/5	Mary Hardwick [GBR]	2-6 6-0 6-1	Arnold, Canning Todd	0	95.0%
10-Jun-1940	Warwick		May Hardcastle [AUS]	3/3	Edie Niemeyer [AUS]	8-6 3-6 7-5	Lack	0	100.0%
11-Jun-1940	Philadelphia Eastern States	Grass	Frances Bancroft [USA]		Dorothy Andrus [USA]	0-6 6-4 6-3	Bancroft, Strobhar	0	95.0%
12-Jun-1940	Wagga Wagga		Thelma Long [AUS]	2/4	Joan Hartigan [AUS]	6-1 6-3	Graham, Booth	0	100.0%
15-Jun-1940	Bristol Exho		Round robin event					1	100.0%
15-Jun-1940	River Forest	Clay	Alice Marble [USA]	2/10	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	7-5 6-0	Wolfenden, Bernhard	2	96.0%
17-Jun-1940	Dublin East Ireland		Betty Lombard [IRL]	2/2	Olive Poole [IRL]	6-3 6-4		0	100.0%
17-Jun-1940	Phliadelphia District	Grass	Helen Jacobs [USA]	1/2	Eunice Dean [USA]	6-2 6-0	Kendig, Lincoln	1	100.0%
18-Jun-1940	Long Island	Clay	Millicent Hirsch [USA]	2/3	Norma Taubele [USA]	6-1 6-2	Germaine, Raymond	0	100.0%
22-Jun-1940	Cincinnati	Clay	Alice Marble [USA]	3/10	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	6-3 6-4	Bernhard, Wolfenden	3	98.0%
22-Jun-1940	San Francisco City	Hard	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	3/3	Evelyn Peyre [USA]	1-6 6-3 6-0	Umphred, Duncan	0	94.0%
24-Jun-1940	Coronado	Hard	Dodo Cheney [USA]	3/8	Louise Brough [USA]	3-6 6-1 6-4	Brooke, Stanton	1	96.0%
24-Jun-1940	Danish Hard	Clay	Hilde Sperling [DEN]	2/2	Else Stockel [DEN]	UNK		0	100.0%
24-Jun-1940	Hackensack		Millicent Hirsch [USA]	3/3	Norma Taubele [USA]	6-0 6-1	Raymond, Dean	0	100.0%
24-Jun-1940	Sydney Metro	Clay	Vivienne Berg [AUS]	2/2	Vera Selwin [AUS]	6-0 6-3		0	100.0%
29-Jun-1940	Evanston		Alice Marble [USA]	4/10	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	6-4 6-3	Wheeler Kelleher, Hardwick	3	95.0%
29-Jun-1940	Montreal		Pauline Bolte [CAN]		Francoise Lacasse [CAN]	6-2 6-4	Renshaw, Porter	0	100.0%
1-Jul-1940	Detroit Public Parks		Flora Lomax [USA]	1/3	Esther Challove [USA]	7-9 6-0 6-2	Hernando, Van Buren	0	100.0%
1-Jul-1940	Ipswich		Emily Westacott [AUS]	1/2	Dorn Mcgill [AUS]	6-0 6-1	Rode, Hanlon	0	100.0%
1-Jul-1940	Portland		Dorothy Knode [USA]	1/2	Helen Gurley [USA]	6-4 4-6 6-2	Greenup, Mayers	0	100.0%
1-Jul-1940	Quebec City		Eleanor Young [CAN]	1/3	Jean Milne [CAN]	6-1 6-1	Bolte, Mcconnell	0	100.0%
6-Jul-1940	Denver	Clay	Dodo Cheney [USA]	4/8	Esther Bartosh [USA]	7-5 6-4	Harland, Moran	1	100.0%
7-Jul-1940	Quebec		Eleanor Young [CAN]	2/3	Jean Milne [CAN]	7-5 7-5	Mcconnell, Bolte	0	100.0%
8-Jul-1940	Dublin	Grass	Dorothy Curley [IRL]	1/2	Olive Poole [IRL]	1-6 6-1 6-3	Goddard, Lombard	0	95.0%
8-Jul-1940	Indianapolis	Clay	Alice Marble [USA]	5/10	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	6-2 8-6	Wheeler Kelleher, Arnold	3	96.0%
8-Jul-1940	Pasadena	Hard	Shirley Catton [USA]		Mary Morganstern [USA]	7-5 6-2	Dupont, Smith	0	100.0%
8-Jul-1940	Philadelphia Middle States	Grass	Helen Bernhard [USA]	2/2	Helen Jacobs [USA]	7-5 8-6	Pedersen, Knowles	2	98.0%
8-Jul-1940	Scotch Plains		Ora Washington [USA]		Frances Gittens [USA]	12-10 6-4	Davis, Grosvenor	0	100.0%
8-Jul-1940	Tacoma		Joanne Brooke [USA]		Helen Wright Chase [USA]	6-2 6-4	Greenup, Harris	0	100.0%
11-Jul-1940	Stuttgart	Clay	Anni Class [GER]		Traute Zahn [GER]	7-5 6-1		0	100.0%
13-Jul-1940	Jackson Heights	Clay	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	4/5	Dodo Cheney [USA]	4-6 6-4 6-3	Hirsch, Canning Todd	2	100.0%
15-Jul-1940	Baltimore	Grass	Alice Marble [USA]	6/10	Pauline Betz [USA]	4-6 6-4 6-0	Scott, Arnold	5	90.0%
15-Jul-1940	Seattle		Helen Gurley [USA]		Joanne Brooke [USA]	6-2 6-0	Knode, Gates	0	91.0%
16-Jul-1940	La Jolla	Hard	Mrs P J Kerr [GBR]		Mignon Sommers [USA]	6-3 6-0	Catton, Smith	0	95.0%
17-Jul-1940	Scheveningen	Clay	Madzy Rollin Couquerque [NED]		Annie Kerckhoff [NED]	6-1 7-5	Knottenbelt, Mechel	0	100.0%
21-Jul-1940	Bastad	Clay	Bibbi Gullbrandsson Sanden [SWE]		Anne Cathrine Hals [SWE]	6-4 6-3		0	100.0%
21-Jul-1940	Darmstadt	Clay	Wettlaufer [GER]		Kautter [GER]	7-5 2-6 6-2		0	100.0%
22-Jul-1940	Seabright	Grass	Alice Marble [USA]	7/10	Mary Hardwick [GBR]	6-2 6-0	Palfrey Cooke, Betz	8	90.0%
22-Jul-1940	Vancouver	Grass	Eleanor Young [CAN]	3/3	Helen Gurley [USA]	8-6 5-7 6-1	Brooke, Gates	0	50.0%
22-Jul-1940	White Sulphur Springs		Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	7/8	Catherine Wolf [USA]	6-0 7-5	Smith, Nolan	1	100.0%
25-Jul-1940	Santa Barbara	Hard	Jacque Virgil [USA]		Peggy Miller [USA]	11-9 6-0	Purdy, Crow	0	96.0%
29-Jul-1940	East Hampton	Grass	Dodo Cheney [USA]	5/8	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	6-2 6-3	Palfrey Cooke, Betz	6	90.0%
29-Jul-1940	Gstaad	Clay	Edith Sutz [SUI]	1/2	Luzia Studer [SUI]	3-6 7-5 6-1		0	100.0%
29-Jul-1940	Singapore 2		Joyce Carter [GBR]		Nellie Chia [CHN]	6-1 6-0		0	50.0%
1-Aug-1940	Sopot	Clay	Ursula Rosenow [GER]	1/2	Inge Schumann [GER]	2-6 6-2 6-2		0	100.0%
3-Aug-1940	Rye	Grass	Alice Marble [USA]	8/10	Helen Jacobs [USA]	6-1 6-0	Wheeler Kelleher, Palfrey Cooke	9	96.0%
5-Aug-1940	Charlottetown		Helen Mcgrady [CAN]		Jean Wright [CAN]	6-4 6-3		0	100.0%
5-Aug-1940	New York Negro Chps		Flora Lomax [USA]	2/3	Frances Gittens [USA]	6-1 6-2	Van Buren, Beavers	0	100.0%
8-Aug-1940	Braunschweig	Clay	Ursula Rosenow [GER]	2/2	Margarethe Kappel [GER]	7-5 6-4	Enger, Cramer	0	96.0%
8-Aug-1940	Noordwijk	Clay	Renate Mechel [NED]		Annie Kerckhoff [NED]	2-6 6-4 9-7	Lubbers, Spit	0	100.0%
8-Aug-1940	Warsaw	Clay	Anni Boehm [GER]		Mauhbach [GER]	6-0 6-0		0	100.0%
12-Aug-1940	Bray		Dorothy Curley [IRL]	2/2	Betty Lombard [IRL]	1-6 6-4 6-2		0	100.0%
12-Aug-1940	Halifax		Dorothy Round [GBR]		Mrs Gordon Lewis [CAN]	6-4 6-0	Woodbury, Wright	0	85.0%
12-Aug-1940	Manchester-on-Sea	Grass	Alice Marble [USA]	9/10	Pauline Betz [USA]	6-2 6-2	Palfrey Cooke, Hardwick	7	93.0%
15-Aug-1940	Brisbane Carnival	Grass	Emily Westacott [AUS]	2/2	Edie Niemeyer [AUS]	6-4 4-6 6-0	Hartigan, Hardcastle	0	87.0%
15-Aug-1940	Erie		Shirley Fry [USA]	1/3	Melva Freed [USA]	6-2 6-3	Farrar	0	100.0%
15-Aug-1940	Leukerbad	Clay	Alice Dreyfus [USA]		Luzia Studer [SUI]	9-7 6-1		0	50.0%
16-Aug-1940	Bratislava	Clay	Markowic [SVK]		Teny [SVK]	2-6 6-1 6-0		0	100.0%
16-Aug-1940	Darmstadt Southwest	Clay	Annemarie Debusmann [GER]		Else Mueller [GER]	6-0 6-2		0	100.0%
19-Aug-1940	Akron		Shirley Fry [USA]	2/3	Janet Witwer [USA]	6-1 6-2	Hershey, Allan	0	100.0%
19-Aug-1940	Budapest Hungarian Intl	Clay	Zsuzsa Kormoczy [HUN]	2/2	Klara Somogyi [HUN]	6-2 6-2		0	100.0%
19-Aug-1940	Cincinnati Natl Parks		Helen Germaine [USA]	2/2	Merceina Weiss [USA]	6-4 6-3	Barnett, Briscoe	0	100.0%
19-Aug-1940	Moscow	Clay	Galina Ivanova [URS]		Nadezhda Belonenko [URS]	7-5 6-1		0	100.0%
19-Aug-1940	Stockholm	Clay	Lilleba Hals [SWE]		Bibbi Gullbrandsson Sanden [SWE]	7-5 6-3		0	100.0%
19-Aug-1940	Wilberforce ATA Chps	Clay	Agnes Lawson [USA]		Kathryn Irvis Jones [USA]	6-4 3-6 6-4	Peters, Ballard	0	100.0%
20-Aug-1940	Zurich	Clay	Edith Sutz [SUI]	2/2	Pierrette Dubois [SUI]	8-6 3-6 6-3		0	100.0%
22-Aug-1940	Brno	Clay	Margarethe Kappel [GER]	2/2	Ursula Rosenow [GER]	0-6 6-2 7-5		0	100.0%
23-Aug-1940	Santander	Clay	Lili De Alvarez [ESP]		Josefa De Chavarri [ESP]	6-0 2-6 6-3		0	100.0%
24-Aug-1940	Santa Monica		Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	8/8	Jacque Virgil [USA]	7-5 6-4	Hard, Purdy	1	100.0%
25-Aug-1940	Lausanne Closed	Clay	Walthard [SUI]		Courvoisier [SUI]	6-3 6-3		0	100.0%
25-Aug-1940	Zagreb	Clay	Hella Kovac [YUG]	4/4	Alice Florian [GER]	6-2 5-7 6-4		0	50.0%
26-Aug-1940	Phliadelphia Natl Girls	Grass	Louise Brough [USA]	1/2	Pearl Harland [USA]	6-2 6-3	Hart, Canning Todd	0	100.0%
31-Aug-1940	Johannesburg Transvaal Chps		Sheila Piercey Summers [RSA]		Bonnie Jackson [RSA]	6-4 6-4	Van Niekerk, Austin	0	100.0%
2-Sep-1940	US National Championships	Grass	Alice Marble [USA]	10/10	Helen Jacobs [USA]	6-2 6-3	Hardwick, Scott	8	92.0%
2-Sep-1940	Varese	Clay	Edith Szilvassy [HUN]		Lucia Manfredi [ITA]	7-5 6-4	San Donnino, Jusits	0	50.0%
5-Sep-1940	Detroit Motor City		Flora Lomax [USA]	3/3	Helen Zucke [USA]	6-1 6-1		0	100.0%
5-Sep-1940	Huntington Valley		Shirley Fry [USA]	3/3	Virginia Redford [USA]	6-3 10-8	Morris, Rhoades	0	100.0%
7-Sep-1940	Stockton	Hard	Dorothy Knode [USA]	2/2	Margaret Jessee [USA]	6-1 6-3	Gurley, Wolfenden	0	100.0%
10-Sep-1940	Milan	Clay	Elsa Riboli [ITA]		Ursula Rosenow [GER]	6-4 2-6 7-5	Quintavalle, Manfredi	0	62.0%
12-Sep-1940	Los Angeles Pac Southwest	Hard	Dodo Cheney [USA]	6/8	Valerie Scott [GBR]	6-3 6-3	Hardwick, Wheeler Kelleher	5	93.0%
13-Sep-1940	Baden	Clay	Weihe [GER]		Mrs Rduch [SUI]	W/O		0	50.0%
16-Sep-1940	Merano	Clay	Tournament not completed					0	62.0%
23-Sep-1940	Dubbo	Clay	Joan Hartigan [AUS]	3/3	Alison Baker [AUS]	6-4 6-3		0	100.0%
24-Sep-1940	Lugano	Clay	Schmitz Otto [SUI]		Walthard [SUI]	6-0 4-6 6-4		0	100.0%
26-Sep-1940	Berkeley Pac Coast		Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	5/5	Helen Jacobs [USA]	6-4 6-2	Hardwick, Scott	4	95.0%
30-Sep-1940	Lausanne	Clay	Dumuid [SUI]		Jacqueline Weiss [SUI]	6-4 0-6 6-3		0	100.0%
27-Oct-1940	Manila Indoors	Carpet	Liberty Solisa [PHI]		Estrella Alburo [PHI]	7-5 7-9 6-4		0	100.0%
28-Oct-1940	Brisbane Carnival 2		Edie Niemeyer [AUS]	2/2	Pearl Stern [AUS]	6-3 -26 6-2		0	100.0%
28-Oct-1940	Sydney Cumberland	Grass	Thelma Long [AUS]	3/4	Alison Hattersley [AUS]	9-7 6-3	Berg, Jenkins	0	100.0%
2-Nov-1940	Buenos Aires	Clay	Dodo Cheney [USA]	7/8	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	6-1 4-6 6-3	Teran De Weiss, Piedrola	2	66.0%
3-Nov-1940	Buenos Aires USA vs ARG		Round robin event					2	50.0%
9-Nov-1940	Sydney	Grass	Thelma Long [AUS]	4/4	Vivienne Berg [AUS]	6-3 6-1	Hopman, Stebbing	0	100.0%
24-Nov-1940	Paris Indoors	Carpet	Cecile Bertrand [FRA]		Paulette Mellerio [FRA]	6-3 6-3		0	100.0%
28-Nov-1940	Lakeland		Pauline Betz [USA]	6/6	Marta Barnett [USA]	6-1 6-0	Ogden, Sheer	1	100.0%
28-Nov-1940	Montevideo		Dodo Cheney [USA]	8/8	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	6-4 7-9 6-3	Stanton, De Rodriguez	2	75.0%
2-Dec-1940	Melbourne War Fund	Grass	Nancye Wynne Bolton [AUS]	3/3	Thelma Long [AUS]	7-5 2-6 6-3	Hopman, Stevenson	0	100.0%
5-Dec-1940	Rio de Janeiro	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	5/6	Dodo Cheney [USA]	6-8 6-3 6-3		2	100.0%
14-Dec-1940	Rio de Janeiro Fluminense	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	6/6	Dodo Cheney [USA]	6-2 6-1	Monteath	2	75.0%
21-Dec-1940	Los Angeles Mid-Winter	Hard	Louise Brough [USA]	2/2	Gertrude Dockstader [USA]	6-1 8-6	Arnold, Duvall	0	100.0%
21-Dec-1940	Perth City	Grass	Joyce Wood [AUS]	3/3	Valerie Watts [AUS]	6-0 6-0	Edwards, Earle	0	100.0%
26-Dec-1940	Adelaide	Grass	Gwen Thiele [AUS]		Rosemary Rees [AUS]	6-4 6-4	Weston, Skinner	0	100.0%
26-Dec-1940	Brookline Natl Juniors Indoors	Carpet	Dorothy Wightman [USA]		Lilian Lopaus [USA]	3-6 6-4 6-2	Pratt, Myers	0	100.0%
26-Dec-1940	Port Elizabeth	Clay	Joy Wood [RSA]		Joan Scott [RSA]	6-4 3-6 9-7	Malan, Pudnim	0	100.0%
26-Dec-1940	Sydney Manly	Grass	Alison Hattersley [AUS]	2/2	Joan Hartigan [AUS]	6-4 2-6 6-3	Stebbing, Fitch	0	100.0%

 

1940 Year-End Elo Rankings    Intro to Elo | Current Elo rankings | Top

Historical women's Elo ratings are provisional as more data is continually added. Surface ratings are particularly susceptible to limited data.

Rank	Player	Age	Titles	W-L	Elo	hElo Rank	hElo	cElo Rank	cElo	gElo Rank	gElo	iElo Rank	iElo
1	Alice Marble [USA]	27	10	51-0	2358.5			1	2097.4	1	2280.7
2	Helen Jacobs [USA]	32	2	30-5	2073.9					2	2009.8
3	Dodo Cheney [USA]	24	8	51-9	1992.5	1	1862.6	5	1816.4	4	1891.7
4	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	28	6	47-11	1987.7	6	1728.2	2	1857.6	3	1913.7	1	1774.5
5	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	26	8	63-13	1984.3	2	1836.9	3	1855.8	5	1881.3	2	1753.8
6	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	22	5	57-15	1980.1	4	1759.7	4	1855.2	9	1813.6
7	Helen Bernhard [USA]		2	30-9	1921.2	5	1737.7	7	1777.5	7	1844.5
8	Pauline Betz [USA]	21	6	62-12	1917.2	3	1809.7	6	1800.3	6	1858.1	3	1678.8
9	Mary Hardwick [GBR]	27	3	59-21	1911.2	8	1697.2	8	1766.0	8	1841.9
10	Thelma Long [AUS]	22	4	20-4	1851.7			9	1688.5	11	1792.4
11	Valerie Scott [GBR]	22	0	23-13	1814.5	10	1654.9	13	1635.1	10	1793.3
12	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	22	3	26-10	1794.9	7	1713.1			12	1709.5
13	Mary Arnold [USA]	24	3	34-16	1787.4	9	1689.9	12	1637.0	13	1661.6
14	Helen Pedersen [USA]	24	0	20-16	1733.6			15	1575.6	14	1649.5
15	Millicent Hirsch [USA]		3	24-13	1717.2			14	1621.6	19	1543.4	4	1593.7
16	Annalisa Bossi [ITA]	25	4	19-4	1713.0			10	1682.6
17	Hope Knowles [USA]		0	13-7	1711.0					15	1636.1
18	Louise Brough [USA]	17	2	20-9	1705.2	11	1592.2			16	1610.9
19	Hella Kovac [YUG]	29	4	18-5	1692.5			11	1651.7
20	Marta Barnett [USA]	22	0	12-9	1678.6			17	1551.9	20	1518.3

 

1940 Elo Number Ones    Intro to Elo | Current Elo rankings | Top

Players who held the #1 position this season. (Historical women's Elo ratings are provisional as more data is continually added.)

Player	Start	End	Consecutive Weeks	Preceded By	Followed By
Alice Marble [USA]	26-Jun-1939	21-Jul-1941	109	Hilde Sperling	Sarah Palfrey Cooke

 

Top Player Stats    Top

Detailed won-loss records for the 30 most active players. (Surface not known for all tournaments, and "carpet" includes a variety of other indoor surfaces, such as wood and tiles.)

Player	Events	Matches	W-L	W%	Finals	W-L	W%	3 Sets	W-L	W%	Hard	W-L	W%	Clay	W-L	W%	Grass	W-L	W%	Carpet	W-L	W%
Alice Marble [USA]	11	51	51-0	100.0%	10	10-0	100.0%	6	6-0	100.0%	0	0-0	-	18	18-0	100.0%	28	28-0	100.0%	0	0-0	-
Helen Jacobs [USA]	7	35	30-5	85.7%	6	2-4	33.0%	2	2-0	100.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-	30	25-5	83.0%	0	0-0	-
Dodo Cheney [USA]	18	60	51-9	85.0%	12	8-4	66.0%	14	9-5	64.0%	25	23-2	92.0%	16	13-3	81.0%	19	15-4	78.0%	0	0-0	-
Pauline Betz [USA]	18	74	62-12	83.8%	13	6-7	46.0%	12	8-4	66.0%	12	11-1	91.0%	28	24-4	85.0%	28	21-7	75.0%	5	4-1	80.0%
Thelma Long [AUS]	8	24	20-4	83.3%	8	4-4	50.0%	6	3-3	50.0%	0	0-0	-	5	4-1	80.0%	17	13-4	76.0%	0	0-0	-
Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	21	76	63-13	82.9%	12	8-4	66.0%	11	9-2	81.0%	6	3-3	50.0%	22	17-5	77.0%	18	15-3	83.0%	4	3-1	75.0%
Annalisa Bossi [ITA]	8	23	19-4	82.6%	6	4-2	66.0%	7	4-3	57.0%	0	0-0	-	24	20-4	83.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-
Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	18	58	47-11	81.0%	11	6-5	54.0%	12	8-4	66.0%	2	1-1	50.0%	24	21-3	87.0%	20	15-5	75.0%	6	6-0	100.0%
Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	21	72	57-15	79.2%	8	5-3	62.0%	12	6-6	50.0%	7	6-1	85.0%	30	25-5	83.0%	16	11-5	68.0%	0	0-0	-
Hella Kovac [YUG]	9	23	18-5	78.3%	6	4-2	66.0%	7	4-3	57.0%	0	0-0	-	23	18-5	78.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-
Helen Bernhard [USA]	11	39	30-9	76.9%	4	2-2	50.0%	7	4-3	57.0%	10	8-2	80.0%	8	6-2	75.0%	23	18-5	78.0%	0	0-0	-
Mary Hardwick [GBR]	24	80	59-21	73.8%	9	3-6	33.0%	19	7-12	36.0%	4	3-1	75.0%	37	28-9	75.0%	21	16-5	76.0%	0	0-0	-
Jacque Virgil [USA]	9	26	19-7	73.1%	2	1-1	50.0%	3	2-1	66.0%	22	16-6	72.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-
Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	13	36	26-10	72.2%	4	3-1	75.0%	6	2-4	33.0%	20	17-3	85.0%	0	0-0	-	12	7-5	58.0%	0	0-0	-
Louise Brough [USA]	11	29	20-9	69.0%	3	2-1	66.0%	5	2-3	40.0%	13	10-3	76.0%	0	0-0	-	18	12-6	66.0%	0	0-0	-
Mary Arnold [USA]	19	50	34-16	68.0%	4	3-1	75.0%	12	10-2	83.0%	22	17-5	77.0%	10	7-3	70.0%	12	6-6	50.0%	0	0-0	-
Millicent Hirsch [USA]	16	37	24-13	64.9%	3	3-0	100.0%	4	4-0	100.0%	0	0-0	-	13	9-4	69.0%	7	2-5	28.0%	4	3-1	75.0%
Valerie Scott [GBR]	13	36	23-13	63.9%	1	0-1	0.0%	10	8-2	80.0%	8	6-2	75.0%	10	5-5	50.0%	15	10-5	66.0%	0	0-0	-
Patricia Canning Todd [USA]	22	57	36-21	63.2%	2	0-2	0.0%	7	2-5	28.0%	6	3-3	50.0%	21	14-7	66.0%	18	12-6	66.0%	0	0-0	-
Eunice Dean [USA]	11	29	18-11	62.1%	3	1-2	33.0%	1	0-1	0.0%	0	0-0	-	3	1-2	33.0%	23	15-8	65.0%	0	0-0	-
Sissy Madden [USA]	11	26	16-10	61.5%	1	0-1	0.0%	1	0-1	0.0%	0	0-0	-	2	1-1	50.0%	15	9-6	60.0%	2	1-1	50.0%
Barbara Nields [USA]	10	23	14-9	60.9%	3	1-2	33.0%	2	0-2	0.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-	12	5-7	41.0%	0	0-0	-
Louise Raymond [USA]	17	38	22-16	57.9%	2	0-2	0.0%	5	4-1	80.0%	0	0-0	-	9	5-4	55.0%	12	5-7	41.0%	4	2-2	50.0%
Emily Lincoln [USA]	13	28	16-12	57.1%	1	1-0	100.0%	4	3-1	75.0%	0	0-0	-	4	2-2	50.0%	20	13-7	65.0%	3	2-1	66.0%
Marta Barnett [USA]	10	21	12-9	57.1%	3	0-3	0.0%	2	1-1	50.0%	0	0-0	-	9	5-4	55.0%	7	3-4	42.0%	0	0-0	-
Jane Stanton [USA]	11	25	14-11	56.0%	0	0-0	-	8	4-4	50.0%	16	10-6	62.0%	11	6-5	54.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-
Helen Pedersen [USA]	16	36	20-16	55.6%	2	0-2	0.0%	5	3-2	60.0%	0	0-0	-	9	4-5	44.0%	20	12-8	60.0%	0	0-0	-
Nina Brown Hamilton [USA]	18	38	20-18	52.6%	0	0-0	-	5	1-4	20.0%	0	0-0	-	21	13-8	61.0%	9	4-5	44.0%	0	0-0	-
Barbara Bradley [USA]	12	21	9-12	42.9%	0	0-0	-	2	0-2	0.0%	10	5-5	50.0%	2	1-1	50.0%	10	4-6	40.0%	0	0-0	-
Catherine Malcolm [USA]	12	21	9-12	42.9%	1	0-1	0.0%	3	0-3	0.0%	8	4-4	50.0%	3	2-1	66.0%	7	1-6	14.0%	0	0-0	-

 

Most Common Head-to-Heads    Top

Meetings	Player	Opponent	Wins	Losses	Win Percentage	Finals
8	Virginia Wolfenden	Mary Hardwick	7	1	87.5%	2
8	Pauline Betz	Mary Hardwick	4	4	50.0%	2
5	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher	Virginia Wolfenden	3	2	60.0%	0
5	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher	Alice Marble	0	5	0.0%	2
5	Virginia Wolfenden	Alice Marble	0	5	0.0%	3
5	Dodo Cheney	Mary Arnold	5	0	100.0%	0
5	Dodo Cheney	Sarah Palfrey Cooke	3	2	60.0%	4
4	Mary Hardwick	Emily Lincoln	4	0	100.0%	0
4	Patricia Canning Todd	Mary Hardwick	0	4	0.0%	0
4	Ursula Rosenow	Margarethe Kappel	1	3	25.0%	3
4	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher	Mary Hardwick	3	1	75.0%	2
4	Pauline Betz	Sarah Palfrey Cooke	1	3	25.0%	4
4	Helen Pedersen	Virginia Wolfenden	1	3	25.0%	0

 

Country Rankings    Top

How players from the strongest nations fared in international competition.

Country	vs Others: Matches	Wins	Losses	Win Perc	Finals	Wins	Losses	Win Perc	vs Self: Matches	Finals	Diff Titlists	Diff Finalists	Diff Players
Australia	14	12	2	85.7%	0	0	0	-	168	28	13	24	111
Yugoslavia	22	17	5	77.3%	6	4	2	66.7%	1	0	1	1	2
United Kingdom	152	102	50	67.1%	13	6	7	46.2%	1	0	4	5	15
Hungary	38	23	15	60.5%	2	2	0	100.0%	3	2	3	4	5
Italy	75	38	37	50.7%	6	3	3	50.0%	28	3	3	6	28
United States	206	94	112	45.6%	14	9	5	64.3%	1341	77	34	68	726
Romania	8	3	5	37.5%	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	1
Germany	46	16	30	34.8%	5	1	4	20.0%	48	10	9	18	50
Singapore	6	2	4	33.3%	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	1	3
France	7	2	5	28.6%	1	0	1	0.0%	1	1	1	3	4
Canada	19	5	14	26.3%	2	1	1	50.0%	19	4	3	7	24
New Zealand	8	2	6	25.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	6	0	1	1	13
Argentina	9	2	7	22.2%	0	0	0	-	3	1	1	2	6
Switzerland	5	1	4	20.0%	2	0	2	0.0%	5	5	4	9	9
Bermuda	15	1	14	6.7%	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	13

 

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