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The Majors   

Date	Tournament	Surface	Winner	Finalist	Score	Semifinalists
30-Aug-1941	US National Championships	Grass	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	Pauline Betz [USA]	7-5 6-2	Jacobs, Osborne Dupont

 

Top Performances    Top

Titles	Pauline Betz (11)
Finals	Pauline Betz (15)
Match Wins	Pauline Betz (72)
Match Win Percentage	Pauline Betz (91.1%)	(minimum 40 matches)
Three-Set Wins	Pauline Betz (13)
Three-Set Win Percentage	Sarah Palfrey Cooke (72.7%)	(minimum 10 three-set matches)
Three-Set Matches Played	Pauline Betz (18)
Total Matches Played	Pauline Betz (79)
Events Played	Dodo Cheney (19)

 

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-1941	Cape Town		Mary Muller [RSA]		Billie Tapscott [RSA]	6-3 2-6 6-4	Hawkins, Anderson	0	100.0%
4-Jan-1941	Baroda		Leela Row [IND]	1/2	Meher Dubash [IND]	6-4 6-1	Sansoni, Woodbridge	0	66.0%
6-Jan-1941	Tampa	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	1/11	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	6-4 6-3	Hart, Dean	2	100.0%
12-Jan-1941	Bombay	Clay	Mrs R Johnstone [IND]		Phyllis De Lima [IND]	6-3 8-6		0	100.0%
13-Jan-1941	Orlando	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	1/10	Doris Hart [USA]	6-3 6-3	Keller, Cheney	3	100.0%
19-Jan-1941	Copenhagen	Carpet	Hilde Sperling [DEN]		Lilleba Hals [SWE]	7-5 6-2		0	50.0%
20-Jan-1941	St. Petersburg	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	2/10	Dodo Cheney [USA]	7-5 6-1	Dean, Gray	2	100.0%
30-Jan-1941	Palm Springs	Hard	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	1/3	Barbara Bradley [USA]	7-5 6-2	Arnold, Stanton	2	87.0%
1-Feb-1941	Killara		Joan Hartigan [AUS]		Clare Proctor [AUS]	7-9 7-5 6-1	Harkness, Hattersley	0	100.0%
3-Feb-1941	West Palm Beach	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	2/11	Dodo Cheney [USA]	6-4 6-1	Raymond, Palfrey Cooke	3	100.0%
10-Feb-1941	Fort Lauderdale	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	3/10	Doris Hart [USA]	6-3 6-0	Betz, Raymond	3	92.0%
11-Feb-1941	Bombay Western India Chps		Leela Row [IND]	2/2	Khanum Singh [IND]	6-3 6-3		0	100.0%
13-Feb-1941	Manila		Liberty Solisa [PHI]		Estrella Alburo [PHI]	6-0 6-3	Ampon, Juban	0	100.0%
15-Feb-1941	San Francisco Indoors	Carpet	Patricia Canning Todd [USA]	1/2	Shirley Catton [USA]	6-2 6-3	Wolfenden, Thompson	1	92.0%
22-Feb-1941	Coral Gables	Clay	Round robin event					2	100.0%
24-Feb-1941	Jacksonville	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	3/11	Dodo Cheney [USA]	6-4 11-9	Winthrop Mckean, Palfrey Cooke	3	100.0%
22-Mar-1941	Los Angeles Hillcrest	Hard	Mary Arnold [USA]	1/4	Catherine Malcolm [USA]	6-1 6-1	Brough, Stanton	0	94.0%
24-Mar-1941	Brookline Natl Indoors	Carpet	Pauline Betz [USA]	4/11	Dodo Cheney [USA]	6-1 10-12 6-2	Hubbell, Winthrop Mckean	2	100.0%
27-Mar-1941	Hamburg Indoors	Carpet	Ursula Heidtmann [GER]		Lotte Tegtmeyer [GER]	6-4 4-6 6-4		0	100.0%
3-Apr-1941	Taft		Louise Snow [USA]		Gail Ralston [USA]	9-7 6-4	Garrould, Eddinger	0	100.0%
10-Apr-1941	Del Monte	Hard	Patricia Canning Todd [USA]	2/2	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	6-3 6-3	Krase, Catton	0	100.0%
12-Apr-1941	Launceston	Grass	Molly Turner [AUS]		Gwen Sykes [AUS]	6-3 6-2	Milledge, White	0	100.0%
14-Apr-1941	Nuwara Eliya	Clay	Sheila Roberts		Audrey Scharenguivel [SRI]	9-7 6-4	Fonseka, Wijewardena	0	83.0%
17-Apr-1941	Beverly Hills		Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	2/3	Barbara Bradley [USA]	6-1 6-1	Brough, Harland	2	100.0%
17-Apr-1941	Houston	Clay	Dodo Cheney [USA]	1/2	Pauline Betz [USA]	5-7 6-4 11-9	Dean, Gladman	2	100.0%
24-Apr-1941	Ojai	Hard	Mary Arnold [USA]	2/4	Louise Brough [USA]	6-2 3-6 6-1	Kerr, Wheeler Kelleher	1	90.0%
26-Apr-1941	San Francisco Bay Counties	Hard	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	1/3	Shirley Catton [USA]	6-3 11-9	Knode, Wolfenden	1	100.0%
1-May-1941	Chattanooga		Pauline Betz [USA]	5/11	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	9-7 1-6 9-7	Davenport, Vinson	2	100.0%
6-May-1941	Dublin Hard	Clay	Dorothy Curley [IRL]		Betty Lombard [IRL]	1-6 6-3 6-2		0	100.0%
10-May-1941	San Francisco State	Hard	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	3/3	Patricia Canning Todd [USA]	6-8 6-2 6-1	Hover Rose, Osborne Dupont	2	96.0%
11-May-1941	Buenos Aires River Plate	Clay	Mary Teran De Weiss [ARG]		Felisa Piedrola [ARG]	6-4 7-5	Pauwels, Obarrio	0	100.0%
12-May-1941	Long Beach	Grass	Louise Brough [USA]	1/4	Pearl Harland [USA]	6-1 1-6 7-5	Kerr, Miller	0	90.0%
15-May-1941	Barcelona	Clay	Josefa De Chavarri [ESP]		Isabel Maier [ESP]	6-4 6-1		0	100.0%
15-May-1941	Bermuda		Gladys Hutchings [BER]	1/2	Babs Freisenbruch [BER]	5-7 6-3 7-5	West, Thurling Blackwell	0	100.0%
17-May-1941	Los Angeles SoCal Chps	Hard	Louise Brough [USA]	2/4	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher [USA]	4-6 6-2 6-4	Bradley, Arnold	1	95.0%
26-May-1941	New Haven	Grass	Hope Knowles [USA]		Millicent Hirsch [USA]	6-2 5-7 7-5	Barnett, Raymond	0	100.0%
2-Jun-1941	Hartford	Grass	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	4/10	Millicent Hirsch [USA]	2-6 6-1 6-0	Barnett, Lincoln	1	100.0%
2-Jun-1941	Kansas City	Clay	Dodo Cheney [USA]	2/2	Pauline Betz [USA]	6-2 2-6 6-3	Malcolm, Arnold	2	100.0%
5-Jun-1941	Bratislava Intl	Clay	Steinova [SVK]		Miffekova [SVK]	6-1 6-0	Kregarova, Zmilova	0	100.0%
6-Jun-1941	Sears Cup	Carpet	Round robin event					0	100.0%
9-Jun-1941	Haverford	Grass	Helen Jacobs [USA]		Hope Knowles [USA]	6-0 6-1	Pedersen, Strobhar	1	100.0%
12-Jun-1941	Milwaukee		Mary Arnold [USA]	3/4	Catherine Wolf [USA]	6-1 6-3		0	100.0%
12-Jun-1941	Racine		Catherine Malcolm [USA]		Geraldine Leitner [USA]	6-3 6-1	Lewis, Mcdonald	0	100.0%
12-Jun-1941	Rye Invitational		Louise Raymond [USA]		Mariette Arguimbeau [USA]	6-3 6-3		0	100.0%
12-Jun-1941	Singapore		Jean Carter [SIN]		Margaret Stokes [SIN]	6-4 6-3		0	100.0%
13-Jun-1941	Dresden Sectional	Clay	Forster [GER]		Heidrich [GER]	6-2 6-3		0	100.0%
13-Jun-1941	Frankfurt	Clay	Annemarie Debusmann [GER]		Else Mueller [GER]	6-3 6-8 6-3		0	100.0%
14-Jun-1941	River Forest	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	6/11	Mary Arnold [USA]	6-3 6-1	Hart, Bradley	2	100.0%
15-Jun-1941	New York Exho		Round robin event					2	50.0%
16-Jun-1941	Philadelphia District	Grass	Bunny Vosters [USA]		Hope Knowles [USA]	6-2 5-7 6-2	Welsh, Riegel	0	100.0%
17-Jun-1941	Woodmere	Clay	Millicent Hirsch [USA]	1/2	Helen Germaine [USA]	8-6 7-5	Raymond, Taubele	0	100.0%
23-Jun-1941	Cincinnati	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	7/11	Mary Arnold [USA]	6-4 6-3	Stanton, Bernhard	2	100.0%
23-Jun-1941	Coronado Juniors	Hard	Louise Brough [USA]	3/4	Dorothy Knode [USA]	6-0 6-3	Donnelly, Catton	1	97.0%
23-Jun-1941	Des Moines District		Virginia Swain [USA]		Doris Popple [USA]	6-1 6-4	Dunn Gibson, Peterson	0	100.0%
23-Jun-1941	Lausanne Closed	Clay	Walthard [SUI]		Schmitt [SUI]	6-4 7-5		0	100.0%
23-Jun-1941	Paris	Clay	Paulette Mellerio [FRA]		Marguerite Lebailly [FRA]	6-3 4-6 8-6	Seghers, Pannetier	0	100.0%
24-Jun-1941	Hackensack	Grass	Millicent Hirsch [USA]	2/2	Norma Taubele [USA]	6-2 6-0	Hammett, Germaine	0	100.0%
24-Jun-1941	Zurich	Clay	Pierrette Dubois [SUI]	1/3	Edith Sutz [SUI]	6-0 6-0	Studer, Fischbach	0	100.0%
26-Jun-1941	Coronado	Hard	Louise Brough [USA]	4/4	Dodo Cheney [USA]	6-2 9-11 6-2	Harland, Krase	2	96.0%
28-Jun-1941	Jackson Heights	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	5/10	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	6-1 6-1	Canning Todd, Osborne Dupont	3	100.0%
30-Jun-1941	Denver	Clay	Nina Brown Hamilton [USA]		Dodo Cheney [USA]	8-6 7-5	Morganstern, Metcalf	1	100.0%
30-Jun-1941	Detroit Public Parks		Flora Lomax [USA]	1/5	Mary Hernando [USA]	6-1 6-4	Van Buren, Schumacher	0	100.0%
30-Jun-1941	Evanston		Mary Arnold [USA]	4/4	Catherine Wolf [USA]	6-3 8-6		1	100.0%
30-Jun-1941	Louisville		Doris Hart [USA]		Pauline Betz [USA]	8-6 4-6 6-3	Bradley, Sheer	1	100.0%
30-Jun-1941	Louisville Juniors		Shirley Fry [USA]		Doris Hart [USA]	3-6 6-4 6-4	Morton, Sheer	0	100.0%
7-Jul-1941	Dublin	Grass	Mary Nichols [IRL]		Barbara Good [IRL]	6-3 6-0	Lombard, Poole	0	95.0%
7-Jul-1941	Indianapolis	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	8/11	Dodo Cheney [USA]	9-7 4-6 6-3	Wolfenden, Arnold	4	100.0%
7-Jul-1941	Omaha		Frances Grossnickle [USA]		Mickie Mcpherson [USA]	6-4 4-6 6-1	Popple, Greenman	0	100.0%
7-Jul-1941	Philadelphia Middle States	Grass	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	6/10	Helen Jacobs [USA]	6-3 6-2	Osborne Dupont, Bernhard	3	100.0%
14-Jul-1941	Carrickmines	Grass	Betty Lombard [IRL]		Sally Lister [GBR]	6-3 3-6 6-4		0	50.0%
14-Jul-1941	Scheveningen		Madzy Rollin Couquerque [NED]		Eliane Scholten [NED]	4-6 6-2 6-1	Mechel, Terwindt	0	100.0%
15-Jul-1941	Iowa State		Mickie Mcpherson [USA]		Virginia Swain [USA]	6-1 6-3	Popple, Lewis	0	100.0%
17-Jul-1941	Tacoma		Dorothy Knode [USA]		Daphne Buckell [USA]	6-3 6-3	Brooke, Gurley	0	100.0%
18-Jul-1941	Burgenstock	Clay	Lucie Gansser [SUI]		Rita Rampinelli [SUI]	6-1 3-6 6-4		0	100.0%
18-Jul-1941	Vienna	Clay	Hilde Doleschell [TCH]	1/2	Helga Wallner [AUT]	7-5 4-6 6-4	Butula, Grob	0	75.0%
19-Jul-1941	Chicago		Margaret Stiel [USA]		Helen Fulton [USA]	7-5 6-3		0	100.0%
21-Jul-1941	Clayton		Merceina Weiss [USA]	1/2	Maxine Richardson [USA]	6-1 3-6 6-3	Langenberg, Hulbert	0	100.0%
21-Jul-1941	Seabright	Grass	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	7/10	Helen Bernhard [USA]	6-8 6-2 7-5	Cheney, Jacobs	7	100.0%
21-Jul-1941	White Sulphur Springs		Catherine Wolf [USA]		Helen Marlowe [USA]	6-3 6-3		0	100.0%
22-Jul-1941	Detroit City		Pearl Peterson [USA]		Flora Lomax [USA]	6-4 7-5	Hoxie, Blackman	0	100.0%
23-Jul-1941	Sydney Metro	Clay	Joyce Fitch [AUS]	1/2	Clare Proctor [AUS]	4-6 6-4 6-3	Hayes, Jenkins	0	100.0%
24-Jul-1941	Flims	Clay	Luzia Studer [SUI]		Jacqueline Weiss [SUI]	6-2 6-1	Van Der Stock, Candrian	0	100.0%
28-Jul-1941	East Hampton	Grass	Pauline Betz [USA]	9/11	Hope Knowles [USA]	6-2 6-1	Cheney, Brough	7	93.0%
28-Jul-1941	St. Joseph		Merceina Weiss [USA]	2/2	Betty Hulbert [USA]	6-2 6-1	Langenberg, Horras	0	100.0%
29-Jul-1941	Gstaad		Jacqueline Weiss [SUI]		Jacky [SUI]	UNK		0	100.0%
29-Jul-1941	Tournoi de France	Clay	Alice Weiwers [LUX]	1/2	Anne Marie Seghers [FRA]	6-0 6-2	Mellerio, Pannetier	0	86.0%
31-Jul-1941	Kuala Lumpur		Joyce Carter [GBR]		Gwendoline Allin [GBR]	6-3 6-4		0	100.0%
31-Jul-1941	Montana	Clay	Pierrette Dubois [SUI]	2/3	Van Lennep [SUI]	7-5 6-2		0	100.0%
2-Aug-1941	Rye	Grass	Pauline Betz [USA]	10/11	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	2-6 8-6 7-5	Arnold, Cheney	8	96.0%
4-Aug-1941	Crans-sur-Sierre	Clay	Colette Muret [FRA]		Chevalley [SUI]	6-2 6-1		0	50.0%
4-Aug-1941	Livorno	Clay	Lucia Manfredi [ITA]		Ida Quintavalle [ITA]	7-5 6-3	Tonolli, San Donnino	0	100.0%
4-Aug-1941	New York Negro Chps		Flora Lomax [USA]	2/5	Margaret Peters [USA]	6-3 6-3	Peters	0	100.0%
5-Aug-1941	Geneva	Clay	Pierrette Dubois [SUI]	3/3	Edith Sutz [SUI]	6-4 4-6 6-1	Trolliet, Rampinelli	0	100.0%
7-Aug-1941	Braunschweig	Clay	Ursula Rosenow [GER]		Margarethe Kappel [GER]	6-1 2-6 6-4	Doleschell, Thiemen	0	92.0%
9-Aug-1941	Los Angeles Industrial	Hard	Elsie Gabel [USA]		Shirley Brockman [USA]	6-4 6-1	Dockstader	0	100.0%
10-Aug-1941	Portschach	Clay	Hilde Doleschell [TCH]	2/2	Gaeck Stein [GER]	6-1 6-3		0	50.0%
11-Aug-1941	Manchester-on-Sea	Grass	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	2/3	Helen Bernhard [USA]	6-4 6-3	Betz, Arnold	7	97.0%
12-Aug-1941	Bray		Sally Lister [GBR]		Mary Blayney [IRL]	6-1 6-4		0	50.0%
14-Aug-1941	Viareggio	Clay	Marchesi [ITA]		Violetta Becker [ITA]	6-4 6-3		0	100.0%
14-Aug-1941	Zermatt	Clay	Van Lennep [SUI]	1/3	Carrupt [SUI]	4-6 7-5 6-2		0	100.0%
16-Aug-1941	Los Angeles Industrial Class B	Hard	Flora Lomax [USA]	3/5	Jeannette Richter [USA]	6-4 6-2	Ashwill, Debenham	0	100.0%
18-Aug-1941	Halifax		Jean Wright [CAN]		Dorothy Jones [CAN]	6-4 3-6 6-3	Woodbury, Mitchell	0	100.0%
18-Aug-1941	Tuskegee ATA Chps		Flora Lomax [USA]	4/5	Kathryn Irvis Jones [USA]	7-5 6-1	Scott, Peters	0	100.0%
21-Aug-1941	Banska-Bystrica	Clay	Alice Florian [GER]		Hella Kovac [YUG]	6-3 3-6 6-3		0	50.0%
21-Aug-1941	Tuskegee ATA Chps Juniors		Thelma Mcdaniel [USA]		Gloria Downing [USA]	6-1 6-3		0	100.0%
28-Aug-1941	Alexandria		Dorothy Vest [USA]		Lucy Delatte [USA]	6-2 6-4	Padgett, Carlino	0	100.0%
30-Aug-1941	US National Championships	Grass	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	8/10	Pauline Betz [USA]	7-5 6-2	Jacobs, Osborne Dupont	9	96.0%
31-Aug-1941	Johannesberg Transvaal Chps	Clay	Bonnie Jackson [RSA]		Sheila Piercey Summers [RSA]	3-6 10-8 6-4	Abington, Mclachlan	0	100.0%
31-Aug-1941	Johannesberg Transvaal Chps U21	Clay	Joan Austin [RSA]		Barbara Connor [RSA]	12-10 6-3	Bartlett, Prescott	0	100.0%
1-Sep-1941	Lausanne Montchoisi	Clay	Alice Weiwers [LUX]	2/2	Cosette Saint Omer Roy [FRA]	UNK		0	50.0%
4-Sep-1941	Detroit Open		Flora Lomax [USA]	5/5	Lillian Van Buren [USA]	3-6 8-6 6-4	Oatis	0	100.0%
13-Sep-1941	Los Angeles Pac Southwest	Hard	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	9/10	Dodo Cheney [USA]	6-3 7-5	Wheeler Kelleher, Osborne Dupont	5	95.0%
16-Sep-1941	Dresden	Clay	Gisela Enger [GER]		Heinrich [GER]	6-1 6-2		0	100.0%
25-Sep-1941	Bologna	Clay	Annalisa Bossi [ITA]		Ida Quintavalle [ITA]	6-3 6-2		0	100.0%
25-Sep-1941	Bratislava Carpathian Chps	Clay	Low [SVK]		Schmid [GER]	6-2 7-5		0	50.0%
26-Sep-1941	Lugano	Clay	Van Lennep [SUI]	2/3	Telli [SUI]	6-4 6-2		0	100.0%
27-Sep-1941	Berkeley	Hard	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	3/3	Patricia Canning Todd [USA]	10-8 2-6 6-3	Catton, Krase	1	96.0%
29-Sep-1941	Sydney Strathfield	Grass	Joyce Fitch [AUS]	2/2	Clare Proctor [AUS]	3-6 6-2 6-3	Searl, Gilchrist	0	100.0%
27-Oct-1941	Lahore		Cynthia Massy [IND]		Laura Woodbridge [GBR]	6-2 6-4	Cowan, Cosens	0	75.0%
1-Nov-1941	Paris All Saints	Carpet	Anne Marie Seghers [FRA]		Simone Kleinadel [FRA]	6-3 6-4	Patorni, Mellerio	0	100.0%
2-Nov-1941	Argentina Exho	Clay	Round robin event					0	50.0%
4-Nov-1941	Buenos Aires	Clay	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	10/10	Dodo Cheney [USA]	3-6 9-7 7-5	Teran De Weiss, Winthrop Mckean	2	70.0%
13-Nov-1941	Orlando Closed		Catherine Sample [USA]		Helen Cowles Leonard [USA]	7-5 6-0	Johnson, Kruse	0	100.0%
19-Nov-1941	Geneva Indoors	Carpet	Van Lennep [SUI]	3/3	Edith Sutz [SUI]	4-6 6-2 6-4	Weber, Sudan	0	100.0%
24-Nov-1941	Coral Beach		Gladys Hutchings [BER]	2/2	Babs Freisenbruch [BER]	UNK		0	100.0%
26-Nov-1941	Lakeland	Clay	Pauline Betz [USA]	11/11	Doris Hart [USA]	6-4 6-4	Sheer, Welsh	1	100.0%
29-Nov-1941	Kooyong	Grass	Nell Hopman [AUS]		Alison Baker [AUS]	6-4 5-7 6-4	Wood, Plum	0	71.0%
1-Dec-1941	Santiago		Round robin event					0	50.0%
20-Dec-1941	Calcutta		Laura Woodbridge [GBR]		Hyacinth Cargin [IND]	6-4 6-4		0	50.0%
22-Dec-1941	Port Elizabeth Christmas		Joy Wood [RSA]		Joan Scott [RSA]	6-4 5-7 9-7		0	100.0%
29-Dec-1941	Paris Racing Club	Carpet	Round robin event				Seghers (F), Mellerio (F), Patorni, Pannetier	0	100.0%

 

1941 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	Pauline Betz [USA]	22	11	72-7	2071.6			1	1968.4	3	1955.7	1	1796.9
2	Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	29	10	61-6	2056.3	2	1843.4	2	1910.7	2	1956.9
3	Helen Jacobs [USA]	33	1	19-4	2050.3					1	1980.9
4	Dodo Cheney [USA]	25	2	59-16	1971.0	1	1854.3	3	1856.0	4	1875.5	4	1641.4
5	Helen Bernhard [USA]		0	18-6	1925.9			5	1751.8	5	1860.5
6	Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	23	3	36-9	1918.2	3	1794.3	9	1629.7	6	1856.3	3	1658.2
7	Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	23	3	23-7	1895.5	6	1735.6	4	1806.2	9	1749.7	2	1666.1
8	Mary Arnold [USA]	25	4	40-15	1867.3	5	1737.3	6	1745.5	8	1753.7
9	Louise Brough [USA]	18	4	30-10	1849.6	4	1774.8			10	1715.1
10	Hope Knowles [USA]		1	28-8	1843.6					7	1755.8
11	Patricia Canning Todd [USA]	19	2	25-8	1776.9	7	1646.1	7	1643.5	12	1661.6	5	1634.4
12	Helen Pedersen [USA]	25	0	14-7	1774.5					11	1687.0	7	1615.8
13	Millicent Hirsch [USA]		2	17-7	1732.3			8	1643.1	13	1619.8	8	1582.7
14	Doris Hart [USA]	16	1	34-18	1722.0			10	1619.7	14	1575.1
15	Kay Winthrop Mckean [USA]	27	0	15-13	1661.6			11	1580.0	15	1567.4	6	1630.5
16	Louise Raymond [USA]	55	1	15-9	1645.7			13	1554.4	16	1543.3	9	1485.9
17	Barbara Bradley [USA]		0	23-14	1633.3	8	1526.3	15	1515.0	19	1512.3
18	Marta Barnett [USA]	23	0	12-10	1632.3			12	1561.7	20	1496.4
19	Jane Stanton [USA]		0	20-14	1605.7	10	1499.8	14	1525.7	17	1522.6
20	Shirley Catton [USA]	17	0	18-12	1583.7	12	1491.8			18	1521.7	10	1413.1

 

1941 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 [USA]	28-Jul-1941	28-Jul-1941	1
Pauline Betz [USA]	4-Aug-1941	1-Sep-1941	5
Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	15-Sep-1941	27-Jul-1942	46		Louise Brough

 

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%
Pauline Betz [USA]	19	79	72-7	91.1%	15	11-4	73.0%	18	13-5	72.0%	0	0-0	-	47	43-4	91.0%	21	19-2	90.0%	4	4-0	100.0%
Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA]	16	67	61-6	91.0%	13	10-3	76.0%	11	8-3	72.0%	5	5-0	100.0%	30	27-3	90.0%	30	28-2	93.0%	0	0-0	-
Flora Lomax [USA]	7	16	14-2	87.5%	6	5-1	83.0%	4	4-0	100.0%	3	2-1	66.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-
Helen Jacobs [USA]	5	23	19-4	82.6%	2	1-1	50.0%	4	2-2	50.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-	23	19-4	82.0%	0	0-0	-
Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA]	13	45	36-9	80.0%	4	3-1	75.0%	7	4-3	57.0%	21	18-3	85.0%	5	4-1	80.0%	21	17-4	80.0%	1	0-1	0.0%
Dodo Cheney [USA]	19	75	59-16	78.7%	11	2-9	18.0%	14	8-6	57.0%	11	9-2	81.0%	42	34-8	80.0%	20	15-5	75.0%	4	3-1	75.0%
Hope Knowles [USA]	9	36	28-8	77.8%	4	1-3	25.0%	5	4-1	80.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-	36	28-8	77.0%	0	0-0	-
Virginia Wolfenden [USA]	10	30	23-7	76.7%	4	3-1	75.0%	7	5-2	71.0%	6	5-1	83.0%	9	7-2	77.0%	10	6-4	60.0%	3	2-1	66.0%
Patricia Canning Todd [USA]	10	33	25-8	75.8%	4	2-2	50.0%	7	4-3	57.0%	12	10-2	83.0%	5	4-1	80.0%	13	7-6	53.0%	5	5-0	100.0%
Louise Brough [USA]	14	40	30-10	75.0%	5	4-1	80.0%	11	5-6	45.0%	24	20-4	83.0%	0	0-0	-	16	11-5	68.0%	0	0-0	-
Helen Bernhard [USA]	6	24	18-6	75.0%	2	0-2	0.0%	8	5-3	62.0%	0	0-0	-	7	4-3	57.0%	18	14-4	77.0%	0	0-0	-
Mary Arnold [USA]	18	55	40-15	72.7%	6	4-2	66.0%	16	7-9	43.0%	15	12-3	80.0%	18	14-4	77.0%	21	14-7	66.0%	0	0-0	-
Millicent Hirsch [USA]	9	24	17-7	70.8%	4	2-2	50.0%	6	3-3	50.0%	0	0-0	-	7	6-1	85.0%	17	12-5	70.0%	1	0-1	0.0%
Helen Pedersen [USA]	9	21	14-7	66.7%	0	0-0	-	3	2-1	66.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-	18	11-7	61.0%	4	3-1	75.0%
Doris Hart [USA]	17	52	34-18	65.4%	5	1-4	20.0%	10	4-6	40.0%	0	0-0	-	37	25-12	67.0%	10	5-5	50.0%	0	0-0	-
Shirley Fry [USA]	6	14	9-5	64.3%	1	1-0	100.0%	2	2-0	100.0%	0	0-0	-	7	4-3	57.0%	1	0-1	0.0%	0	0-0	-
Barbara Krase [USA]	9	25	16-9	64.0%	0	0-0	-	3	3-0	100.0%	18	12-6	66.0%	0	0-0	-	6	4-2	66.0%	2	1-1	50.0%
Louise Raymond [USA]	10	24	15-9	62.5%	1	1-0	100.0%	7	6-1	85.0%	0	0-0	-	13	9-4	69.0%	9	5-4	55.0%	1	0-1	0.0%
Barbara Bradley [USA]	14	37	23-14	62.2%	2	0-2	0.0%	7	4-3	57.0%	11	7-4	63.0%	11	7-4	63.0%	10	4-6	40.0%	0	0-0	-
Dorothy Knode [USA]	9	21	13-8	61.9%	2	1-1	50.0%	2	2-0	100.0%	19	12-7	63.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-	1	0-1	0.0%
Shirley Catton [USA]	12	30	18-12	60.0%	2	0-2	0.0%	5	1-4	20.0%	17	11-6	64.0%	0	0-0	-	12	7-5	58.0%	2	1-1	50.0%
Jane Stanton [USA]	14	34	20-14	58.8%	0	0-0	-	7	3-4	42.0%	9	4-5	44.0%	11	8-3	72.0%	13	7-6	53.0%	0	0-0	-
Argyll Rice [USA]	11	23	13-10	56.5%	0	0-0	-	4	2-2	50.0%	0	0-0	-	4	3-1	75.0%	18	8-10	44.0%	2	2-0	100.0%
Bunny Vosters [USA]	8	16	9-7	56.3%	1	1-0	100.0%	3	2-1	66.0%	0	0-0	-	0	0-0	-	15	9-6	60.0%	1	0-1	0.0%
Pearl Harland [USA]	9	20	11-9	55.0%	1	0-1	0.0%	8	2-6	25.0%	9	5-4	55.0%	0	0-0	-	9	5-4	55.0%	0	0-0	-
Marta Barnett [USA]	8	22	12-10	54.5%	0	0-0	-	2	0-2	0.0%	0	0-0	-	10	6-4	60.0%	12	6-6	50.0%	0	0-0	-
Kay Winthrop Mckean [USA]	12	28	15-13	53.6%	0	0-0	-	6	4-2	66.0%	0	0-0	-	14	7-7	50.0%	10	5-5	50.0%	5	4-1	80.0%
Nellie Sheer [USA]	14	38	20-18	52.6%	0	0-0	-	2	0-2	0.0%	0	0-0	-	22	12-10	54.0%	10	4-6	40.0%	0	0-0	-
Ann Gray [USA]	9	16	7-9	43.8%	0	0-0	-	2	0-2	0.0%	0	0-0	-	8	3-5	37.0%	8	4-4	50.0%	0	0-0	-
Barbara Nields [USA]	9	19	4-15	21.1%	0	0-0	-	2	0-2	0.0%	0	0-0	-	10	1-9	10.0%	9	3-6	33.0%	1	0-1	0.0%

 

Most Common Head-to-Heads    Top

Meetings	Player	Opponent	Wins	Losses	Win Percentage	Finals
9	Dodo Cheney	Pauline Betz	2	7	22.2%	6
8	Doris Hart	Pauline Betz	2	6	25.0%	2
7	Dodo Cheney	Sarah Palfrey Cooke	2	5	28.6%	3
5	Mary Arnold	Pauline Betz	0	5	0.0%	2
4	Pauline Betz	Sarah Palfrey Cooke	3	1	75.0%	4
3	Mary Arnold	Pearl Harland	3	0	100.0%	0
3	Dodo Cheney	Patricia Canning Todd	3	0	100.0%	0
3	Margaret Osborne Dupont	Nancy Wolfenden	2	1	66.7%	0
3	Mary Arnold	Jane Stanton	3	0	100.0%	0
3	Margaret Osborne Dupont	Shirley Catton	3	0	100.0%	1
3	Barbara Bradley	Virginia Wolfenden	0	3	0.0%	2
3	Dorothy Knode	Margaret Osborne Dupont	0	3	0.0%	0
3	Louise Brough	Mary Arnold	1	2	33.3%	1
3	Doris Hart	Shirley Fry	1	2	33.3%	1
3	Margaret Osborne Dupont	Patricia Canning Todd	1	2	33.3%	2
3	Nellie Sheer	Helen Jacobs	0	3	0.0%	0
3	Doris Hart	Dodo Cheney	0	3	0.0%	0
3	Pauline Betz	Nellie Sheer	3	0	100.0%	0
3	Doris Hart	Kay Winthrop Mckean	1	2	33.3%	0
3	Doris Hart	Nellie Sheer	3	0	100.0%	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
Luxembourg	5	5	0	100.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	0	0	1	1	1
Czechoslovakia	9	8	1	88.9%	2	2	0	100.0%	0	0	1	1	1
United States	44	27	17	61.4%	0	0	0	-	1196	68	31	56	607
Australia	5	3	2	60.0%	0	0	0	-	32	5	4	7	32
India	6	3	3	50.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	5	3	3	7	9
Ireland	4	2	2	50.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	18	2	3	5	19
Poland	2	1	1	50.0%	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	1
United Kingdom	35	15	20	42.9%	4	2	2	50.0%	1	1	3	4	10
Switzerland	5	2	3	40.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	18	10	6	13	21
Germany	15	5	10	33.3%	3	1	2	33.3%	43	5	6	13	54
France	10	3	7	30.0%	3	1	2	33.3%	17	2	3	6	17
Sri Lanka	4	1	3	25.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	3	0	0	1	6
Austria	5	1	4	20.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	2	0	0	1	6
Argentina	7	1	6	14.3%	0	0	0	-	4	1	1	2	7
Sweden	1	0	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	1	1

 

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