The Majors
Date | Tournament | Surface | Winner | Finalist | Score | Semifinalists |
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28-Aug-1945 | US National Championships | Grass | Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA] | Pauline Betz [USA] | 3-6 8-6 6-4 | Brough, Hart |
Top Performances Top
Titles | Pauline Betz (8) | |
Finals | Pauline Betz (13) | |
Match Wins | Pauline Betz (50) | |
Match Win Percentage | Pauline Betz (86.2%) | (minimum 20 matches) |
Three-Set Wins | Pauline Betz (8) | |
Three-Set Win Percentage | Dorothy Knode (83.3%) | (minimum 5 three-set matches) |
Three-Set Matches Played | Sarah Palfrey Cooke (12) | |
Total Matches Played | Pauline Betz (58) | |
Events Played | Pauline Betz (17) |
Event Calendar Top
Majors shown in bold, exhibitions and junior events in italics. For winners of multiple titles, events won shown in parentheses.Skip to: Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
1945 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 |
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1 | Pauline Betz [USA] | 26 | 8 | 50-8 | 2151.7 | 1 | 1950.4 | 1 | 1973.0 | 1 | 2048.0 | ||
2 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA] | 33 | 6 | 45-8 | 2070.7 | 3 | 1880.7 | 2 | 1896.7 | 2 | 1946.0 | ||
3 | Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA] | 27 | 4 | 40-8 | 2058.7 | 2 | 1927.2 | 3 | 1939.0 | ||||
4 | Louise Brough [USA] | 22 | 0 | 28-12 | 1956.7 | 4 | 1815.0 | 4 | 1885.7 | ||||
5 | Dodo Cheney [USA] | 29 | 0 | 19-12 | 1895.7 | 5 | 1792.8 | 3 | 1805.3 | 6 | 1772.7 | ||
6 | Doris Hart [USA] | 20 | 1 | 21-8 | 1893.3 | 8 | 1711.6 | 5 | 1758.7 | 5 | 1800.6 | ||
7 | Mary Arnold [USA] | 29 | 1 | 34-14 | 1878.9 | 6 | 1737.5 | 4 | 1784.4 | 7 | 1770.7 | ||
8 | Patricia Canning Todd [USA] | 23 | 0 | 29-11 | 1871.2 | 7 | 1715.0 | 6 | 1746.6 | 8 | 1759.6 | ||
9 | Shirley Fry [USA] | 18 | 1 | 16-8 | 1801.7 | 7 | 1679.0 | 10 | 1704.9 | ||||
10 | Helen Pedersen [USA] | 29 | 2 | 22-8 | 1791.8 | 9 | 1618.0 | 9 | 1710.4 | 1 | 1678.0 | ||
11 | Dorothy Knode [USA] | 20 | 1 | 16-10 | 1749.7 | 9 | 1619.8 | 10 | 1558.4 | 12 | 1649.4 | ||
12 | Norma Taubele [USA] | 34 | 2 | 18-6 | 1737.5 | 8 | 1653.5 | 11 | 1650.3 | 2 | 1626.6 | ||
13 | Barbara Krase [USA] | 22 | 0 | 13-13 | 1643.1 | 10 | 1566.3 | 14 | 1429.6 | 13 | 1532.9 | ||
14 | Eleanor Purdy [USA] | 25 | 0 | 16-13 | 1619.8 | 11 | 1523.6 | 12 | 1508.7 | 14 | 1519.8 | ||
15 | Betty Hulbert [USA] | 22 | 4 | 21-7 | 1573.0 | 11 | 1543.4 | 17 | 1410.6 | ||||
16 | Louise Snow [USA] | 19 | 0 | 14-12 | 1538.2 | 13 | 1403.5 | 13 | 1450.7 | 15 | 1494.6 | ||
17 | Barbara Scofield [USA] | 19 | 0 | 12-9 | 1528.5 | 12 | 1448.4 | 16 | 1436.0 |
1945 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pauline Betz [USA] | 17-May-1943 | 11-Mar-1946 | 148 | Louise Brough | 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% |
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Nancye Wynne Bolton [AUS] | 5 | 14 | 14-0 | 100.0% | 5 | 5-0 | 100.0% | 1 | 1-0 | 100.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 0 | 0-0 | - | 8 | 8-0 | 100.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Pauline Betz [USA] | 17 | 58 | 50-8 | 86.2% | 13 | 8-5 | 61.0% | 12 | 8-4 | 66.0% | 18 | 16-2 | 88.0% | 10 | 9-1 | 90.0% | 24 | 20-4 | 83.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Sarah Palfrey Cooke [USA] | 15 | 53 | 45-8 | 84.9% | 9 | 6-3 | 66.0% | 12 | 5-7 | 41.0% | 19 | 15-4 | 78.0% | 13 | 12-1 | 92.0% | 23 | 21-2 | 91.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Margaret Osborne Dupont [USA] | 14 | 48 | 40-8 | 83.3% | 6 | 4-2 | 66.0% | 5 | 4-1 | 80.0% | 21 | 19-2 | 90.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 20 | 16-4 | 80.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Betty Hulbert [USA] | 11 | 28 | 21-7 | 75.0% | 4 | 4-0 | 100.0% | 4 | 3-1 | 75.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 16 | 14-2 | 87.0% | 8 | 3-5 | 37.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Norma Taubele [USA] | 9 | 24 | 18-6 | 75.0% | 3 | 2-1 | 66.0% | 3 | 3-0 | 100.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 8 | 6-2 | 75.0% | 7 | 4-3 | 57.0% | 6 | 5-1 | 83.0% |
Helen Pedersen [USA] | 12 | 30 | 22-8 | 73.3% | 4 | 2-2 | 50.0% | 6 | 3-3 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 3 | 2-1 | 66.0% | 20 | 14-6 | 70.0% | 4 | 4-0 | 100.0% |
Patricia Canning Todd [USA] | 12 | 40 | 29-11 | 72.5% | 2 | 0-2 | 0.0% | 8 | 6-2 | 75.0% | 7 | 5-2 | 71.0% | 5 | 4-1 | 80.0% | 19 | 13-6 | 68.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Doris Hart [USA] | 10 | 29 | 21-8 | 72.4% | 1 | 1-0 | 100.0% | 7 | 4-3 | 57.0% | 8 | 7-1 | 87.0% | 4 | 3-1 | 75.0% | 14 | 9-5 | 64.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Mary Arnold [USA] | 15 | 48 | 34-14 | 70.8% | 3 | 1-2 | 33.0% | 8 | 4-4 | 50.0% | 17 | 12-5 | 70.0% | 15 | 12-3 | 80.0% | 14 | 8-6 | 57.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Louise Brough [USA] | 13 | 40 | 28-12 | 70.0% | 3 | 0-3 | 0.0% | 6 | 3-3 | 50.0% | 18 | 13-5 | 72.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 20 | 14-6 | 70.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Kay Winthrop Mckean [USA] | 6 | 16 | 11-5 | 68.8% | 2 | 0-2 | 0.0% | 3 | 2-1 | 66.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 0 | 0-0 | - | 12 | 8-4 | 66.0% | 4 | 3-1 | 75.0% |
Shirley Fry [USA] | 10 | 24 | 16-8 | 66.7% | 1 | 1-0 | 100.0% | 9 | 5-4 | 55.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 11 | 8-3 | 72.0% | 13 | 8-5 | 61.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Joyce Fitch [AUS] | 7 | 14 | 9-5 | 64.3% | 4 | 2-2 | 50.0% | 4 | 3-1 | 75.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 2 | 1-1 | 50.0% | 8 | 5-3 | 62.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Dorothy Knode [USA] | 11 | 26 | 16-10 | 61.5% | 1 | 1-0 | 100.0% | 6 | 5-1 | 83.0% | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0% | 3 | 2-1 | 66.0% | 16 | 10-6 | 62.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Dodo Cheney [USA] | 11 | 31 | 19-12 | 61.3% | 3 | 0-3 | 0.0% | 9 | 4-5 | 44.0% | 5 | 4-1 | 80.0% | 9 | 7-2 | 77.0% | 17 | 9-8 | 52.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Lilian Lopaus [USA] | 9 | 17 | 10-7 | 58.8% | 1 | 1-0 | 100.0% | 3 | 2-1 | 66.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 6 | 5-1 | 83.0% | 9 | 4-5 | 44.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Barbara Scofield [USA] | 9 | 21 | 12-9 | 57.1% | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0% | 2 | 1-1 | 50.0% | 6 | 4-2 | 66.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 12 | 6-6 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Gussie Moran [USA] | 6 | 14 | 8-6 | 57.1% | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0% | 3 | 2-1 | 66.0% | 10 | 7-3 | 70.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 5 | 2-3 | 40.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Mary Teran De Weiss [ARG] | 7 | 14 | 8-6 | 57.1% | 2 | 1-1 | 50.0% | 5 | 1-4 | 20.0% | 3 | 2-1 | 66.0% | 3 | 2-1 | 66.0% | 3 | 1-2 | 33.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Margaret Varner [USA] | 10 | 18 | 10-8 | 55.6% | 2 | 2-0 | 100.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 10 | 4-6 | 40.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 4 | 2-2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Eleanor Purdy [USA] | 13 | 29 | 16-13 | 55.2% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 4 | 3-1 | 75.0% | 11 | 7-4 | 63.0% | 8 | 5-3 | 62.0% | 11 | 5-6 | 45.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Pat Jones [AUS] | 6 | 11 | 6-5 | 54.5% | 1 | 1-0 | 100.0% | 2 | 1-1 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0% | 6 | 4-2 | 66.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Louise Snow [USA] | 12 | 26 | 14-12 | 53.8% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 3 | 1-2 | 33.0% | 11 | 4-7 | 36.0% | 6 | 4-2 | 66.0% | 12 | 7-5 | 58.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Barbara Krase [USA] | 12 | 26 | 13-13 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 6 | 2-4 | 33.0% | 6 | 4-2 | 66.0% | 3 | 1-2 | 33.0% | 14 | 6-8 | 42.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Connie Clifton [USA] | 9 | 18 | 9-9 | 50.0% | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0% | 5 | 2-3 | 40.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 14 | 9-5 | 64.0% | 5 | 1-4 | 20.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Helen Germaine [USA] | 7 | 14 | 7-7 | 50.0% | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0% | 4 | 3-1 | 75.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 6 | 4-2 | 66.0% | 2 | 0-2 | 0.0% | 5 | 3-2 | 60.0% |
Nancy Corbett [USA] | 10 | 19 | 9-10 | 47.4% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 2 | 1-1 | 50.0% | 5 | 3-2 | 60.0% | 4 | 2-2 | 50.0% | 9 | 4-5 | 44.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Judy Atterbury [USA] | 7 | 11 | 5-6 | 45.5% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 3 | 1-2 | 33.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0% | 7 | 3-4 | 42.0% | 3 | 2-1 | 66.0% |
Betty Pratt [USA] | 8 | 12 | 5-7 | 41.7% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - | 4 | 2-2 | 50.0% | 6 | 2-4 | 33.0% | 0 | 0-0 | - |
Most Common Head-to-Heads Top
Meetings | Player | Opponent | Wins | Losses | Win Percentage | Finals |
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8 | Pauline Betz | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | 7 |
7 | Margaret Osborne Dupont | Pauline Betz | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | 3 |
6 | Louise Brough | Pauline Betz | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 1 |
5 | Mary Arnold | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 1 |
4 | Margaret Osborne Dupont | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 0 |
4 | Joyce Fitch | Pat Jones | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 1 |
3 | Dodo Cheney | Margaret Osborne Dupont | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 |
3 | Dorothy Knode | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 |
3 | Mary Arnold | Nancy Corbett | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 0 |
3 | Louise Brough | Helen Pedersen | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 0 |
3 | Patricia Canning Todd | Shirley Fry | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 0 |
3 | Mary Arnold | Pauline Betz | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 |
3 | Margaret Varner | Margaret Osborne Dupont | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 |
3 | Louise Brough | Patricia Canning Todd | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 0 |
3 | Louise Brough | Margaret Osborne Dupont | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 2 |
3 | Margaret Osborne Dupont | Patricia Canning Todd | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 1 |
3 | Margaret Osborne Dupont | Eleanor Purdy | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 0 |
3 | Louise Brough | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 0 |
3 | Edith Sutz | Steffi Chapuis | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 2 |
3 | Gussie Moran | Louise Brough | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 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 |
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Luxembourg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
United States | 39 | 33 | 6 | 84.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 722 | 44 | 22 | 41 | 362 |
Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Argentina | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
United Kingdom | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 14 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 74 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 50 |
Cuba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 30 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 34 |
France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Netherlands | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Mexico | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
India | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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