Full name | Elisabeth Holmes Moore |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | Brooklyn, New York, United States | March 5, 1876
Died | January 22, 1959 Starke, Florida, United States | (aged 82)
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1971 (member page) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | W (1896, 1901, 1903, 1905) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1896, 1903) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | W (1902, 1904) |
Elisabeth 'Bessie' Holmes Moore (March 5, 1876 – January 22, 1959) was an American tennis champion who was active at the beginning of the 20th century.[1] Moore won the singles title at the U.S. Championships on four occasions. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.[2]
In the lower half Miss Elizabeth H. Moore, the former champion defeated her rival Miss Edna Wildey. 6–4. 7–3. ...
A precocious competitor, Moore made it to the final of the 1892 U.S. Championships at the age of 16, losing to Mabel Cahill in the first fiveset match contested between two women. In 1896, she collected the first of her four titles in that tournament. ...