Full name | Helen Hull Jacobs |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | Globe, Arizona, U.S. | August 6, 1908
Died | June 2, 1997 East Hampton, New York, U.S. | (aged 88)
Retired | 1947 |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1962 (member page) |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1936, A. Wallis Myers) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | F (1930, 1934) |
Wimbledon | W (1936) |
US Open | W (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | F (1934) |
Wimbledon | F (1932, 1936, 1939) |
US Open | W (1932, 1934, 1935) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | W (1934) |
Team competitions | |
Wightman Cup | (1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939) |
Helen Hull Jacobs (August 6, 1908 – June 2, 1997) was an American tennis player who won nine Grand Slam titles. In 1936 she was ranked No. 1 in singles by A. Wallis Myers.