Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Molla Bjurstedt


In the News (Sat 28 Nov 09)

  
  Tennis coverage for Mason from PulseJournal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Marion Zinderstein, 6-1, 6-2 1918 - Molla Bjurstedt def.
Eleanor Goss, 6-4, 6-3 1917 - Molla Bjurstedt def.
Marion Vanderhoef, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 1916 - Molla Bjurstedt def.
www.pulsejournal.com /sports/content/shared/sports/tennis/usopen_wchamps.html   (1170 words)

  
 Suzanne Lenglen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lenglen's only tournament defeat in a singles match during this period occurred in an unscheduled appearance in the 1921 US Open championships.
That year, to raise reconstruction funds for the regions of France that had been devastated by the battles of World War I, she went to the United States to play several exhibition matches against the Norwegian-born US Open champion, Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory.
Arriving in New York City, Lenglen learned that, without her permission, it had been announced by the US Open tournament officials that she would be competing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suzanne_Lenglen   (1704 words)

  
 Anna Margarethe Bjurstedt Mallory, 1958 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mallory, a right-hander, whose game was developed in Oslo, Norway, where she was born March 6, 1884, came to the United States as Molla Bjurstedt in 1915.
She won the U.S. Championship 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, and in 1926 at age 42, as the elder among all major champions.
Although she had won an Olympic bronze in singles for Norway in 1912 at Stockholm, and was the champion of her homeland, Molla was relatively unknown when she arrived in New York as Miss Bjurstedt to begin work as a masseuse in 1915.
www.tennisfame.com /enshrinees/molla_mallory.html   (719 words)

  
 The Art of Lawn Tennis - Chapter XVII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory followed Miss Browne as the outstanding figure in American tennis when the wonderful Norsewoman took the championship in 1915.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory lent her invaluable assistance by playing in as many tournaments as possible.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, the American Champion and actually Champion of the World, 1921.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/tech/sports/TheArtofLawnTennis/chap21.html   (3115 words)

  
 HoustonChronicle.com - Sports/Tennis
Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory, 6-2, 6-1 1922 - Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory def.
Martina Navratilova (4) and Monica Seles (2) have won six of the seven by lefties.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory leads the list of 28 players with multiple singles wins at this event with eight.
sports.chron.com /?c=chron&page=tennis-w/stat/usopen-preview-women.htm   (1527 words)

  
 The Art of Lawn Tennis - Preface to New Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lenglen placed her mark indelibly on the pages of tennis history but 1921 served to raise Mrs.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory to the position in the world that she rightly deserves, that of the greatest match winner of all women.
The past season brought the return to American courts of Mrs.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/tech/sports/TheArtofLawnTennis/chap3.html   (273 words)

  
 The world's top suzanne lenglen websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lenglen's only tournament defeat occurred in an unscheduled appearance in the 1921 U.S. Open championship, and that single loss was by default.
The two met again later that year at a tournament in Nice, France where Bjurstedt-Mallory never won a game, going down to Lenglen's absolute dominance, 6-0, 6-0.
Despite the publicity surrounding her matches with Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory, Suzanne Lenglen's most memorable match came in February of 1926 against Helen Wills in a tournament at the Carlton Club in Cannes, France.
dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/suzanne_lenglen   (1292 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Molla Bjurstedt Mallory wins fifth U.S. title
As Molla Bjurstedt of Norway, she won four consecutive United States National championships starting in 1915.
Now, on this day, as Molla Bjurstedt Mallory after marrying stockbroker Franklin Mallory, she is gunning for No. 5 as a U.S. citizen.
She has little difficulty, needing just 30 minutes to dethrone defending champion Marion Zinderstein 6-3, 6-1 in Philadelphia.
espn.go.com /classic/s/moment010918-bjurstedt-mallory.html   (114 words)

  
 Suzanne Lenglen --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
In amateur lawn tennis Lenglen lost only one match: to Molla Bjurstedt Mallory in the 1921 U.S. Open in Forest Hills, N.Y. At Cannes, France, in 1926, she defeated the great American player Helen Wills 6–3 and 8–6 in their only meeting, a widely publicized match.
Later that year she traveled to the United States to join a professional tennis tour.
Her game, temperamental vagaries, and daring court dress were remarkable even in the 1920s, an era rich in colourful sports personages.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9047744   (842 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Tennis | Flushing facts and figures
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (1915-18, 1920-22, 1926) has won the most women's titles with eight.
YOUNGEST WINNER: Pete Sampras was 19 years and 28 days old when he won the title for the first time in 1990.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, 42 when she won the 1926 singles championship, is the oldest woman to triumph.
newsrss.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/tennis/3092769.stm   (332 words)

  
 Sampras fell apart early - 09/10/01
Venus, right, and Serena Williams embrace following their U.S. Open championship match.
   4 -- Molla Bjurstedt, 1915-18; Helen Jacobs, 1932-35; Chris Evert, 1975-78.
   3 -- Hazel Hotchkiss, 1909-11; Mary K. Browne, 1912-14; Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, 1920-22; Helen Wills, 1923-25, 1927-29; Alice Marble, 1938-40; Pauline Betz, 1942-44; Margaret Osborne du Pont, 1948-50; Maureen Connolly, 1951-53.
www.detnews.com /2001/moresports/0109/13/d02-289843.htm   (787 words)

  
 WTAworld.com - Short history: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and Suzanne Lenglen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WTAworld.com - Short history: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and Suzanne Lenglen
Short history: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and Suzanne Lenglen
Won Wimbledon six times, and the French twice.
www.wtaworld.com /showthread.php?t=152052   (165 words)

  
 The dozen best - Tennis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Evert and King were second best players to Court and Navratilova.
Williams has not done much to be in the list
Evert and King were second best players to Court > and Navratilova.
www.greatsportstalk.com /_The_dozen_best-25426600-207-a.html   (17561 words)

  
 AP Online : U.S. Open Consecutive Singles Titles @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
4 - Molla Bjurstedt, 1915-18; Helen Jacobs, 1932-35; Chris
Bjurstedt Mallory, 1920-22; Helen Wills, 1923-25, 1927-29; Alice
Read 'AP Online: U.S. Open Consecutive Singles Titles' with a FREE Trial for instant access »
static.highbeam.com /a/aponline/september141998/usopenconsecutivesinglestitles   (148 words)

  
 The US Open 2005 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM - History
The US Open 2005 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM - History
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory won eight women's singles championships, more than any other player.
Oddly, she met eight different opponents in the championship matches.
www.usopen.org /en_US/about/history/anec_mallory.html   (48 words)

  
 WTAworld.com - World rankings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
2 Molla Mallory US 3 Helen Wills US 4 Kitty McKane England
4 Elizabeth Ryan US 5 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory US 6 Eleanor Goss US 7 Dorothea Douglass Chambers England
3 Elizabeth Ryan US 4 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory US 5 Kitty Godfree England
www.wtaworld.com /printthread.php?t=128923&pp=40   (913 words)

  
 Sport
Hammond To Play Lowell Basketball first place in the county, Lowell High School confronts Hammond High at the Irving school 2 paragraph local
Second Molla Bjurstedt Shows on Tennis Horizon Tennis Johan Rkogge, champion of Norway, has been said to resemble tennis champion Molla Bjurstedt 1 paragraph National
Hi May Play The Infield For Robins Baseball outfielder, Hi Myers of the Brooklyn Dodgers will take the infielder position after the departure of Ollie O’Mara, who enlisted 1 paragraph National
lass.calumet.purdue.edu /histpoly/bigott/CALUMETMUSEUMWEB/February1918.htm   (5830 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.