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Helen Wills

Helen Wills Roark (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known as Helen Wills Moody, was an American tennis player. She has been described as "the first American born woman to achieve international celebrity as an athlete."

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SAP Open - Past Finals - Women's Singles
... Location Year Champion Runner-up Score Berkeley 1922 Helen Wills Ream Leachman 6–1, 6–0 1923 Helen Wills 1924 Charlotte Hosmer Chapin Avery Fillett 8–6, 2–6, 6–3 ... Wolfenden Kovacs 6–4, 6–1 1940 Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs Helen Jacobs 6–4, 6–2 1941 Margaret Osborne duPont Patricia Canning Todd 10–8, 2–6, 6–3 San Francisco 1942 Margaret ...
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
... The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (HWNI) at the University of California, Berkeley was founded in 1999 with assistance from a US$10 million bequeathal left by eight-time ...
Helen Wills - Personal Life
... Wills was born in Centerville now Fremont, California, near San Francisco ... Wills wrote a coaching manual, Tennis (1928), her autobiography, Fifteen-Thirty The Story of a Tennis Player (1937), and a mystery, Death Serves an Ace (1939, with Robert Murphy) ... Phelan befriended Wills and invited her as a frequent guest to his estate, Villa Montalvo ...
1924 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles - Draw - Finals
... Finals Dorothy Shepherd-Barron 8 ... Phyllis Satterthwaite 10 ... Phyllis Satterthwaite 1 ... Helen Wills 6 ... Helen Wills 6 ... J.L ... mrs) Colegate 0 ... Helen Wills 4 ... Kitty McKane 6 ... Marion Jessup 3 ... Kitty McKane 6 ... Kitty McKane Suzanne Lenglen w/o Suzanne Lenglen 6 ... Elizabeth ...
1929 French Championships – Women's Singles - Draw - Finals
... Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 1 Helen Wills 6 ... Sylvia Henrotin 1 ... Helen Wills 4 ... Eileen Bennett 4 ... Eileen Bennett 6 ... Alida Neave 1 ... Helen Wills 6 ... Simone Mathieu 4. 6 ...

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