Helen Wills
Awards And Accomplishments
1921-22 | U.S. girls' singles |
1922 | U.S. girls' doubles |
1922, 1924-25, 1928 | U.S. doubles |
1923-25, 1927-29, 1931 | U.S. singles |
1923-25, 1927-32, 1938 | Wightman Cup |
1924 | Olympic singles |
1924 | Olympic doubles |
1924, 1927, 1930 | Wimbledon doubles |
1924, 1928 | U.S. mixed |
1927-30, 1932-33, 1935, 1938 | Wimbledon singles |
1928 | French singles |
1929 | Wimbledon mixed |
1929-30, 1932 | French singles |
1930, 1932 | French doubles |
1935 | Named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press |
1959 | Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame |
1980 | 1926 match against Suzanne Lenglen named one of the top twenty tennis matches of all time by Tennis magazine |
1996 | Inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Women's Hall of Fame |
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