Elisabeth Moore

Elisabeth Moore

Full name	Elisabeth Holmes Moore
Country (sports)	United States
Born	March 5, 1876 Brooklyn, NY, United States
Died	January 22, 1959 (aged 82) Starke, FL, United States
Plays	Right-handed
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)

Moore circa 1912

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]

Biography

Elisabeth Moore was born on March 5, 1876 in Brooklyn, the daughter of George Edward Moore (1840–1911), an affluent cotton broker, and Sarah Z. Orr (1857–1942). She was raised and schooled in Ridgewood, Bergen County, NJ. She learned to play tennis at age twelve. Moore reached her first U.S. National Championships singles final in 1892 at the age of 16 years and 3 months, losing to Mabel Cahill from Ireland in the first five-set match contested between two women.^[3]

She won the inaugural U.S. Indoor Women's Singles Championship in 1907.^[3]

Elisabeth Moore died on January 22, 1959 in Starke, Florida.^[2]

Grand Slam results

• Singles champion: 1896, 1901, 1903, 1905; Singles runner-up: 1892, 1897, 1902, 1904
• Women's Doubles champion: 1896, 1903; Women's Doubles runner-up: 1895, 1901, 1904
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1902, 1904; Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1892, 1905

Grand Slam finals

Singles : 4 titles, 5 runners-up

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1892	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Mabel Cahill	7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	1896	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Juliette Atkinson	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1897	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Juliette Atkinson	3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	1901	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Myrtle McAteer	6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	1902	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Marion Jones	1–6, 0–1 retired
Winner	1903	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Marion Jones	7–5, 8–6
Runner-up	1904	U.S. National Championships	Grass	May Sutton Bundy	1–6, 2–6
Winner	1905	U.S. National Championships	Grass	May Sutton Bundy	default
Runner-up	1906	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Helen Homans	default

Doubles (2 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1896	U.S. Championships	Grass	Juliette Atkinson	Annabella C. Wistar Amy Williams	6–4, 7–5
Winner	1903	U.S. Championships	Grass	Carrie Neely	Miriam Hall Marion Jones	6–4, 6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles (2 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1902	U.S. Championships	Grass	Wylie C. Grant	Elizabeth Rastall Albert L. Hoskins	6–2, 6–1
Winner	1904	U.S. Championships	Grass	Wylie C. Grant	May Sutton F. B. Dallas	6–2, 6–1

References

1. "On The Tennis Courts" (PDF). New York Times. August 31, 1910. Retrieved 2010-11-18. In the lower half Miss Elizabeth H. Moore, the former champion defeated her rival Miss Edna Wildey. 6–4. 7–3. ...
2. "Elisabeth Moore". International Tennis Hall of Fame. 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. ...
3. Joan N. Burstyn, ed. (1997). Past and Promise : Lives of New Jersey Women (1st Syracuse University Press ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. pp. 173, 174. ISBN 978-0815604181.

External links

• Elisabeth Moore at the International Tennis Hall of Fame