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Helen Houston Homans McLean (February 8, 1877 – March 29, 1949) was an American tennis champion.[1]

Career

Homans won the women's doubles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championship[2]Шаблон:Rp and the singles title the next year.[2]Шаблон:Rp

Homans played mixed doubles with Marshall McLean as early as 1902[3] and later married him a/in New York City in 1907.[4] In mixed doubles, she reached the semifinals partnering Harry F. Allen in 1905.[5]

Also in 1905, she reached the women's singles final at Cincinnati before falling to May Sutton. (Sutton then defeated Myrtle McAteer in the Challenge Round to claim the title.) Homans won the 1905 women's doubles title in Cincinnati with McAteer, and was a 1905 mixed doubles finalist with Robert LeRoy.

In 1911, she won three of the New Jersey State Championships titles.[6]

In 1913, she regained her title when she defeated Marie Wagner at the Morristown Field Club in Morristown, New Jersey.[7] On September 19, 1913, she was defeated by Clare Cassell at the Montclair Athletic Club.[8]

In 1915, Molla Bjurstedt of Norway, the national indoor champion, defeated McLean in the final round of the Class A tennis singles at the West Side Tennis Club.[9] She finished second in the U.S. National Championships women's doubles with Augusta Bradley Chapman in 1915.[10]

McLean was still ranked fourth in 1913 and third in 1915 in the U.S. national ranking.[11] In 1915, she won the U.S. Indoor Championships.

Personal life

She was married to Marshall McLean (1869–1952), a New York City attorney.[12]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1906 U.S. National Championships Grass Шаблон:Flagicon Maud Barger-Wallach 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1905 U.S. National Championships Grass Шаблон:Flagicon Carrie Neely Шаблон:Flagicon Marjorie Oberteuffer
Шаблон:Flagicon Virginia Maule
6–0, 6–1
Loss 1906 U.S. National Championships Grass Шаблон:Flagicon Louise Clover Boldt Шаблон:Flagicon Ethel Bliss Platt
Шаблон:Flagicon Ann Burdette Coe
4–6, 4–6
Loss 1915 U.S. National Championships Grass Шаблон:Flagicon Augusta Bradley Chapman Шаблон:Flagicon Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Шаблон:Flagicon Eleonora Sears
8–10, 2–6

References

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External links

Шаблон:U.S. National Championships women's singles champions Шаблон:U.S. National Championships women's doubles champions