Ellen Roosevelt
Full name: Ellen Crosby Roosevelt
Nickname: Ellie
Nickname: Ellie
| Born |
Subscribe now
This information and data is not available because you are not our subscriber yet.
Please click here and get full access to the entire database! |
|---|---|
| Died | |
| Plays | |
| Bio | At 22, in only her third appearance at the U.S. Championships, Ellen Roosevelt was victorious in the singles and also took the doubles crown with her older sister Grace in 1890. The siblings—first cousins of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt—were the first sisters to claim a major championship. They were guided by their father John Roosevelt, a strict disciplinarian who made certain they got to bed early and ate wisely and carefully. In 1893, Ellen Roosevelt won her last title of note, taking the U.S. Mixed Doubles crown. She was the daughter of John Aspinwall Roosevelt, an estate proprietor, and Ellen Murray Crosby. She started playing tennis with her sister Grace in 1879 when her father installed a tennis court at their mansion 'Rosedale'. She won the women's singles title at the 1890 U.S. Championships defeating the 1888 and 1889 champion Bertha Townsend in the final in two straight sets. That year she also won the doubles title with her sister. They were the first pair of sisters to win the U.S. Championships and remained the only pair to do so until the Williams sisters equalled their achievement in 1999. At the 1893 U.S. Championships, she won the mixed doubles title partnering Oliver Campbell. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1975. |
| Tournament | AO | RG | W | US | Win-Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Subscribe now
This information and data is not available because you are not our subscriber yet.
Please click here and get full access to the entire database! |
|||||