US Open F (1916, 1917, 1919) | Name Florence Ballin | |
Full name Florence Antoinette Ballin Born April 27, 1887New York City, NY, United States ( 1887-04-27 ) Died April 1, 1975(1975-04-01) (aged 87) | ||
Florence A. Ballin was an American female tennis player. She played in the mixed doubles in the early 1900s. She made it to three US Open finals with Bill Tilden.
Career
In 1915 Ballin reached the doubles final at the US Indoor Championships, playing with Molla Bjursted.
Ballin reached the final of the mixed doubles competition at the U.S. National Championships on three occasions (1916, 1917, 1919). Each time she partnered with multiple champion Bill Tilden but they lost all three finals, coming closest to success in 1919 when they were defeated in three sets by Marion Zinderstein and Vincent Richards.
In 1919 she wrote a tennis book titled Tennis for Girls.
In 1920 she won the women's championships of New Jersey and Long Island. She won the women's lawn tennis championship of Pennsylvania and Eastern States in 1922 defeating Anne Townsend in straight sets.