Full name Mabel Esmonde Cahill US Open W (1891, 1892) Grand slams won (singles) 2 Role Tennis player | Plays Right-handed Name Mabel Cahill Country (sports) United Kingdom US Open W (1891, 1892) Handed Right-handed | |
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Mabel Esmonde Cahill (1863–1905) was a female tennis player from Ireland who was active in the late 19th century and was the first foreign woman to win a major tennis tournament when she won the 1891 US National Championships.
Career
Born 2 April 1863, Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Cahill won the Orange Club ladies championship in 1890 and 1891.
Cahill became the first foreign woman to win a major tournament when she defeated Ellen Roosevelt in the 1891 US Championships women's final at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. She successfully defended her women's singles title in 1892 and also won the women's doubles title with Adeline McKinlay and the mixed doubles title with Clarence Hobart. She did not defend her titles in 1893. She died on 1 January 1905 in Ireland.
In 1976 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.