Helen Homans

Helen Homans McLean
Helen H. Homans, from a 1907 publication.
Country (sports) United States
BornFebruary 8, 1877[1]
Englewood, New Jersey, USA[2]
DiedMarch 29, 1949(1949-03-29) (aged 72)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenW (1906)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US OpenW (1905)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US OpenSF (1905)

Helen Houston Homans McLean (February 8, 1877 – March 29, 1949) was an American tennis champion.[3]

Career

Homans won the women's doubles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championship[4]: 479  and the singles title the next year.[4]: 467 

Homans played mixed doubles with Marshall McLean as early as 1902[5] and later married him a/in New York City in 1907.[6] In mixed doubles, she reached the semifinals partnering Harry F. Allen in 1905.[7]

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.[8]

In 1913, she regained her title when she defeated Marie Wagner at the Morristown Field Club in Morristown, New Jersey.[9] On September 19, 1913, she was defeated by Clare Cassell at the Montclair Athletic Club.[10]

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.[11] She finished second in the U.S. National Championships women's doubles with Augusta Bradley Chapman in 1915.[12]

McLean was still ranked fourth in 1913 and third in 1915 in the U.S. national ranking.[13] In 1915, she won the U.S. Indoor Championships.

Personal life

She was married to Marshall McLean (1869–1952), a New York City attorney.[14]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title)

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

References

  1. ^ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  2. ^ 1880 United States Federal Census
  3. ^ "Mrs. McLean, Held U. S. Tennis Titles". The New York Times. March 30, 1949. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  5. ^ Kings County Tennis. (5 Jun 1902). New York Times. p. 10
  6. ^ Marriage Announcement at NYTimes.com. Retrieved on October 20, 2009
  7. ^ Alessandro Albiero; Andrea Carta (2011). The Grand Slam Record Book Vol. 2. Monte Porzio Catone: Effepi Libri. p. 919. ISBN 978-88-6002-023-9.
  8. ^ "Mrs. Marshall McLean Wins In Three New Jersey Championships". New York Times. September 17, 1911. Retrieved September 25, 2010. By a remarkable show of her old driving game, Mrs. Marshall McLean of the West Side Tennis Club captured three of the New Jersey State championships on the ...
  9. ^ "Indoor Champion Loses New Jersey Tennis Title on Morristown Courts". New York Times. September 13, 1913. Retrieved September 25, 2010. Mrs. Marshall McLean, formerly champion woman tennis player of New Jersey, regained her title yesterday, when she defeated Miss Marie Wagner, the indoor champion, on the courts of the Morristown Field Club at Morristown, N.J., in two straight sets, by the score of 6 - 4, 8 - 6.
  10. ^ "Miss Clare Cassell Plays Plucky Game in Montclair Tourney". New York Times. September 18, 1913. Retrieved September 25, 2010. Miss Clare Cassell and Mrs. Marshall McLean joined Miss Marie Wagner, the national indoor tennis champion, yesterday in the semi-final round of the women ...
  11. ^ "Miss Bjurstedt Defeats Mrs. McLean in Hard Match on West Side T.C. Courts". New York Times. May 9, 1915. Retrieved September 25, 2010. Miss Molla Bjurstedt of Norway, national indoor champion defeated Mrs. Marshall McLean in the final round of Class A singles on the West Side Tennis Club courts at Forest Hills, L.I., yesterday in straight sets by the score of 6 - 3, 8 - 6. Miss Bjurstedt showed little ill effects of her accident, which injured her ankle three days ago, and played very close to her real form.
  12. ^ "Augusta Bradley Chapman". Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010. ... finished second in the U.S. Open women's doubles with partner Mrs. Marshall McLean in 1915 ... won the 1917 Patriotic Tennis Tournament doubles with McLean, the equivalent of the U.S.Open that year ...
  13. ^ "USTA Yearbook - Top 10 U.S. Women's Rankings". usta.com. United States Tennis Association. Retrieved August 27, 2014.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Marshall McLean, Attorney, 82, Dies. Member of Firm Here Devoted Career to Conservation Served State and U. S." New York Times. April 7, 1952. Retrieved September 26, 2010. Marshall McLean of 192 Midland Road, conservationist, who was a member of the New York law ...[wife] who died in 1949, was national singles tennis champion in 1906.