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Helen Wills and Suzanne Lenglen played entirely different styles of tennis.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)The surprise of the tournament was the defeat of Miss Helen Baker by Miss Helen Wills. No one expected the latter to do more than make a respectable showing, but she went right after her opponent, rushing the net at every opportunity, and finally wore Miss Baker down, winning 3/6, 9/7, 6/0.
Mrs. Molla Mallory is still queen of the American tennis court. She retained that title yesterday on the courts of the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, L. I., by defeating Miss Helen Wills, of California.
Helen Wills proved her class beyond dispute by her overwhelming defeat of Mrs. Leachman, allowing her opponent but one game in two sets and outclassing her in every department.
Helen Wills successfully retained her title, sweeping through Lucy McCune, of Pacific Grove, in two fast straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.
The Dutch won the series of matches, 3 to 2, Miss Wills defeating both Miss Couquerque and Miss Bouman, while Miss Anderson lost both her matches and the Dutch team won the doubles.
She heads the American Wightman Cup team and also will engage in big tournaments in France and England before returning to the United States to defend her national title.
Mrs. Roark's hand was severely injured January 14 in Junction City, Kas., when she attempted to stop a fight between her German shepherd and another dog.
The late William T. Tilden II and Mrs. Helen Wills Moody Roark of Pacific Palisades, Calif., were honored Saturday as the 22nd and 23rd members of the National Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.
[...] American Lawn Tennis furnishes us with Helen Wills' racket dimensions. She uses a Wright and Ditson Challenge Cup racket weighing 13 1/4 oz., with a 5-inch handle. strung with Armour's white gut and the balance slightly light in the head.