Dorothy Andrus
{{short description|American tennis player}}
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|name = Dorothy Andrus
|fullname = Dorothy Bourne Andrus Voorhees
|image = Dorothy Andrus 1938.jpg
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|caption = Andrus in 1938
|country = {{USA}}
|birth_date = June 14, 1908
|birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.
|death_date ={{dda|1989|9|28|1908|6|14}}Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
|death_place = Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
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|plays = Right-handed
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|FrenchOpenresult = QF (1933)
|Wimbledonresult = 4R (1933, 1937){{cite web|title=Wimbledon Players Archive – Dorothy Andrus )|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/f44fb791-6854-4058-92b2-6d6279534bb6/index.html|publisher=AELTC}}
|USOpenresult = SF (1934)
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|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F (1934)
|WimbledonDoublesresult = F (1934)
|USOpenDoublesresult = F (1934, 1935)
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|WimbledonMixedresult = 4R (1937, (1938)
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Dorothy Bourne Andrus Voorhees (June 14, 1908 – September 28, 1989) was an American female tennis player who ranked No. 10 among the U.S. amateurs in 1932.{{cite web|title=Sport: Tennis Rankings|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742953,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820190254/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742953,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2009|publisher=Time|date=January 18, 1932}}
She was the granddaughter of New York Congressman John Emory Andrus.
She twice reached the final of the women's doubles competition at the U.S. National Championships (now US Open). In 1934 she partnered with Carolin Babcock and lost the final in three sets against Helen Jacobs and Sarah Palfrey Cooke. A year later, 1935, exactly the same final was played and this time she lost in two straight sets.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|page=479}} Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam tournament came in 1934 when she reached the semifinals at the U.S. National Championships but lost in two sets to Sarah Palfrey Cooke.
In August 1931, she married Walter Anthony Burke, and the couple divorced, remarried, then ended their marriage permanently.{{cite news|title=What's Wrong With Marriage?|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZiAeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WY4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1510%2C5777670|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|page=17|author=Laura Lou Brookman|date=January 29, 1934|via=Google News Archive}}
She later married Charles Voorhees and remained married until her death in 1989. They had two sons together, John and Charles.
Grand Slam finals
=Doubles (2 runner-ups)=
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style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1934 | style="background:#ccccff;"|U.S. National Championships | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} Carolin Babcock | {{flagicon|USA}} Helen Jacobs {{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Palfrey | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1935 | style="background:#ccccff;"|U.S. National Championships | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} Carolin Babcock | {{flagicon|USA}} Helen Jacobs {{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Palfrey Fabyan | 4–6, 2–6 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw203078/Dorothy-Andrus-Mrs-Burke?LinkID=mp126259&role=sit&rNo=0 National Portrait Gallery image]
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Category:American female tennis players