Elizabeth Ryan

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Elizabeth Ryan

|image = Elizabeth Ryan 1913.jpg

|caption = Ryan in 1913

|fullname = Elizabeth Montague Ryan

|country = {{USA}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1892|02|05}}

|birth_place = Anaheim, California, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1979|07|06|1892|02|05}}

|death_place = Wimbledon, England

|height =

|turnedpro = 1905 (amateur tour)

|retired = 1934

|plays = Right handed

|tennishofyear = 1972

|tennishofid = elizabeth-ryan

|singlesrecord = 1064-94 (91.9%)

|singlestitles = 244

|highestsinglesranking = No. 3 (1927)

|AustralianOpenresult =

|FrenchOpenresult = QF (1926, 1930, 1931)

|Wimbledonresult = F (1921, 1930)

|USOpenresult = F (1926)

|doublesrecord =

|doublestitles =

|highestdoublesranking =

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult =

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = W (1930, 1932, 1933, 1934)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = W (1914, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1933, 1934)

|USOpenDoublesresult = W (1926)

|AustralianOpenMixedresult =

|FrenchOpenMixedresult = F (1934)

|WimbledonMixedresult = W (1919, 1921, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932)

|USOpenMixedresult = W (1926, 1933)

|Othertournaments = yes

|WHCCresult = F (1922)

}}

Elizabeth Montague Ryan{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380504779/?terms=elizabeth%20ryan&match=1 |via=Newspapers.com |title=The Sports Parade |first=Braven |last=Dyer |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 16, 1935 |page=25 |access-date=April 18, 2023}} (February 5, 1892 – July 6, 1979) was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California, but lived most of her adult life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 26 Grand Slam titles, 19 in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events. Twelve of her Wimbledon titles were in women's doubles and seven were in mixed doubles. Ryan also won four women's doubles titles at the French Championships, as well as one women's doubles title and two mixed-doubles titles at the U.S. Championships. During a 19-year run Ryan amassed a total of 659 titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.{{cite news |title=Elizabeth Ryan, 87, Tennis Star Who Won 19 Wimbledon Titles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/07/archives/elizabeth-ryan-87-tennis-star-who-won-19-wimbledon-titles-a.html |access-date=July 19, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=July 7, 1979 |location=New York, United States |page=24}}

Career

Although she reached the Wimbledon singles finals twice, Ryan never won the title. Eight of her losses at Wimbledon were to players generally considered to be among the best ever. Ryan had to play Dorothea Lambert Chambers in the all-comers final of 1920; Suzanne Lenglen in the 1919 semifinals (losing 6–4, 7–5), 1921 final, 1922 quarterfinals, 1924 quarterfinals (losing 6–2, 6–8, 6–4), and 1925 second round; and Helen Wills Moody in the 1928 semifinals and 1930 final.

In the 1926 singles final at the U.S. Championships, the 34-year-old Ryan led 42-year-old Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 4–6, 6–4, 4–0 and had a match point at 7–6 in the third set before losing the final three games of the match.{{cite book |author=Bud Collins |title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book |publisher=New Chapter Press |location=New York, N.Y. |year=2008 |page=618 |isbn=978-0-942257-41-0 }}

Ryan and her longtime partner Lenglen never lost a women's doubles match at Wimbledon, going 31–0. Only Billie Jean King (224 match wins) and Martina Navratilova won more matches at Wimbledon than Ryan (190 match wins): 47–15 in singles, 73–4 in women's doubles, and 70–9 in mixed doubles.

The longtime tennis writer Ted Tinling has credited Ryan with inventing the volleying style later perfected by players such as Sarah Palfrey Cooke, Alice Marble, Louise Brough Clapp, Margaret Osborne duPont, Doris Hart, Darlene Hard, Margaret Court, Navratilova, and King. "Before World War I, women's tennis consisted primary of slogging duels from the baseline. There were a few volleying pioneers, notably ... Hazel [Hotchkiss] Wightman and Ethel [Thomson] Larcombe, but volleying as a fundamental, aggressive technique was first injected into the women's game by ... Ryan."{{cite book |author=Ted Tinling |editor=John Gilchrist Barrett |title=World of Tennis 1980: A BP Yearbook|chapter=The King–Ryan Connection |page=56 |publisher=Queen Ann Press |location=London |year=1980}} Tinling, however, also said about Ryan, "Elizabeth wasn't fast enough for singles. Too heavy."{{cite book |author=Bud Collins |title=My Life With the Pros |url=https://archive.org/details/mylifewithpros00coll |url-access=registration |publisher=E. P. Dutton |location=New York City |year=1989 |isbn=0-525-24659-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mylifewithpros00coll/page/261 261]}}

According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Ryan was ranked in the world top 10 from 1921 (when the rankings began) through 1928 and again in 1930, reaching a career high of world No. 3 in those rankings in 1927.{{cite book |author=Bud Collins |author-link=Bud Collins |title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book |publisher=New Chapter Press |location=New York City |year=2008 |pages=695, 701 |isbn=978-0-942257-41-0}} Ryan was ranked second behind Mallory in the year-end rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association for 1925 and 1926.{{cite book |author=United States Tennis Association |title=1988 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook |publisher=H. O. Zimman, Inc. |location=Lynn, Massachusetts |year=1988 |page=260}}

Ryan died on July 6, 1979, at age 87 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon, following the ladies singles final and the day before Billie Jean King broke her record number of Wimbledon wins by winning her 20th title.{{cite news |author1=Will Grimsley |title=King's Rejoicing Subdued Following 20th Wimbledon Title |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dpAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BQYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1761%2C2093885 |newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner |agency=Associated Press |date=July 8, 1979 |page=1C |via=Google News Archive}}{{cite news |title=Ryan Dies at Wimbledon |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3B8qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sSkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1822%2C3886856 |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |agency=Associated Press |date=July 7, 1979 |page=12 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cite book |title=World of Tennis 1980: a BP yearbook |year=1980 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |isbn=9780362020120 |oclc=237184610 |pages=43, 376 |editor=John Barrett |editor-link=John Barrett (tennis) }} When tennis writer and television commentator Bud Collins tried to arrange for Ryan and King to film an interview together at Wimbledon in 1979, Ryan refused. King said "I always liked seeing Miss Ryan at Wimbledon, and I'd try to be friendly, but she didn't seem to want it. For me, it wasn't personal. Sure, I wanted the record, but I wasn't trying to steal a possession of hers."{{cite book |author=Collins, Bud | author-link=Bud Collins |title=My Life With the Pros |url=https://archive.org/details/mylifewithpros00coll_0 |url-access=registration |publisher=E. P. Dutton |location=New York |year=1989 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/mylifewithpros00coll_0/page/259 259–60] |isbn=0-525-24659-2 }} King also said "[T]here is no doubt in my mind that she just didn't want to be alive to see her record broken. She was [87], she had held it for a long, long time and she wanted it for herself. But records are there to be broken."{{cite book |author1=Brace, Reginald |author2=King, Billie Jean |title=Play Better Tennis: With Billie Jean King and Reginald Brace |publisher=Octopus |year=1981 |isbn= 0-7064-1223-0 |page=21}} Two years before her death, Ryan had told Ted Tinling, the tennis fashion designer, "I hope I don't live to see my record broken, but if someone is to break it, I hope it is Billie Jean. She has so much courage on the court." According to reports, Ryan became ill while watching the men's doubles final and excused herself, heading for the women's rest room. She collapsed there and was rushed to the hospital, where she died at 5:20 p.m. London time.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/07/archives/elizabeth-ryan-87-tennis-star-who-won-19-wimbledon-titles-a.html|title=Elizabeth Ryan, 87, Tennis Star Who Won 19 Wimbledon Titles|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 7, 1977|access-date=July 7, 2021}}

Career statistics

Grand Slam finals

=Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)=

class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"\|Result !style="width:30px"\|Year !style="width:170px"\|Championship !style="width:50px"\|Surface !style="width:195px"\|Opponent !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"\|Score
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1921	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen	2–6, 0–6
style="background:#ccf;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1926	U.S. Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Molla Mallory	6–4, 4–6, 7–9
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1930	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Wills	2–6, 2–6

=Women's doubles: 21 (17 titles, 4 runner-ups)=

class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"\|Result !style="width:30px"\|Year !style="width:170px"\|Championship !style="width:50px"\|Surface !style="width:195px"\|Partner !style="width:195px"\|Opponents !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"\|Score
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1914	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Agnes Morton	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Edith Hannam {{flagicon\|GBR}} Ethel Thomson Larcombe	6–1, 6–3
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1919	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Dorothea Lambert Chambers {{flagicon\|GBR}} Ethel Thomson Larcombe	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1920	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Dorothea Lambert Chambers {{flagicon\|GBR}} Ethel Thomson Larcombe	6–4, 6–0
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1921	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Geraldine Beamish {{flagicon\|RSA\|1912}} Irene Bowder Peacock	6–1, 6–2
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1922	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Kathleen McKane Godfree {{flagicon\|GBR}} Margaret McKane Stocks	6–0, 6–4
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1923	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Joan Austin {{flagicon\|GBR}} Evelyn Colyer	6–3, 6–1
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1925	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Kathleen Lidderdale {{flagicon\|GBR}} Mary McIlquham	6–2, 6–2
style="background:#ccf;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1925	U.S. Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} May Sutton	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Mary Browne {{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Wills	4–6, 3–6
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1926	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Mary Browne	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Evelyn Colyer {{flagicon\|GBR}} Kathleen McKane Godfree	6–1, 6–1
style="background:#ccf;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1926	U.S. Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Eleanor Goss	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Mary Browne {{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Charlotte Hosmer Chapin	3–6, 6–4, 12–10
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1927	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Wills	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1912}} Bobbie Heine {{flagicon\|RSA\|1912}} Irene Bowder Peacock	6–3, 6–2
style="background:#ebc2af;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1930	French Championships	Clay	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Wills	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Simone Barbier {{flagicon\|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu	6–3, 6–1
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1930	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Wills	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Edith Cross {{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Sarah Palfrey	6–2, 9–7
style="background:#ebc2af;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1931	French Championships	Clay	{{flagicon\|GER}} Cilly Aussem	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Eileen Bennett Whittingstall {{flagicon\|GBR}} Betty Nuthall	7–9, 2–6
style="background:#ebc2af;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1932	French Championships	Clay	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Wills	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Eileen Bennett Whittingstall {{flagicon\|GBR}} Betty Nuthall	6–1, 6–3
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1932	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Jacobs	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Doris Metaxa {{flagicon\|BEL}} Josane Sigart	4–6, 3–6
style="background:#ebc2af;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1933	French Championships	Clay	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Sylvie Jung Henrotin {{flagicon\|FRA}} Colette Rosambert	6–1, 6–3
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1933	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Freda James {{flagicon\|GBR}} Billie Yorke	6–2, 9–11, 6–4
style="background:#ccf;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1933	U.S. Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Wills	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Freda James {{flagicon\|GBR}} Betty Nuthall	default
style="background:#ebc2af;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1934	French Championships	Clay	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Jacobs {{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Sarah Palfrey	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1934	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Dorothy Andrus {{flagicon\|FRA}} Sylvie Jung Henrotin	6–3, 6–3

=Mixed doubles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups)=

class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"\|Result !style="width:30px"\|Year !style="width:170px"\|Championship !style="width:50px"\|Surface !style="width:195px"\|Partner !style="width:195px"\|Opponents !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"\|Score
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1919	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Randolph Lycett	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Dorothea Chambers {{flagicon\|GBR}} Albert Prebble	6–0, 6–0
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1920	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Randolph Lycett	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen {{flagicon\|AUS}} Gerald Patterson	5–7, 3–6
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1921	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Randolph Lycett	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Phyllis Howkins {{flagicon\|GBR}} Max Woosnam	6–3, 6–1
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1922	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Randolph Lycett	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen {{flagicon\|AUS}} Pat O'Hara Wood	4–6, 3–6
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1923	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Randolph Lycett	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Dorothy Shepherd-Barron {{flagicon\|British Raj\|1885}} Lewis Deane	6–4, 7–5
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1925	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Umberto de Morpurgo	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen {{flagicon\|FRA}} Jean Borotra	3–6, 3–6
style="background:#ccf;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1926	U.S. Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Jean Borotra	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman {{flagicon\|FRA}} René Lacoste	6–4, 7–5
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1927	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Frank Hunter	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Kathleen McKane Godfree {{flagicon\|GBR}} Leslie Godfree	8–6, 6–0
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1928	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Patrick Spence	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Daphne Akhurst {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Crawford	7–5, 6–4
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1930	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Crawford	{{flagicon\|GER}} Hilde Krahwinkel {{flagicon\|GER}} Daniel Prenn	6–1, 6–3
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1932	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1931}} Enrique Maier	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Josane Sigart {{flagicon\|AUS}} Harry Hopman	7–5, 6–2
style="background:#ccf;" \| style="background:#98fb98;" \| Win	1933	U.S. Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Ellsworth Vines	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Sarah Palfrey {{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} George Lott	11–9, 6–1
style="background:#ebc2af;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1934	French Championships	Clay	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Adrian Quist	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Colette Rosambert {{flagicon\|FRA}} Jean Borotra	2–6, 4–6
style="background:#ccf;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1934	U.S. Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Lester Stoefen	{{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Helen Jacobs {{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} George Lott	6–4, 11–13, 2–6

Grand Slam tournament timelines

=Singles=

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! Tournament !! 1912 !! 1913 !! 1914 !! 1915 !! 1916 !! 1917 !! 1918 !! 1919 !! 1920 !! 1921 !! 1922 !! 1923 !! 1924 !! 1925 !! 1926 !! 1927 !! 1928 !! 1929 !! 1930 !! 1931 !! 1932 !! 1933 !! 1934 !! Career SR

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Australian Open

| align="center" | NH

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 0

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | French Championships{{efn|name=french|Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here from 1912 through 1914 and from 1920 through 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.}}

| align="center" |A

| align="center" |NH

| align="center" |A

| align="center" |NH

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 7

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Wimbledon

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | ACF

| align="center" | NH

| align="center" style="background:yellow;" | SF

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | ACF

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:yellow;" | SF

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

| align="center" style="background:yellow;" | SF

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R¹

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 16

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | U.S. Championships

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 3

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | SR

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 26

ACF = All comers final, with the winner to play the defending champion.

¹ Ryan did not play. Her opponent got a walkover.

=Women's doubles=

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! Tournament !! 1912 !! 1913 !! 1914 !! 1915 !! 1916 !! 1917 !! 1918 !! 1919 !! 1920 !! 1921 !! 1922 !! 1923 !! 1924 !! 1925 !! 1926 !! 1927 !! 1928 !! 1929 !! 1930 !! 1931 !! 1932 !! 1933 !! 1934 !! Career SR

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Australian Open

| align="center" | NH

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 0

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | French Championships{{efn|name=french}}

| align="center" |A

| align="center" |NH

| align="center" |A

| align="center" |NH

| align="center" |A

| align="center" |NH

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:yellow;" | SF

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 4 / 6

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Wimbledon

| align="center" | NH

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |2R

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" | NH

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:yellow;" |SF

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" | A

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" |F

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 12 / 16

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | U.S. Championships

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" style="background:yellow;" | SF

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 1 / 4

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | SR

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |2 / 3

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |2 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |2 / 3

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 17 / 26

=Mixed doubles=

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! Tournament !! 1912 !! 1913 !! 1914 !! 1915 !! 1916 !! 1917 !! 1918 !! 1919 !! 1920 !! 1921 !! 1922 !! 1923 !! 1924 !! 1925 !! 1926 !! 1927 !! 1928 !! 1929 !! 1930 !! 1931 !! 1932 !! 1933 !! 1934 !! Career SR

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Australian Open

| align="center" | NH

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 0

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | French Championships{{efn|name=french}}

| align="center" |A

| align="center" |NH

| align="center" |?

| align="center" |NH

| align="center" |?

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 1

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Wimbledon

| align="center" | NH

| align="center" | ?

| align="center" | NH

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" |2R

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" style="background:yellow;" | SF

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:yellow;" | SF

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" | A

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 7 / 15

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | U.S. Championships

| align="center" |?

| align="center" |A

| align="center" |?

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" |?

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;" | W

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;" | F

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 2 / 3

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | SR

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 9 / 19

World Championship finals

=Singles: 1 (1 runner up)=

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!style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Result

!style="width:35px"|Year

!style="width:220px"|Tournament

!style="width:50px"|Surface

!style="width:200px"|Opponent

!style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

1922

World Hard Court Championships (3)

Clay

{{flagicon|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen

3–6, 2–6

Notes

References

External links

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Category:1979 deaths

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles

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Category:20th-century American sportswomen

Elizabeth Ryan

Career

Career statistics

Grand Slam finals

=Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)=

=Women's doubles: 21 (17 titles, 4 runner-ups)=

=Mixed doubles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups)=

Grand Slam tournament timelines

=Singles=

=Women's doubles=

=Mixed doubles=

World Championship finals

=Singles: 1 (1 runner up)=

See also

Notes

References

External links