Helen Homans

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

Helen Homans McLean

Helen H. Homans, from a 1907 publication.
Country (sports)	United States
Born	February 8, 1877[1] Englewood, New Jersey, USA[2]
Died	March 29, 1949 (aged 72)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	W (1906)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	W (1905)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	SF (1905)

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]

In 1911, she won three of the New Jersey State championship 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	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	Carrie Neely	Marjorie Oberteuffer Virginia Maule	6–0, 6–1
Loss	1906	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Louise Clover Boldt	Ethel Bliss Platt Ann Burdette Coe	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1915	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Augusta Bradley Chapman	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 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. 30 March 1949. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
4. 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 2010-09-25. 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 2010-09-25. 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 2010-09-25. 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 2010-09-25. 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 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-09-26. ... 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.
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 2010-09-26. 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.

External links

• Helen Homans at Find a Grave