Helen Wills career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of American tennis player Helen Wills.

Helen Wills Moody in 1929

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 22 (19 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1922	U.S. Championships	Grass	Molla Mallory	3–6, 1–6
Win	1923	U.S. Championships	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1924	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathleen McKane	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1924	U.S. Championships (2)	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–1, 6–3
Win	1925	U.S. Championships (3)	Grass	Kathleen McKane	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win	1927	Wimbledon	Grass	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–4
Win	1927	U.S. Championships (4)	Grass	Betty Nuthall	6–1, 6–4
Win	1928	French Championships	Clay	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6–1, 6–2
Win	1928	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–3
Win	1928	U.S. Championships (5)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Win	1929	French Championships (2)	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	6–3, 6–4
Win	1929	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–1, 6–2
Win	1929	U.S. Championships (6)	Grass	Phoebe Holcroft Watson	6–4, 6–2
Win	1930	French Championships (3)	Clay	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Win	1930	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	6–2, 6–2
Win	1931	U.S. Championships (7)	Grass	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6–4, 6–1
Win	1932	French Championships (4)	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	7–5, 6–1
Win	1932	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–3, 6–1
Win	1933	Wimbledon (6)	Grass	Dorothy Round	6–4, 6–8, 6–3
Loss	1933	U.S. Championships	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–8, 6–3, 0–3, retired
Win	1935	Wimbledon (7)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	1938	Wimbledon (8)	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–4, 6–0

Doubles: 10 finals (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1922	U.S. Championships	Grass	Mary Browne	Molla Mallory Edith Sigourney	6–4, 7–9, 6–3
Win	1924	Wimbledon	Grass	Hazel Wightman	Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane	6–4, 6–4
Win	1924	U.S. Championships (2)	Grass	Hazel Wightman	Eleanor Goss Marion Jessup	6–4, 6–3
Win	1925	U.S. Championships (3)	Grass	Mary Browne	Elizabeth Ryan May Sutton	6–4, 6–3
Win	1927	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Bobbie Heine Irene Bowder Peacock	6–3, 6–2
Win	1928	U.S. Championships (4)	Grass	Hazel Wightman	Edith Cross Anna McCune Harper	6–2, 6–2
Win	1930	French Championships	Clay	Elizabeth Ryan	Simone Barbier Simonne Mathieu	6–3, 6–1
Win	1930	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Edith Cross Sarah Palfrey	6–2, 9–7
Win	1932	French Championships (2)	Clay	Elizabeth Ryan	Betty Nuthall Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1933	U.S. Championships	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Freda James Betty Nuthall	default

Mixed doubles: 7 finals (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1922	US Open	Hard	Howard Kinsey	Bill Tilden Molla Mallory	4–6, 3–6
Win	1924	US Open	Hard	Vincent Richards	Bill Tilden Molla Mallory	6–8, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	1928	French Open	Clay	Frank Hunter	Henri Cochet Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1928	US Open	Hard	John B. Hawkes	Edgar Moon Edith Cross	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1929	French Open	Clay	Frank Hunter	Henri Cochet Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	3–6, 2–6
Win	1929	Wimbledon	Grass	Frank Hunter	Ian Collins Joan Fry	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1932	French Open	Clay	Sidney Wood	Fred Perry Betty Nuthall	4–6, 2–6

Olympic finals

Singles: 1 final (1 gold medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponents	Score
Gold	1924	Paris Olympics	Grass	Julie Vlasto	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 1 final (1 gold medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Gold	1924	Paris Olympics	Grass	Hazel Wightman	Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane	7–5, 8–6

Career finals

Singles: 67 (58 titles, 9 runners-up)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (19–3) Summer Olympics (1–0) State Championships (6–2) other tournaments (32–4)

Titles by surface Hard (12–0) Grass (31–8) Clay (15–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	Sep 1921	California State Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Helen Baker	3–6, 9–7, 6–0
Win	May1922	Pacific Coast Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Rea Leachman	6–1, 6–0
Loss	Jul 1922	Rhode Island State Championships	Providence, RI, USA	Grass	Leslie Bancroft	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	Jul 1922	Newport Invitational	Newport, RI, USA	Grass	Leslie Bancroft	4–6, 3–6
Loss	Aug 1922	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	3–6, 1–6
Loss	Sep 1922	Rockaway Hunting Club	Cedarhurst, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win	Jul 1923	Pacific Coast Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Charlotte Hosmer	6–2, 6–0
Win	Jul 1923	Illinois State Championships	Chicago, IL, USA	Clay	Marian Leighton	6–0, 6–0
Loss	Jul 1923	New York State Championships	Rye, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–4, 0–6, 1–6
Win	Aug 1923	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–2, 6–1
Win	Sep 1923	California State Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Charlotte Hosmer	6–3, 6–1
Loss	Jul 1924	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Kitty McKane	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	Jul 1924	1924 Summer Olympics	Paris, France	Clay	Diddi Vlasto	6–2, 6–2
Win	Aug 1924	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–1, 6–3
Win	Sep 1924	California State Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	May Sutton	6–3, 6–4
Win	May 1925	Central California Championships	Sacramento, CA, USA	Hard	Charlotte Hosmer	6–2, 6–2
Win	Jun 1925	Pacific Coast Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Charlotte Hosmer	6–4, 6–0
Win	Jul 1925	Longwood Invitational	Chestnut Hill, MA, USA	Grass	Marion Jessup	7–5, 6–2
Win	Jul 1925	Essex Country Club Invitational	Manchester, MA, USA	Grass	Mary Browne	6–2, 6–1
Win	Aug 1925	Seabright Invitational	New Jersey, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	6–1, 6–0
Win	Aug 1925	New York State Championships	Rye, NY, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	Aug 1925	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Kitty McKane	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	Sep 1925	California State Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Lucy McCune	6–0, 6–0
Win	Jan 1926	Metropole Hotel	Cannes, France	Clay	Diddi Vlasto	6–3, 7–5
Win	Jan 1926	Gallia Club	Cannes, France	Clay	Helen Contostavlos	6–3, 6–2
Loss	Feb 1926	Carlton Club	Cannes, France	Clay	Suzanne Lenglen	3–6, 6–8
Win	Feb 1926	Bristol Hotel	Beaulieu, France	Clay	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6–1, 6–1
Win	Mar 1926	Monte Carlo Championships	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–3
Win	Mar 1926	Riviera Championships	Mentone, France	Clay	Lili de Alvarez	6–4, 6–4
Win	Mar 1926	South of France Championships	Nice, France	Clay	Isabella Mumford	6–0, 6–1
Win	Mar 1926	Côte d'Azur Championships	Cannes, France	Clay	Joan Ridley	default
Win	Aug 1926	Maidstone Women's Invitational	East Hampton, NY, USA	Grass	Mary Browne	6–3, 6–2
Loss	Aug 1926	Seabright Invitational	Seabright, NJ, USA	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	4–6, 1–6
Win	Mar 1927	Hotel Huntington Invitation	Pasadena, CA, USA	Hard	Marion Williams	6–2, 6–1
Win	Jun 1927	North London Championships	Stamford Hill, London, UK	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	6–2, 6–2
Win	Jun 1927	Kent Championships	Beckenham, Kent, UK	Grass	Kitty McKane	6–2, 6–4
Win	Jul 1927	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–4
Win	Jul 1927	Essex Country Club Invitational	Manchester, MA, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–1, 6–2
Win	Aug 1927	US National Championships	New York, NY, YSA	Grass	Betty Nuthall	6–1, 6–4
Win	Jun 1928	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Eileen Bennett	6–1, 6–2
Win	Jul 1928	Wimbledon	London, UK	Grass	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–3
Win	Jul 1928	Essex Country Club Invitational	Manchester, MA, USA	Grass	Edith Cross	6–1, 6–3
Win	Aug 1928	Maidstone Women's Invitational	East Hampton, NY, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Win	Aug 1928	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Win	Jun 1929	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	6–3, 6–4
Win	Jul 1929	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–1, 6–2
Win	Aug 1929	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Phoebe Holcroft Watson	6–4, 6–2
Win	Mar 1930	Hotel Huntington Invitational	Pasadena, CA, USA	Hard	Edith Cross	6–1, 6–3[1]
Win	Jun 1930	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 6–1
Win	Jul 1930	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	6–2, 6–2
Win	Oct 1930	Pacific Coast Championships	Berkeley, CA, USA	Hard	Anna McCune Harper	6–3, 6–1
Win	Jul 1931	Essex Country Club Invitation	Manchester, MA, USA	Grass	Anna McCune Harper	6–0, 6–1
Win	Aug 1931	Seabright Invitational	NJ, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–0, 6–0
Win	Aug 1931	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Eileen Whittingstall	6–4, 6–1
Win	Jun 1932	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	7–5, 6–1
Win	Jul 1932	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–3, 6–1
Win	Jul 1932	Dutch Championships	Noordwijk, Netherlands	Clay	Madzy Rollin Couquerque	6–1, 6–1
Win	Jul 1932	Strasbourg	Strasbourg, Germany	Clay	Ilse Friedleben	6–0, 8–6
Win	Jun 1933	London Championships, Queens	London, UK	Grass	Elsie Pittman	co-winners, rain
Win	Jul 1933	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Dorothy Round Little	6–4, 6–8, 6–3
Loss	Aug 1933	US National Championships	New York, NY, USA	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–8, 6–3, 0–3 ret.
Win	Jun 1935	Saint George's Hill	Weybridge, Surrey, UK	Grass	Elsie Pittman	6–0, 6–4
Win	Jul 1935	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	May 1938	North London Hard Court Tournament	Highbury, UK	Hard	Yvonne Law	6–2, 7–5
Win	May 1938	Surrey Grass Court Championships	Surbiton, UK	Grass	Margot Lumb	6–3, 6–4
Win	Jul 1938	Wimbledon	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–4, 6–0
Win	Jul 1938	Irish Championships	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	Thelma Jarvis	6–4, 6–2

• Scores, players, events courtesy of Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guides[2]

Team competition finals: 10 (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partners	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1923	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Eleanor Goss Molla Mallory Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Geraldine Beamish Mabel Clayton Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane	7–0
Loss	1.	1924	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Eleanor Goss Marion Jessup Molla Mallory Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Geraldine Beamish Evelyn Colyer Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	1–6
Loss	1.	1925	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Mary Browne Eleanor Goss Molla Mallory May Sutton	Dorothea Chambers Evelyn Colyer Joan Fry Ermyntrude Harvey Kathleen McKane	3–4
Win	1.	1927	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Charlotte Hosmer Chapin Eleanor Goss Helen Jacobs Molla Mallory Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Joan Fry Ermyntrude Harvey Betty Hill Kathleen McKane Betty Nuthall Gwendolyn Sterry	5–2
Loss	1.	1928	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Penelope Anderson Eleanor Goss Helen Jacobs Molla Mallory	Eileen Bennett Ermyntrude Harvey Betty Nuthall Peggy Saunders Phoebe Holcroft Watson	3–4
Win	1.	1929	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Edith Cross Helen Jacobs Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Dorothy Shepherd Barron Phyllis Howkins Covell Peggy Michell Betty Nuthall Peggy Saunders Phoebe Holcroft Watson	4–3
Loss	1.	1930	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Edith Cross Helen Jacobs Sarah Palfrey	Joan Fry Ermyntrude Harvey Kathleen McKane Phyllis Mudford Phoebe Holcroft Watson	3–4
Win	1.	1931	Wightman Cup, USA	Grass	Anna Harper Helen Jacobs Sarah Palfrey Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Dorothy Shepherd Barron Phyllis Mudford Betty Nuthall Dorothy Round Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	5–2
Win	1.	1932	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Anna Harper Helen Jacobs Sarah Palfrey	Peggy Mitchell Phyllis Mudford Betty Nuthall Dorothy Round Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	4–3
Win	1.	1938	Wightman Cup, UK	Grass	Dorothy Bundy Alice Marble Sarah Palfrey	Evelyn Dearman Joan Ingram Freda James Margot Lumb Margaret Scriven Kay Stammers	5–2

• Wightman Cup reference [3]

Double bagel (6–0, 6–0) match victories: 35

No.	Year	Championship	Location	Surface	Opponent	Round
1.	1922	Rockaway Hunting Club	USA	Grass	Clare Cassel	SF
2.	1923	Illinois State Championships	USA	Clay	Mrs Leo Alter	SF
3.	1923	Illinois State Championships	USA	Clay	Marian Leighton	F
4.	1923	New York State Championships	USA	Grass	Mrs Nathaniel Dain	1R
5.	1924	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Mrs. L Beaupre	1R
6.	1924	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Miss Falk	2R
7.	1925	Pacific Coast Championships	CA, USA	Hard	Miss Davies	3R
8.	1925	New York State Championships	USA	Grass	Beatrice Koukol	2R
9.	1925	California State Championships	Berkeley, USA	Hard	Lucy McCune	1R
10.	1925	Australia vs California	CA, USA	Hard	Sylvia Harper	–
11.	1926	Gallia Club	Cannes, France	Clay	Ms. Saunders	SF
12.	1926	Carlton Club	Cannes, France	Clay	KA Frisher	1R
13.	1926	Carlton Club	Cannes, France	Clay	Cosette St Omer Roy	3R
14.	1926	Beaulieu, France	Beaulieu, France	Clay	Lily Hamerton	1R
15.	1926	Beaulieu, France	Beaulieu, France	Clay	Emily Wright	2R
16.	1926	Monte Carlo Championships	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mrs Marriott	3R
17.	1926	Riviera Championships	Mentone, France	Clay	Daisy Hamerton	1R
18.	1926	South of France Championships	Nice, France	Clay	Helen Shirley	2R
19.	1926	Côte d'Azur Championships	Cannes, France	Clay	Mrs JR Hall	2R
20.	1926	Côte d'Azur Championships	Cannes, France	Clay	Mrs JM Padwick	QF
21.	1927	Kent Championships	Kent, England	Grass	Billie Tapscott	QF
22.	1928	Wimbledon	UK	Grass	V. Gallay	3R
23.	1928	Maidstone Women's Invitational	New York, USA	Grass	Ms Rice	2R
24.	1928	Maidstone Women's Invitational	New York, USA	Grass	Ms Andrus	1R
25.	1929	Wimbledon	UK	Grass	Ms Tomblin	2R
26.	1929	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Katherine Lamarche	1R
27.	1929	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Ms Francis	2R
28.	1929	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Molla Mallory	3R
29.	1930	French Championships	Paris, France	Clay	Ms Neufeld	2R
30.	1931	Seabright Invitational	New Jersey, US	Grass	Helen Jacobs	F
31.	1931	U.S. Championships	New York, USA	Grass	Edith Sigourney	1R
32.	1932	Strasbourg	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Frau Richter	SF
33.	1933	Wimbledon	UK	Grass	Ms Macready	2R
34.	1938	London Championships	England (Queens Club)	Grass	Mrs Alston	3R
35.	1938	Irish Championships	Dublin	Grass	Joy Myerscough	QF

Performance timelines

Singles

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Tournament	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Championships^1	A	A	NH	A	2R^2	A	W	W	W	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	4 / 5	20–1
Wimbledon	A	A	F	A	1R^2	W	W	W	W	A	W	W	A	W	A	A	W	8 / 10	55–1
U.S. Championships	F	W	W	W	A	W	W	W	A	W	A	F	A	A	A	A	A	7 / 9	50–2
SR	0 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 2	1 / 1	0 / 2	2 / 2	3 / 3	3 / 3	2 / 2	1 / 1	2 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1	19 / 24	125–4

¹Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals (or members of French tennis clubs). 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 for 1922 and 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.

² During the 1926 French Championships Helen Wills had an appendectomy that hadn't healed by the time Wimbledon started. Though one week prior the tournament was informed she wouldn't play, she was defaulted from her opening round match at Wimbledon.

Doubles

Tournament	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	Career SR
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Championships^1	NH	NH	NH	A	A	A	QF	QF	W	A	W	A	2 / 4
Wimbledon	A	A	W	A	A	W	A	3R	W	A	A	A	3 / 4
U.S. Championships	W	A	W	W	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	F	4 / 5
SR	0 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 2	1 / 1	0 / 2	2 / 2	3 / 3	3 / 3	2 / 2	1 / 1	2 / 2	1 / 2	9 / 13

Longest winning streaks and records

• 180 match win streak from 1927–1933.[4][5]
• Did not lose a set from 1927–1933.[4]
• Wills was ranked world No. 1 for eight years.[4]

See also

• Suzanne Lenglen career statistics

References

1. "Santa Cruz Evening News: March 17, 1930". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
2. Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide. Wright and Ditson. 1920–1938.
3. Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis: 100 Years of Great Players and Events.
4. "NY Time obituary". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
5. Buckley, James. Scholastic Year in Sports 2012. p. 164.