TENNIS STAR IN RENO

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19377, 15 July 1937, Page 16

TENNIS STAR IN RENO

DIVORCE DISCUSSION PURPOSE NOT ADMITTED (Elec. Tel. ( 'ujiyrii'lil Unite,! Press Assn.) RENO, July 13. The former American lawn tennis champion, Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody, in an interview admitted that she was separated from her husband. She added: “I have never admitted that I came here for a divorce.” It is pointed out that any admission by Mrs, Wills-Moody that she went to Nevada to establish residence for a divorce suit would endanger the validity of the decree in other States.

MENTAL CRUELTY LAW VEILS STATEMENT (Reed. July 15. 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, July I'4. A message from Reno states that the lawyer acting for Mrs. Helen WillsMoody has announced that the grounds for divorce will be extreme mental cruelty. QUEEN OF WIMBLEDON SEVEN TIMES CHAMPION Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, born on October (i, 1905, at Berkley, California, learnt lawn tennis at tin Berkley club, and won the Pacific Coast championship when 15 years old, and at the same age won the U.S.A. gilds’ championship at New York. In 1922, alter beating Mrs. Bundy, she reached the final of the U.S.A. singles championship, and won the doubles championship with Mrs. Jessup.

In 1923, when 17, she won the singles championship, defeating Miss McKa’ne in the third round and Mrs. Mallory, the holder, in the final. She visited Europe in 1924 as a member of the U.S.A. Olympic team, played against England at Wimbledon, was in the final of the singles championship, and won the doubles championship with Mrs. Wightman. In Paris she won the Olympic singles and doubles, retained the singles championship of U.S.A., and won the doubles championship with Mrs. Wightman, and mixed doubles championship with Vincent Richards.

In 1925 she won the U.S.A. singles cup outright, also the doubles championship with Miss Browne, and represented America against England in the Wightman Cup at Forest Hills. In 1927, returning to Europe, she won the singles and doubles championships at Wimbledon, regained the American singles championship, and represented America v. .England in the Wightman Cup match. In 192 f she was unbeaten in the singles, and won the championships at Wimbledon and of France and America (a record) without losing a set. In 1929 she was again unbeaten in the singles, and won the championships at Wimbledon, Auteuil and Forest Hills without losing a set. In 1930 she retained the singles championship a! Wimbledon, and the French championship at Paris, and also won the doubles at both, with Miss Ryan. She did not defend her American title at Forest Hills. In 1931 she regained the American singles championship In 1932 she revisited Europe, and won the French championship and singles at Wimbledon without losing a set, and also the doubles championship in Paris with Miss Ryan. In 193? she won the singles championship at Wimbledon for the sixth time. She was in the final of the U.S.A. singles championships at Forest Hills, losing to Miss Jacobs.

In 1935 Mrs. Wills Moody made a come-back at Wimbledon when, after coming within a point of defeat by Miss Jacobs, she won the championship for the seventh time.