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unusual facts about 1939 U.S. National Championships



1938 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles

Don Budge defeated Gene Mako 6–3, 6–8, 6–2, 6–1 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1938 U.S. National Championships to become the first player in history to complete the Grand Slam.

Alastair Martin

Alastair Bradley Martin (March 11, 1915 – January 12, 2010) was a U.S. National Championships title winner, Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, and president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association.

American Tennis Association

The American Tennis Association continued to be the primary governing body for African-American tennis in the United States until the desegregation of the USLTA in the 1950s, after Althea Gibson became the first African-American player to compete in the U.S. National Championships at Forest Hills, NY.

Derrick Helton

In 2011 and 2012 he was a U.S. National Champion and won a gold medal and in 2010 he was awarded bronze at the same place.

Ernest Black

Black reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1900, losing to the only other competing British player, future three-time Wimbledon champion Arthur Gore.

Gregory Mangin

In 1931 Mangin, partnering with compatriot Berkeley Bell, were runners-up in the doubles final of the U.S. National Championships, played in Brookline, MA, losing in straight sets to compatriots John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison.

Katie Heenan

At the U.S. National Championships, she continued her success by placing sixth in the all around and first on bars.

Mary-Ann Eisel

She reached the finals of the 1967 women's doubles U.S. National Championships at Forrest Hills with Donna Floyd but lost in three sets against Rosemary Casals and Billie Jean King.

Monica Walker

In adult competitions, she placed 4th at the U.S. National Championships in 2012 and again in 2013.

Our Secret Weapon

CBS had begun a shortwave listening program in September 1939, on an experimental basis, at the National Lawn Tennis Championships at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York.

Phyllis Covell

In 1923 she won the women's doubles title at the U.S. National Championships with McKane defeating the American pairing of Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman and Eleanor Goss in three sets.

Rico Ramos

In 2007 he also was the runner up at the U.S. National Championships, losing to U.S. Olympian Raynell Williams.


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