Full name | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | |||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Norway United States | |||||||||||
Born | Mosvik, Norway | 6 March 1884|||||||||||
Died | 22 November 1959 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 75)|||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | |||||||||||
Int. Tennis HoF | 1958 (member page) | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 668-87 (88.5%) | |||||||||||
Career titles | 100 | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 1 (US ranking) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
French Open | 2R (1928) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (1922) | |||||||||||
US Open | W (1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 0–0 | |||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
US Open | W (1916, 1917) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||
US Open | W (1917, 1922, 1923) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory (née Bjurstedt; 6 March 1884[1] – 22 November 1959) was a former Norwegian-American world no 2 ranked tennis player.[2][3] She won a record eight singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. She was the first woman to represent Norway at the Olympics.[4]