13 Facts About Betty Nuthall

In 1930, Betty Nuthall won the women's singles title at the US Championships.

Betty Nuthall was born on 23 May 1911 in Surbiton and grew up in Richmond.

Betty Nuthall was the eldest child of Stuart Nuthall, who worked on the London and South Western Railway and later became a hotel proprietor, and his wife Mary, both of them keen tennis players.

Betty Nuthall won the junior championships of Great Britain in 1924,1925 and 1926.

In 1927 at the age of 16, Betty Nuthall tied Elisabeth Moore as the then-youngest women's singles finalist ever at the US National Championships.

Betty Nuthall lost the final to Helen Wills in straight sets while serving under-handed.

Also in 1927, Betty Nuthall played on the British Wightman Cup team and defeated Helen Jacobs in her debut.

In 1930, Betty Nuthall became the first non-American since 1892 to win a women's singles title at the US National Championships, defeating Anna McCune Harper in straight sets.

Betty Nuthall was the last British female player to win the title until Virginia Wade won in 1968.

Betty Nuthall won women's doubles titles at the 1930,1931, and 1933 US Championships and at the 1931 French Championships.

Betty Nuthall won mixed doubles championships at the 1929 and 1931 US Championships and at the 1931 and 1932 French Championships.

Betty Nuthall was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977.

On 8 November 1983, Betty Nuthall died in New York City of a coronary arrest.