Clara Louise Zinke
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Clara Louise Zinke was an outstanding tennis player in the early part of the 20th Century.
She competed on the national level as a junior and adult. She was a singles finalist in the U.S. National Girls singles championship of 1926, and at the storied international tennis tournament in Cincinnati
, she won more total titles (12) than any other woman in tournament history:
She still holds tournament records in Cincinnati
for most total finals appearances (18), most singles finals appearances (10) and most doubles finals appearances (7) for both men and women. (The other appearance was in mixed doubles, which she won, in 1931.)
Other Career Highlights:
She competed on the national level as a junior and adult. She was a singles finalist in the U.S. National Girls singles championship of 1926, and at the storied international tennis tournament in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between...
, she won more total titles (12) than any other woman in tournament history:
- Singles Titles (5): 1926, '27, '29, '30 & '31
- Mixed Doubles Title (1): 1931
- Doubles Titles (6): 1927, '28, '30, '31, '32 & '33
She still holds tournament records in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between...
for most total finals appearances (18), most singles finals appearances (10) and most doubles finals appearances (7) for both men and women. (The other appearance was in mixed doubles, which she won, in 1931.)
Other Career Highlights:
- Ranked No. 1 in 1928 & 1929 USTA/Midwest section singles rankings
- Ranked No. 1 in doubles in 1928, 1929 & 1931 USTA/Midwest section rankings with Ruth Oexman
- Ranked No. 2 in the USTA/Midwest section singles rankings in 1927 (behind Marion Leighton of Chicago) and 1931 (behind U.S. top tenner Catherine WolfCatherine WolfCatherine Wolf of Elkhart, Indiana, was an important amateur American tennis player in the 1920s and 1930s.Wolf was ranked No. 10 in the United States in 1934 and 1935....
) - Singles Champion: 1929 Western Indoor Championship; 1929 Ohio State Championships; 1927 Michigan State Championships
- Singles Finalist: 1927 & 1929 Western Tennis Championship; 1927, 1929 & 1930 Illinois State Championship
- Singles Semifinalist: 1931 Western Tennis Championship; 1928 South Atlantic Championships in Augusta; 1926 Illinois State Championship
- Doubles Champion: 1928, 1929 and 1931 Western Championship; 1929 Illinois State Championship; 1927 Michigan State Championships
- Doubles Finalist: 1926 & 1927 Illinois State Championship; 1927 Western Tennis Championship; 1929 Eastern Grass Court Championships
- U.S. National Championships at Forest Hills, NY – reached the second round in 1929
- Mixed Doubles Champion: 1929 Western Indoor Championship
- Mixed Doubles Finalist: 1926 Western Clay Court Championships with future Hall of Famer George LottGeorge LottGeorge Martin Lott was an American tennis player and tennis coach who was born in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Lott is mostly remembered as being one of the greatest doubles players of all time. He won the U.S. title five times with three different partners: John Hennessey in 1928; John...
; 1929 Seabright (NJ) Tournament with J. Gilbert Hall