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Molla Mallory. Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory (6 de marzo de 1884 1 en Oslo – 22 de noviembre de 1959 en Estocolmo) fue una tenista noruega, nacionalizada estadounidense. Es la más laureada en el Abierto de los Estados Unidos con 8 títulos.
Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory (née Bjurstedt; 6 March 1884 – 22 November 1959) was a Norwegian-American tennis player. She won a record eight singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. She was the first woman to represent Norway at the Olympics.
Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory was the greatest ever Norwegian female tennis player, winning an Olympic bronze medal in singles in 1912. She was Norwegian Champion multiple times, before moving to New York City in 1915 where she worked as a masseuse. She won the 1915 US Indoor title, the first of her five titles in that event.
25 de mar. de 2024 · Molla Mallory (born 1892, Oslo—died Nov. 22, 1959, United States) was a Norwegian-born U.S. tennis player who was the only woman to win the U.S. singles championship eight times. She defeated Suzanne Lenglen of France for the U.S. title in 1921, the only loss in Lenglen’s amateur career.
11 de sept. de 2021 · With teenagers Leylah Fernandez and Emma Raducanu meeting for the 2021 US Open women's singles championship, we recall the US Open's oldest champion, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (pictured above at New York City's Seventh Regiment Armory in 1915), who has won the most singles titles in tournament history.
The first of Mallory's eight U.S. National Championships came as a 31-year-old against Wightman in 1915, coming back from dropping the first set 6-4 to ease into a 6-2, 6-0 victory. Her last was achieved as a 42-year old in 1926, making her the oldest champion in history.
Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory, nascuda Anna Margrethe Bjurstedt (Mosvik, Noruega, 6 de març de 1884 − Estocolm, Suècia, 22 de novembre de 1959) fou una tennista noruega, nacionalitzada estatunidenca, que va guanyar l'U.S. Championships en vuit ocasions i també d'una medalla de bronze olímpica als Jocs Olímpics d'Estocolm de 1912.
