Eleanor Goss

Eleanor Goss
Full name Eleanor Goss-Lanning
Country (sports)  United States
Born (1895-11-18)November 18, 1895
New York, USA
Died November 1982
Salisbury, Connecticut, USA
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open F (1918)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open W (1918, 1919, 1920, 1926)
Martha Bayard and Eleanor Goss (right)

Eleanor Goss (November 18, 1895 – November 1982) was an American tennis player of the inter-war period. She won the US Women's National Championship in women's doubles four times, including three consecutive titles between 1918 and 1920 with Marion Zinderstein Jessup.

In 1918, she also reached the women's singles final, where she was beaten by Molla Bjurstedt Mallory.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Opponent in final Score in final
Runner-up 1918 US National Championships Norway Molla Bjurstedt 4–6, 3–6

Doubles (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Partner Opponents in final Score in final
Winner 1918 US National Championships United States Marion Zinderstein Norway Molla Bjurstedt
Norway Mrs. Johan Rogge[1]
7–5, 8–6
Winner 1919 US National Championships United States Marion Zinderstein United States Eleonora Sears
United States Hazel Hotchkiss
10–8, 9–7
Winner 1920 US National Championships United States Marion Zinderstein United States Eleanor Tennant
United States Helen Baker
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 1923 US National Championships United States Hazel Hotchkiss United Kingdom Kathleen McKane
United Kingdom Phyllis Covell
6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 1924 US National Championships United States Marion (Zinderstein) Jessup United States Hazel Hotchkiss
United States Helen Wills
4–6, 3–6
Winner 1926 US National Championships United States Elizabeth Ryan United States Mary Kendall Browne
United States Charlotte Chapin
3–6, 6–4, 12–10

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