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California Comet Vines Dethrones Doeg in 1931 Tennis Honors
Ellsworth Vines of Pasadena, at 19, dominates the 1931 season sweeping major titles including the national championship and doubles with Keith Gledhill. Helen Wills Moody returns to win her seventh national title and captains the U.S. to a Wightman Cup victory over Britain. Major names include George Lott, Johnny Doeg, Fred Perry, and Bunny Austin. Britain and France contest the Davis Cup, while Lott and Mrs. Harper win Wimbledon mixed doubles.
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Henry McLemore
York
Elsworth Vines, Jr
Pasadena
Cal
William Tatem Tilden II
Vines
George Lott
Ellsworth
Keith Gledhill
Tilden
America
Johnny Doeg
Fred Perry
Seabright
Forest Hills
Helen Wills Moody
Moody
Hileen Bennett Whittingstall
England
Phyllis Mudford
Helen Jacobs
Betty Nuthall
Lawrence A. Harper
Dorothy Round
U. S
Miss Jacobs
Miss Nuthall
Miss Mudford
D. C. Sheppard-Barron
Sarah Palfrey
Harper
France
Bunny Austin
Sidney B. Wood, Jr
New York
Frank Shields
Wood
Perry
Austin
Shields
Johnny van Ryn
Wimbledon
G. P. Hughes
Avow Gatiire
Lott
Mrs. Harper
Cilli Aussem
Germany
Fraulein Krahwinkel