 Helen H. Homans, from a 1907 publication. | |
| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1877[1] Englewood, New Jersey, USA[2] |
| Died | March 29, 1949(1949-03-29) (aged 72) |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| US Open | W (1906) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| US Open | W (1905) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| US Open | SF (1905) |
Helen Houston Homans McLean (February 8, 1877 – March 29, 1949) was an American tennis champion.[3]
Homans won the women's doubles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championship[4]: 479 and the singles title the next year.[4]: 467
Homans played mixed doubles with Marshall McLean as early as 1902[5] and later married him a/in New York City in 1907.[6] In mixed doubles, she reached the semifinals partneringHarry F. Allen in 1905.[7]
Also in 1905, she reached the women's singles final atCincinnati before falling toMay Sutton. (Sutton then defeatedMyrtle McAteer in the Challenge Round to claim the title.) Homans won the 1905 women's doubles title in Cincinnati with McAteer, and was a 1905 mixed doubles finalist withRobert LeRoy.
In 1911, she won three of theNew Jersey State Championships titles.[8]
In 1913, she regained her title when she defeatedMarie Wagner at theMorristown Field Club inMorristown, New Jersey.[9] On September 19, 1913, she was defeated byClare Cassell at theMontclair Athletic Club.[10]
In 1915,Molla Bjurstedt of Norway, the national indoor champion, defeated McLean in the final round of the Class A tennis singles at theWest Side Tennis Club.[11] She finished second in theU.S. National Championships women's doubles withAugusta Bradley Chapman in 1915.[12]
McLean was still ranked fourth in 1913 and third in 1915 in the U.S. national ranking.[13] In 1915, she won theU.S. Indoor Championships.
She was married to Marshall McLean (1869–1952), a New York City attorney.[14]
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1906 | U.S. National Championships | Grass |  Maud Barger-Wallach | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1905 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Carrie Neely | Marjorie OberteufferVirginia Maule | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1906 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Louise Clover Boldt | Ethel Bliss PlattAnn Burdette Coe | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1915 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Augusta Bradley Chapman | Hazel Hotchkiss WightmanEleonora Sears | 8–10, 2–6 |
By a remarkable show of her old driving game, Mrs. Marshall McLean of the West Side Tennis Club captured three of the New Jersey State championships on the ...
Mrs. Marshall McLean, formerly champion woman tennis player of New Jersey, regained her title yesterday, when she defeated MissMarie Wagner, the indoor champion, on the courts of theMorristown Field Club at Morristown, N.J., in two straight sets, by the score of 6 - 4, 8 - 6.
Miss Clare Cassell and Mrs. Marshall McLean joined Miss Marie Wagner, the national indoor tennis champion, yesterday in the semi-final round of the women ...
Miss Molla Bjurstedt of Norway, national indoor champion defeated Mrs. Marshall McLean in the final round of Class A singles on the West Side Tennis Club courts at Forest Hills, L.I., yesterday in straight sets by the score of 6 - 3, 8 - 6. Miss Bjurstedt showed little ill effects of her accident, which injured her ankle three days ago, and played very close to her real form.
... finished second in the U.S. Open women's doubles with partner Mrs. Marshall McLean in 1915 ... won the 1917 Patriotic Tennis Tournament doubles with McLean, the equivalent of the U.S.Open that year ...