Betty Nuthall
Full name: Elizabeth May Nuthall
Nickname: Betty
Alias: Mrs F.C.Shoemaker
Nickname: Betty
Alias: Mrs F.C.Shoemaker
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| Bio | Betty May Nuthall Shoemaker was an English tennis player. Known for her powerful forehand, according to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Shoemaker was ranked in the world top ten in 1927, 1929 through 1931, and 1933, reaching a career high in those rankings of World No. 4 in 1929. Nuthall was taught tennis by her father. She won the junior championships of Great Britain in 1924 (aged 13), 1925 and 1926. In 1927 at the age of 16, Shoemaker tied Elisabeth Moore as the then-youngest women's singles finalist ever at the U.S. Championships. Shoemaker lost the final to Helen Wills in straight sets while serving under-handed. Also in 1927, Shoemaker played on the British Wightman Cup team and defeated Helen Jacobs in her debut. She also represented Great Britain in the 1929 and 1931–34 Wightman Cup competitions. More successful abroad than at home, Britain’s child prodigy Betty Nuthall won three U.S. National Doubles Championships—each with a different partner—and won the U.S. Singles Championships in 1930 at the age of 19. She became the first non-American since 1892 to win a women's singles title at the U.S. Championships, defeating Anna McCune Harper in straight sets. She was the last British female player to win the title until Virginia Wade won in 1968. In 1931 she reached the singles final of the French Championships but lost in two sets to first-seeded Cilly Aussem. Three years after finishing as runner-up to Helen Wills, when she was still serving under-handed. Building her game around a penetrating forehand and a keen tactical sense, she became a master percentage player from the back of the court. She never again reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament. Shoemaker won women's doubles titles at the 1930, 1931, and 1933 U.S. Championships and at the 1931 French Championships. She won mixed doubles championships at the 1929 and 1931 U.S. Championships and at the 1931 and 1932 French Championships. Her brother was also a tennis player James (Jimmy) Nuthall. Betty was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977. |
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