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| Date of birth | June 3, 1891 |
| Country |  United States
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| Grand Slam singles championships (3) | |
| U.S. Championships | 1912, 1913, 1914 |
Mary Kendall Browne (June 3, 1891 - August 19, 1971) was the first American female professional tennis player and an amateur golfer. She was born in Ventura County, California, United States.
Browne was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1957.
Browne had been playing golf for only a few years when at the 1924 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship she was runner-up to champion Dorothy Campbell-Hurd.
Grand Slam record
- French Championships
- Singles runner-up: 1926
- Wimbledon
- Women's Doubles champion: 1926
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1926
- U.S. Championships
- Singles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914
- Singles runner-up: 1921
- Women's Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1925
- Women's Doubles runner-up: 1926
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1921
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (3)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1912 | U.S. Championships |  Eleonora Sears |
6–4 6–2 |
| 1913 | U.S. Championships (2) | Dorothy Green |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 1914 | U.S. Championships (3) | Marie Wagner |
6–2, 1–6, 6–1 |
Runner-ups (2)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1921 | U.S. Championships | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1926 | French Championships |  Suzanne Lenglen |
6–1, 6–0 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | Career SR |
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| Australian Championships | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
| French Championships | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | NH | A | F | 0 / 1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 |
| U.S. Championships | W | W | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | A | SF | 3R | SF | 3 / 7 |
| SR | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 3 / 9 |
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here from 1912 through 1914 and from 1920 through 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.
See also
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