Helen Pedersen

Helen Pedersen
Full name	Helen Antoinette Pedersen
Country (sports)	United States
Born	July 16, 1916; Stamford, Connecticut
Died	July 5, 1998 (aged 81); Barnstable, Massachusetts
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	QF (1948, 1949)
Wimbledon	SF (1949)
US Open	SF (1936)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	SF (1948)
Wimbledon	SF (1948, 1949)

Helen Antoinette Pedersen (July 16, 1916 – July 5, 1998) was an American amateur tennis player. She competed as Helen Rihbany in the 1940s from her marriage to Edward H. Rihbany and was later married to William McLaughlin.^[1]^[2]

Pedersen, raised in Stamford, Connecticut, was national junior champion in 1934 and made the semi-finals of the 1936 U.S. National Championships.^[2] She won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Indoor Championships in 1945 and 1946.^[2] In 1949 she made the singles semi-finals at Wimbledon and was also a quarter-finalist at the French Championships.^[3] During her career she was regularly ranked in the national top 10.^[2]

References

^ "Helen A. Pedersen Engaged to Marry". The New York Times. December 11, 1940. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Helen Pederson Rihbany McLaughlin, 81". Cape Cod Times. July 29, 1998. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018.
^ "Brown and Sidwell Defeated". Lithgow Mercury. July 1, 1949. p. 1 (City Edition). Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

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[1] "Helen A. Pedersen Engaged to Marry". The New York Times. December 11, 1940. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

[CapeCodTimes-2] "Helen Pederson Rihbany McLaughlin, 81". Cape Cod Times. July 29, 1998. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018.

[3] "Brown and Sidwell Defeated". Lithgow Mercury. July 1, 1949. p. 1 (City Edition). Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

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