Marie Wagner (February 2, 1883 – April 1, 1975 or March 28, 1975) was an American tennis champion.
Biography Wagner was born on February 2, 1883, in Freeport, New York. An outstanding tennis player, she won the United States Indoor Championships a record number of times. In the singles event, she won the title six times (1908, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1914, and 1917) while in doubles, she was successful in 1910, 1913 (with Clara Kutross), 1916 (with Molla Mallory) and in 1917 (with Margaret Taylor).
At the U.S. National Championships, her best showing was reaching the final in 1914 which she lost in three sets to reigning champion Mary Browne.
Wagner was ranked in the Top 10 in the U.S. between 1913 (the first year women were ranked) and 1920. She achieved her highest national ranking of No.3 in 1914.
Wagner is mentioned in Chapter 3 of Harpo Speaks!, the 1961 autobiography of Harpo Marx. When Harpo was a child, the Marx family lived in a tenement building at 179 93rd Street, New York, New York, across the street from Wagner's brownstone.
She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1969. Wagner died in 1975.
United States Indoor Championships Singles +YearChampionRunner-upScore1907Elisabeth MooreMarie Wagner6–2, 4–6, 6–2 1908Marie Wagner 1/6Nora Meyer Schmitz6–3, 6–2 1909Marie Wagner 2/6Elisabeth Moore6–0, 12–14, 6–0 1911Marie Wagner 3/6Nora Meyer Schmitz6–4, 7–9, 6–4 1913Marie Wagner 4/6Alice Day Beard6–1, 6–1 1914Marie Wagner 5/6Alice Day Beard6–1, 2–6, 6–2 1915Molla Bjurstedt 1/5Marie Wagner6–4, 6–41917Marie Wagner 1/6Eleanor Goss6–3, 6–1 Doubles +YearWinnersRunner-UpsScore1909Ema Marcus Elisabeth MooreMarie Wagner Louise Hammond Raymond3–6, 6–4, 12–101910 Marie Wagner 1/4 Clara Kutroff Cassebeer 1/2Erna Marcus Elisabeth Moore6–2, 5–7, 6–3 1913Marie Wagner 2/4 Clara Kutroff Cassebeer 2/2May Fish Alice Fish10–8, 6–2 1916Marie Wagner 3/4 Molla BjurstedtNora Meyer Schmitz Emily Stokes Weaver6–2, 6–31917Marie Wagner 4/4 Margaret TaylorMrs. John Anderson Edith Howe6–4, 6–4
Grand Slam finals Singles (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1914 U.S. National Championships Grass Mary Browne 2–6, 6–1, 1–6
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