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Reigning national champion Hazel Hotchkiss battles Miss Florence Sutton during the U.S. Women's National Singles Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, summer 1911.
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Two females play a match of tennis. The clubhouse is in view in the background and a crowd of spectators can be seen in the foreground.

Credit: Courtesy of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society and the Philadelphia Cricket Club

One of the nation's oldest country clubs, the Philadelphia Cricket Club in 1881 was a founding member of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. The club hosted the U.S. Women's National Singles Championship from 1887 until 1921 when it moved to Forest Hills.

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