Helen Jacobs was born on August 6, 1908 in Arizona. She was a world #1
tennis player and won 10 grand slam titles (5 singles, 4 doubles, 1 mixed).
Her main rival was another Helen, Helen Wills Moody, and Jacobs only beat
Moody once (when Moody had to retire due to injury). During the second
world war, Helen Jacobs was a Commander in Naval Intelligence.
The other Helen was born in 1905. Helen Moody won 31 grand slam titles, 19
singles. She had a streak of 158 matches in which she did not lose a set.
She was also an accomplished painter and writer. Her tennis career ended
when she was bitten on the hand by a dog, but that’s another story.
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