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{{Short description|American tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Helen Homans McLean
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| caption = Helen H. Homans, from a 1907 publication.
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| country_represented = {{USA}}
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| birth_place = [[Englewood, New Jersey]], USA<ref>''1880 United States Federal Census''</ref>
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| USOpenresult = '''W''' ([[1906 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|1906]])
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'''Helen Houston Homans McLean''' (February 8, 1877 – March 29, 1949) was an American tennis champion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/03/30/archives/mrs-mleabl-held-u-s-tennis-titles-i-former-helen-homans-dies.html |title=Mrs. McLean, Held U. S. Tennis Titles |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 March 1949 |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref>
Homans won the doubles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championship<ref name="collins479">{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|pages=479|edition=2nd}}</ref> (now called the [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Open]]) and the singles title the next year.<ref name="collins467">{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|pages=467|edition=2nd}}</ref>▼
==Career==
Homans played mixed doubles with Marshall McLean as early as 1902<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9804E6DC113BE733A25756C0A9609C946397D6CF Kings County Tennis.] (5 Jun 1902). New York Times. p. 10</ref> and later married him at [[New York City]] in 1907.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9907EFD9133EE033A2575BC2A9609C946697D6CF Marriage Announcement] at NYTimes.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-20.</ref> In mixed doubles, she reached the semifinals partnering [[Harry F. Allen]] in 1905.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Albiero |first1=Alessandro |last2=Carta |first2=Andrea |title=The Grand Slam Record Book Vol. 2 |year=2011 |publisher=Effepi Libri |location=Monte Porzio Catone |isbn=978-88-6002-023-9 |page=919}}</ref>▼
▲Homans won the women's doubles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championship<ref name="
▲Homans played mixed doubles with Marshall McLean as early as 1902<ref>[
Homans was still ranked 4th in 1913 and 3rd in 1915 in the U.S. national ranking.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23261_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Top_10_US_Womens_Rankings__page_1/ |title=USTA Yearbook - Top 10 U.S. Women's Rankings |website=usta.com |publisher=United States Tennis Association |accessdate=2014-08-27}}</ref> In 1915, she won the [[US Indoors|U.S. Indoor Tennis Championship]].▼
Also in 1905, she reached the women's singles final at [[Cincinnati Open|Cincinnati]] before falling to [[May Sutton]]. (Sutton then defeated [[Myrtle McAteer]] in the Challenge Round to claim the title.) Homans won the 1905 women's doubles title in Cincinnati with McAteer, and was a 1905 mixed doubles finalist with [[Robert LeRoy]].
In 1911, she won three of the [[New Jersey State Championships]] titles.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Marshall McLean Wins In Three New Jersey Championships |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/09/17/archives/great-tennis-record-mrs-marshall-mclean-wins-in-three-new-jersey.html |quote=By a remarkable show of her old driving game, Mrs. Marshall McLean of the West Side Tennis Club captured three of the New Jersey State championships on the ... |work=[[New York Times]] |date=September 17, 1911 |access-date=2010-09-25 }}</ref>
In 1913, she regained her title when she defeated [[Marie Wagner]] at the [[Morristown Field Club]] in [[Morristown, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Indoor Champion Loses New Jersey Tennis Title on Morristown Courts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/09/13/archives/mrs-mlean-wins-from-miss-wagner-indoor-champion-loses-new-jersey.html |quote=Mrs. Marshall McLean, formerly champion woman tennis player of New Jersey, regained her title yesterday, when she defeated Miss [[Marie Wagner]], the indoor champion, on the courts of the [[Morristown Field Club]] at Morristown, N.J., in two straight sets, by the score of 6 - 4, 8 - 6. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=September 13, 1913 |access-date=2010-09-25}}</ref> On September 19, 1913, she was defeated by [[Clare Cassell]] at the [[Montclair Athletic Club]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Miss Clare Cassell Plays Plucky Game in Montclair Tourney.
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/09/18/archives/sprains-ankle-but-wins-tennis-match-miss-clare-cassell-plays-plucky.html |quote=Miss Clare Cassell and Mrs. Marshall McLean joined Miss Marie Wagner, the national indoor tennis champion, yesterday in the semi-final round of the women ... |work=[[New York Times]] |date=September 18, 1913 |access-date=2010-09-25 }}</ref>
In 1915, [[Molla Bjurstedt]] of Norway, the national indoor champion, defeated McLean in the final round of the Class A tennis singles at the [[West Side Tennis Club]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Miss Bjurstedt Defeats Mrs. McLean in Hard Match on West Side T.C. Courts. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/05/09/archives/indoor-champion-wins-outdoor-final-miss-bjurstedt-defeats-mrs.html |quote=Miss Molla Bjurstedt of Norway, national indoor champion defeated Mrs. Marshall McLean in the final round of Class A singles on the West Side Tennis Club courts at Forest Hills, L.I., yesterday in straight sets by the score of 6 - 3, 8 - 6. Miss Bjurstedt showed little ill effects of her accident, which injured her ankle three days ago, and played very close to her real form. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=May 9, 1915 |access-date=2010-09-25 }}</ref> She finished second in the [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. National Championships]] women's doubles with [[Augusta Bradley Chapman]] in 1915.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcshf.org/inductees/inductees_C.html |title=Augusta Bradley Chapman |access-date=2010-09-26 |quote=... finished second in the U.S. Open women’s doubles with partner Mrs. Marshall McLean in 1915 ... won the 1917 Patriotic Tennis Tournament doubles with McLean, the equivalent of the U.S.Open that year ... |publisher=Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203050903/http://www.rcshf.org/inductees/inductees_C.html |archive-date=2010-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Personal life==
She was married to Marshall McLean (1869–1952), a New York City attorney.<ref name=marsh>{{cite news |title=Marshall McLean, Attorney, 82, Dies. Member of Firm Here Devoted Career to Conservation Served State and U. S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/04/07/archives/marshall-mlean-attorney-82-dies-member-of-firm-here-devoted-career.html |quote=Marshall McLean of 192 Midland Road, conservationist, who was a member of the New York law ...[wife] who died in 1949, was national singles tennis champion in 1906. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=April 7, 1952 |access-date=2010-09-26}}</ref>
==Grand Slam finals==
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===Singles (1 title)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:50px"|Year
!style="width:50px"|Surface
▲|width=220|'''Championship'''
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1906 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|1906]]
| [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. National Championships]]
| Grass
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Maud Barger-Wallach]]
| 6–4, 6–3
|}
===Doubles (1 title, 2
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:50px"|Year
!style="width:50px"|Surface
▲|width=220|'''Championship'''
!style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1905 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1905]]
| [[
|Grass
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carrie Neely]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marjorie Oberteuffer]]<br | 6–0, 6–1
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|
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| Grass
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Louise Clover Boldt]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ethel Bliss | 4–6, 4–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|
|
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman]]<br/>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eleonora Sears]]
| 8–10, 2–6
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Find a Grave|70718643}}
{{U.S. National Championships women's singles champions}}
{{U.S. National Championships women's doubles champions}}
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