Dorothy Andrus

Dorothy Andrus, whose full name was Dorothy Bourne Andrus Voorhees, was an American tennis player, born on 14 June 1908 and died on 28 September 1989, who ranked number 10 among the American amateurs in 1932. She was the granddaughter of the New York congressman John Emory Andrus. She twice reached the final of the women's doubles at the U.S. National Championships: in 1934 she partnered Carolin Babcock and lost in three sets to Helen Jacobs and Sarah Palfrey Cooke, and in 1935 the same final was played and she lost in straight sets. Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was the semifinal of the 1934 U.S. National Championships, where she lost to Sarah Palfrey Cooke.