Jessup, Marion (b. 1897)

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Jessup, Marion (b. 1897)

American tennis player. Name variations: Mrs. M.Z. Jessup; Marion Zinderstein. Born Marion Zinderstein, May 1897.

As Marion Zinderstein, won US Open doubles with Eleanor Goss (1918, 1919, 1920), but lost in singles finals (1919, 1920); as Marion Jessup, won doubles wth Helen Wills at US Open (1922) and a silver medal in mixed doubles-outdoors with Vincent Richards at Paris Olympics (1924).

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