Dorothy Bourne Andrus Voorhees (June 14, 1908 – September 28, 1989) was an American female

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player who ranked No. 10 among the U.S. amateurs in 1932. She was the granddaughter of New York Congressman

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. She twice reached the final of the women's doubles competition at the U.S. National Championships (now US Open). In 1934 she partnered with

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and lost the final in three sets against

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and

Sarah Palfrey Cooke Sarah Hammond Palfrey Danzig (née Palfrey; September 18, 1912 – February 27, 1996) was an American tennis player whose adult amateur career spanned 19 years, from June 1926 until September 1945. She won two singles, nine women's doubles, and ...

. A year later, 1935, exactly the same final was played and this time she lost in two straight sets. Her best singles performance at a

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tournament came in 1934 when she reached the semifinals at the U.S. National Championships but lost in two sets to Sarah Palfrey Cooke. In August 1931, she married Walter Anthony Burke, and the couple divorced, remarried, then ended their marriage permanently. She later married Charles Voorhees and remained married until her death in 1989. They had two sons together, John and Charles.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrus, Dorothy American female tennis players 1908 births 1989 deaths Sportspeople from New York City 20th-century American sportswomen Tennis people from New York (state)