Although she reached the Wimbledon singles finals twice, Ryan never won the title.
In the 1926 singles final at the U.S. Championships, the 34-year-old Ryan led 42-year-old Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 4-6, 6-4, 4-0 and had a match point at 7-6 in the third set before losing the final three games of the match [REF].