Second half of July
July 18-23,
Redhill, London, England (Grass)
FI: Agnes Morton d. Dora Boothby 6-4 6-2
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July 20-23,
Midland Counties Championships, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (Grass)
FI: Connie Wilson d. Blanche Hillyard 6-3 6-3
DF: Lucy Kendal/Ethel Thomson d. Blanche Hillyard/Connie Wilson 6-3 6-1
MX: Ethel Thomson/Sidney H. Smith d. Blanche Hillyard/Harold Mahony 7-5 6-4
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began July 22,
Marienbad, Marienbad,Austria (Clay)
FI: Marie Amende d. R. Stör 6-0 6-2
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July 21-23,
Shropshire Championships, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (Grass)
Venue: Shrewsbury Lawn Tennis Club
FI: Maud Garfit d. C. Jones 6-4 8-6
The 1903 winner Winifred Longhurst was unable to defend her title.
The same event mentioned in
Navy and Army Illustrated, Volume 18, page 587. This mentions a start date of July 14.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Sbw_AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA640&ots=XZIm5Ri-sb&dq=longhurst%20tennis&pg=PA587#v=onepage&q=longhurst%20tennis&f=false
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began July 23,
Western Championships, Chicago, Illinois, US (Grass)
Venue: Kenwood Country Club
Singles (Draw=18)
PR = Preliminary round
PR: Hallie Champlin d. Mrs A. Lichsterne 6-1 6-1
PR: Miriam Steever d. Mabel Lee 6-4 6-3
1R: May Sutton d. Mrs R.M. Ashcraft 6-0 6-0
1R: Edythe Parker d. Champlin 6-1 6-2
1R: Amy Walker d. J.T. Goodrich 6-1 6-0
1R: Mrs Speck (GB) d. Carrie Neely 6-4 3-6 6-3
1R: Mrs Barnes d. Mary Chase 3-6 6-1 6-3
1R: Alice Hillman d. Miss Weyman default
1R: Steever d. Madeline Noyes 6-2 6-0
1R: Marie Wimer d. Maud Thorndike 6-1 6-1
QF: Sutton d. Parker 6-0 6-0
QF: Mrs Speck d. Walker 6-3 6-2
QF: Mrs Barnes d. Hillman 6-3 7-5
QF: Wimer d. Steever 7-6 6-3
SF: Sutton d. Mrs Speck 6-0 6-0
SF: Wimer d. Mrs Barnes 6-2 6-1
FI: May Sutton d. Marie Wimer 6-2 6-1
Doubles (Draw=8)
1R: Carrie Neely/May Sutton d. Myrtle McAteer/Miriam Steever default
1R: Mrs Speck (GB)/Marie Wimer d. [????] default
1R: Madeline Noyes/Amy Walker d. Alice Hillman/Mabel Lee 9-7 6-3
1R: Hallie Champlin/Edythe Parker d. [????] default
SF: Neely/Sutton d. Speck/Wimer 6-2 6-0
SF: Champlin/Parker d. Noyes/Waller 6-2 6-3
FI: Carrie Neely/May Sutton d. Hallie Champlin/Edythe Parker 6-2 6-0
Mixed Doubles (Draw=8)
1R: Carrie Neely/Kreigh Collins d. Amy Walker/Walker 6-0 6-2
1R: May Sutton/Raymond Little d. Miriam Steever/Garnett 6-2 6-2
1R: Marie Wimer/William Scudder d. Mrs Gill/Gill 6-0 6-2
1R: Mrs Speck (GB)/Reuben Hunt d. Myrtle McAteer/Louis Waidner default
SF: Neely/Collins d. Sutton/Little 6-8 6-3 6-0
SF: Mrs Speck/Hunt d. Wimer/Scudder ????
FI: Carrie Neely/Kreigh Collins d. Mrs Speck (GB)/Reuben Hunt 6-4 6-4
Holder Myrtle McAteer does not defend title.
Sutton did not lose a game before the all-comers final, going 36-0. The Times claimed that in her five years of tournament play, she had never lost a set.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...6E9C946597D6CF
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began July 25,
Southern California Championships, South Pasadena, California, United States (Hard)
Venue: New Central Courts
Singles (Draw=12)
1R: Violet Sutton d. Alice Scott 6-3 6-0
1R: Mabel Ray d. Merelina Seymour 6-4 4-6 6-3
1R: Eleanor Peralta-bye
1R: M. Taney-bye
1R: Gabrielle Dobbins-bye
1R: Myra Seymour-bye
1R: Georgina Jones d. Miss Early 8-6 5-7 6-4
1R: Florence Sutton d. Ethel Bruce 7-5 6-3
QF: V. Sutton d. Ray 6-0 6-1
QF: Eleanor Peralta d. Taney 6-0 6-0
QF: Dobbins d. Seymour 6-2 6-2
QF: F. Sutton d. Jones 6-2 6-1
SF: V. Sutton d. Peralta 6-1 6-2
SF: F. Sutton d. Dobbins 6-2 6-1
FI: Violet Sutton d. Florence Sutton 6-4 8-6
DF: Gabrielle Dobbins/Violet Sutton d. Fannie Shoemaker/Florence Sutton 4-6 7-5 6-4
MX: Violet Sutton/Simpson Sinsabaugh d. Ethel Bruce/Archibald Way 6-3 6-2
Bruce is the married name of Ethel Sutton. There is no challenge round as holder May Sutton does not defend.
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July 25-30,
Northumberland Championships, Newcastle, Northumberland, England (Grass)
Singles (Draw=27)
1R: Dorothea Douglass d. Alice Ferguson 6-2 6-1
1R: Mrs J. Day d. B. Farish 6-1 6-2
1R: E. Wilder d. J. Heslop 6-1 6-2
1R: E. Monckton d. Hilda Hunter 6-2 6-1
1R: Violet Pinckney d. Mrs W. Wilson 6-2 6-2
1R: Miss Foster-bye
1R: Ellen Stawell-Brwon-bye
1R: Miss Nesbit-bye
1R: Ethel Thomson d. Ruth Winch 9-7 6-1
1R: Miss Anthony d. E. Maidment 6-1 6-3
1R: Lucy Kendal d. Helen Aitchison 1-6 6-3 6-2
1R: Winifred Longhurst d. Mrs Bourn default
1R: Mrs Pinckney d. Mrs C. Todd 6-3 6-3
1R: Nora Hunter d. H. Mather 6-4 6-2
1R: Edith Longhurst-bye
1R: Charlotte Sterry-bye
2R: Douglass d. Day 6-0, 6-2
2R: E. Monckton d. E. Wilder 2-6 6-2 6-0
2R: V Pinckney d. Foster 6-1 6-1
2R: Stawell-Brown d. Nesbit 6-0 6-1
2R: Thomson d. Anthony 6-3 6-0
2R: Longhurst d. Kendal 6-4 9-7
2R: Hunter d. Pinckney 2-6 4-1 retired
2R: Sterry d. E Longhurst 6-1 6-2
QF: Douglass d. Monckton 6-1, 6-1
QF: Stawell-Brown d. V Pinckney 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
QF: Thomson d. W Longhurst 6-3, 6-3
QF: Sterry d. Hunter 6-1, 6-0
SF: Douglass d. Stawell-Brown 6-4 6-2
SF: Sterry d. Thomson 4-6 6-2 6-0
FI: Dorothea Douglass d. Charlotte Sterry 7-5 6-1
DF: Dorothea Douglass/Ethel Thomson d. Charlotte Sterry/Winifred Longhurst 4-6 6-4 6-4
MX: Charlotte Sterry/Laurie Doherty d. Violet Pinckney/George Ball-Greene 6-3 6-3
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July 25-30,
East Grinstead, Sussex, England (Grass)
Singles (Draw=8)
1R: Hilda Lane d. Ivy Arbuthnot 6-2 6-4
1R: Gladys Eastlake-Smith d. Mrs Monk 6-1 6-1
1R: G.H. Morris d. Miss Jeddere Fisher 3-6 6-1 6-3
1R: Ethel Attfield d. M. Parsons 8-6 2-6 6-4
SF: Lane d. Eastlake-Smith 6-4 5-7 7-5
SF: Attfield d. Morris 6-0 6-0
FI: Hilda Lane d. Ethel Attfield 6-1 6-2
MX: Gladys Eastlake-Smith/Reggie Doherty d. Ethel Attfield/Charles G Allen 6-2 6-4
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July 25-30,
Craigside, Llandudno, Wales (Grass)
FI: Mrs E. Gardner d. Katherine Pick 6-1 6-2
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Began July 26,
Quebec Championships, Montreal, Canada
Venue: Cote St. Antoine TC
FI: Minnie Hague d. Miss Clay ????
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July 29-August 1,
Rochester, Kent, England (Grass)
FI: Mildred Coles d. Mrs H. Paine 6-1 6-2