A new queen sits atop women's tennis as Dorothea Douglass takes Wimbledon in the absense of Blanche Hillyard, Louisa Martin, Charlotte Sterry, and holder Muriel Robb. Douglass proves her title is no fluke by taking 6 of the 9 titles she competes in all year. Her record incluses wins at Chiswick Park, Wimbledon, Beckenham, the Gipsy Club, Newcastle, and Derbyshire. Her 3 defeats were at the Northern (to Louisa Martin) and at Brighton (to Alice Greene) and Eastbourne (to Connie Wilson). The last two defeats were late in the season, stirring hopes by year's end that her grip was loosening.
Uncertain dates
???? French Closed Championships, Paris (C)
Adine Masson d Katie Gillou 6-0 6-8 6-0
Australian to play at Wimbledon, where she reached the semi-finals of the mixed doubles.
Sources and Links
*Note that much of this thread is based on work done by Mark Newman. His original work is at:
http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=409355
Consulted pamplets by Alan Little on Lambert Chambers and Sutton.
The overall results links are at: http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=90372
Rollo
Jun 14th, 2010, 10:49 PM
January
December 27, 1902-January 1, 1903, New Zealand Championships, Nelson, New Zealand (Grass)
CR: Kate Nunneley (holder) d. Miss Gore 6-3 6-1
DF: Kate Nunneley/Miss Gorrie d. P. Gorrie/Miss Langridge 6-8 6-3 6-3
XDF: Harold A. Parker/Kate Nunneley d. F. Laishley/M. Kennedy 6-1 6-0
Rollo
Jun 14th, 2010, 10:50 PM
February
c. February 23-28, South Australian Championships, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Grass)
CR: L.E. Payne (holder) d. [E.] Collis 6-1 6-3
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DF: Maisie Parr/L.E. Payne d. Miss Jolly/Mrs Ragless 6-2 6-0
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XDF: R.G. Bowen/Maisie Parr d. C.V. Heath/Miss Collis default
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'Miss Payne has never been in better form than at the present'
Rollo
Jun 14th, 2010, 10:50 PM
March
started March 1, Monte Carlo, Monaco (Clay)
FI: Toupie Lowther (GB) d. M. Brooksmith (GB) 6-3 6-1
MX: Sidney H. Smith (GB)/Ruth Winch (GB) d. Laurie Doherty (GB)/Toupie Lowther (GB) 6-3 7-5
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mid-March, South of France Championships, Nice, France (Clay)
FI: Toupie Lowther (GB) d. Countess Clara von der Schulenburg (Ger) 1-6 6-1 6-2
MX: Reggie Doherty (GB)/Countess Schulenburg (Ger) d. E.D. Robinson (GB)/Mlle de Robiglio 2-6 6-4 6-2
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late March, Riviera Championships, Mentone, France (Clay)
FI: M. Brooksmith (GBR) d. [????]
Rollo
Jun 14th, 2010, 11:01 PM
April
mid-April, French Covered Court Championships, Tennis Club de Paris, Paris, France (Wood)
FI: Katie Gillou (1/6) d. Mlle de Pfeffel 4-6 6-4 6-2*
* The women’s singles event at this tournament was "handicap" only again this year.
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April 20-28, British Covered Courts Championships, Queen’s Club, London, England (Wood)
ACF: Adine Masson (FR) d. Mabel Squire 6-3 6-2
CR: Toupie Lowther (holder) d. Adine Masson (FRA) 6-1 6-0
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Mixed Doubles
ACF: Reggie Doherty/Masson (FRA) d. E. Gwynne-Evans/Miss Kentish 6-2 6-4
CR: Laurie Doherty/Lowther (holders) d. R.Doherty/Masson (Fr)5-7 6-4 9-7*
* There was a Challenge Round in the mixed doubles event at this tournament for a number of years.
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April, Tasmanian Championships, Launceston, Australia
FI: Nina Rock d. Amy Rex 6-3 6-1
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Circa late April, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA (Hard)
FI: Miriam Edwards d. Hazel Hotchkiss 2-6, 6-0, 6-1, 6-4*
* All of the players were "handicapped" in the early rounds of this tournament, which had a best-of-five-sets final. Hazel Hotchkiss was sixteen-and-a-half at this point in time.
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April 3-May 2, Ojai Valley Open, Nordhoff, California, USA (Hard)
SF: May Sutton d. Florence Sutton 6-2 6-1
SF: Violet Sutton d. Gabrielle Dobbins 6-1 6-2
starts May 11, Swedish Covered Courts Champs, Stockholm, Swd. (Wood)
FI: Martha Adlerstrahle d. I. Swedborg 6-2 6-2
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starts May 18, Wiesbaden*, Wiesbaden, Germany (Clay)
FI: M. Stonham (GB) d. Luise Berton 6-0 6-2
* This was the first year of this top-class tournament at which the women would play for the Championships of Wiesbaden.
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18-21 May, Prague, Czechoslovakia (Clay)
For the Czechoslovakian Championships
FI: Emmy Matuch (AUT) d. Frau Glaser 6-2 7-5
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For the Championships of Prague
FI: Emmy Matuch (AUT) d. Frau Bitzel (?) 6-0 6-4
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starts May 20 + fd, Championships of Lower Austria, Vienna, Austria (Cl)
FI: A. Ebermann d. Frida Pietrzikowski 6-3 7-9 7-5 2-6 8-6
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starts May 28, Championships of Berlin Berlin, Germany (Clay)
FI: Countess Clara von der Schulenburg d. Nora Cavallar 6-3 6-1
Rollo
Jun 14th, 2010, 11:11 PM
First half of June
May 28-June 4, Budapest International Championships, Budapest, Hungary (Clay)
FI: Margit Madarász d. Katalin Cséry default
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June 1-6, Middlesex Championships, Chiswick Park, London, England (Grass)
FI: Dorothea Douglass d. Edith Bromfield 6-4 9-7
XDF: Harold Mahony/Dorothea Douglass d. Arthur D. Prebble/Dora Boothby 7-5 6-4
Charlotte Sterry, the holder, does not compete. Douglass opens her season at Chiswick park and wins it on her 5th attempt. The final takes 75 minutes.
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FI: Louisa Martin d. Maud Garfit (GB) 6-2 4-6 6-1
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No women’s doubles event was held this year.
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XDF: This year the mixed doubles at this tournament was a "handicap" only event.
* This year the Irish Championships tournament moved from its original venue of Fitzwilliam Square to the nearby Wilton Place. This move coincided with a decline in the tournament’s fortunes, in the sense that the very best players from England and other countries would no longer necessarily participate in it.
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starts June 6 Championships of Austria, Prague, Bohemia (Clay)
FI: Winifred Longhurst (GB) d. Frida Pietrzikowski 6-0 6-0
DF: Frida Pietrzikowski/Frl Pietrzikowski d. A. Ebermann/Frl Goldenberg 6-4 8-10 6-4
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XDF: Rolf Kinzl (AUT)/Margit Madarász (HUN) d. Curt von Wessely (AUT)/Sidi Maschka (AUT) 6-4 6-4
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June 8-13*, Kent Championships, Beckenham, Kent, England (Grass)
CR: Connie Wilson d. Dorothea Douglass 3-6 6-4 6-4
As was the case in 1902 rain forces the later stages of this event to be held after Wimbledon. The final is contested on July 5.
Rollo
Jun 14th, 2010, 11:13 PM
Second half of June
June 15-20, Northern Tournament, Manchester, England (Grass)
ACF: Dorothea Douglass d. Winifred Longhurst 6-2 4-6 7-5
CR: Louisa Martin (holder) d. Dorothea Douglass 4-6 7-5 6-4
DF: Martin/Alice Pickering d. Douglass/Longhurst 4-6 7-5 6-2
XDCR: Frank L. Riseley/Douglass d. Sidney H. Smith/Martin (holders) 6-3 6-4
This is Dorothea's first entry in the Northern Chmps. She drops only 9 games in reaching the final.
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June 15-20, Surbiton, Surrey, England (Grass)
FI: Toupie Lowther d. Edith Bromfield 3-6 6-1 6-3
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in June, Virginia State Championship, Norfolk, USA
FI: Mrs Wallington Hardy d. Jeanette Gantt 6-3 6-2
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Rollo
Jun 14th, 2010, 11:13 PM
June 23-July 1, The Championships, Wimbledon, London, England (Grass)
Draw of 28.
*Muriel Robb did not defend title.
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First Round
Toupie Lowther bye
Winifred Longhurst bye
E. Walter d. B. Steedman walkover
Agatha Morton d. C.H. Meyer 6-1 6-3
Hilda Lane d. Ellen Stawell-Brown 6-2 8-6
Gertrude Houselander d. M. Stoneham 6-1 6-1
Violet Pinkney d. A. Bell retired (0-0?)
Dorothea Douglass d. Mrs. Riseley walkover
Connie Wilson d. Edith Greville 1-6 6-2 6-3
L Ripley d. M. Chatterton walkover
EL Bosworth d. Henrietta Horncastle 6-1 6-1
Ethel Thomson d. B. Tulloch 6-3 6-2
H .Smythe d. C.B. Bell walkover
Edith Bromfield d. E. A. Longhurst 6-3 6-3
Alice Greene bye
Mrs. Newton bye
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Second round
Lowther d. Longhurst 8-6 6-2
Morton d. Walter 6-2 6-2
Houselander d. Lane 1-6 6-1 9-7
Douglass d. Pinckney walkover
Wilson d. Ripley 6-2 6-1
Thompson d. Bosworth 6-4 6-1
Bromfield d. Smythe 6-0 6-2
Greene d. Newton 6-1 6-2
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Quarters
Lowther d. Morton 6-1 6-0
Douglass d. Houselander 6-2 6-0
Thomson d. Wilson 6-4 8-6
Greene d. Bromfield 6-0 4-6 6-3
Semis
Douglass d. Lowther 6-4 6-2
Thomson d. Greene 6-3 6-1
Final
Douglass d. Ethel Thomson 4-6 6-4 6-2
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Douglass took advantage of "a lean entry" to win her first Wimbledon. Absentees included the holder Robb, and multiple winners Hillyard and Sterry(pregnant).
Ethel used "her teasing, screw underhand service and outstanding backhand returns" to blunt Dorothea's power at first.
From 4-4 in the second Douglass was in control, despite not being up to her usual standard. In pictures from 1903 Dorothea's long skirts swish just below her ankles
Doubles (a non-championship event)
FI: Dorothea Douglass/Alice Pickering d. Hilda Lane/Connie Wilson 6-2 6-1
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Mixed: (a non-championship event)
FI: Sidney H. Smith/Ethel Thomson d. Clarence Hobart (USA)/Edith Bromfield 6-2 6-3
Rollo
Jun 14th, 2010, 11:20 PM
June 24 to 27 US National Chmps, At Wissahickon, Philadelphia, PA (Grass)
*Need to see Philly Inquirer.
*Holder Marion Jones "sits out" until the Challenge Round.
First Round
Elizabeth Moore d. Miriam Hall 6-1 6-3
Marjorie Oberteuffer d. Gertrude Fetterman 6-2 6-3
Helen Chapman d. Corrine Mack 6-1 8-6
Carrie Neely d. Clara T. Chase 6-0 6-1
Semis
Moore d. Oberteuffer 6-0 6-0
Neely d. Chapman 6-0 6-1
All Comers Final
Moore d. Neely 6-2 6-4
Challenge Round Final
Elizabeth Moore d. Marion Jones 7-5 8-6
Rollo
Jun 15th, 2010, 09:54 PM
First Half of July
June 29 + fd, Middle States Championships, Orange LTC, Montrose, New Jersey, USA (Grass)
FI: Carrie Neely d. Marion Jones 6-4 2-6 6-2
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June 30-July 7, Championships of Paris, Ile de Puteaux, Paris, France (Clay)
July 1-3, Ocean Park Country Club, Los Angeles, California, USA (Hard)
SF: Violet Sutton d. Florence Sutton 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
FI: Violet Sutton vs May Sutton [?]*
MF: Ainsworth/Miss Shoemaker d. J. Donnell/May Sutton 6-2 4-6 6-4
* Both singles finals at this tournament were scheduled for Saturday, July 11.
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Circa July 1-5, California State Championships, San Rafael, California, USA (Hard)
FI: Miriam Edwards d. Eva Varney 6-4 6-3
From the "San Francisco Call", Sunday, July 5, 1903: "Miss Miriam Edwards becomes the first tennis champion of her sex of the State."
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July 3 + fd, Leipzig, Germany (Clay)
FI: R. Szczesny d. C. Federlin 3-6 9-7 7-5
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Circa July 5-10, Canadian Championships, Niagrara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada (Grass)
ACF: Violet Summerhayes d. Mrs Burgess 1-6 6-4 6-2*
* Miss Hague, the holder, more than likely did not defend her title.
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July 6-9, Epsom, Surrey, England (Grass)
FI: Alice Greene d. Edith Bromfield 7-5 6-3
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XDF: E.D. Robinson/Edith Bromfield d. Edward R. Allen/Alice Greene 6-4 6-4
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July 6-11, North London Championships (Gipsy Open), London, England (Grass)
CR: Dorothea Douglass (holder) d. Agnes Morton 6-3 6-2
Douglass wins the cup outright with her 3rd title.
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July 8-11, Welsh Championships, Newport, Wales (Grass)
FI: Connie Wilson d. Winifred Longhurst 6-3 0-6 7-5
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July 12 + fd, Chmps of Eastern Germany , Sopot, Germany (Clay)
FI: Frau Dschenfzig d. H. Wieler 6-0 4-6 6-4
*Sopot is now in Poland. In 1908 it was part of the German Empire.
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Circa July 13-16, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Hard)
FI: May Sutton d. Gabrielle Dobbins 6-4 6-1
Rollo
Jun 15th, 2010, 09:59 PM
Mid to late July
July 13-22, London Championships, Queen’s Club, London, England (Grass)
FI: Agnes Morton d. Edith Greville 6-4 5-7 6-0
Holder Charlotte Cooper does not defend title.
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July 16-18, Warwickshire Championships, Leamington, Warwickshire, England (Grass)
FI: L. Kendal d. Mrs Perrett 6-2 7-5
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July 18-25, Tri-State Tournament, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Clay)
Venue: Cincinatti Tennis Club
QF: Winona Closterman d Jane Craven 6-1 6-0
QF: Marie Wimer d Hilda Von Steinwehr 6-4 6-3
QF: Carrie Neely d Lilly Wilshire default
QF: Myrtle McAteer d Marthas Kinsey 7-5 6-0
SF: Closterman d Wimer 6-3 6-4
SF: McAteer d Neely 6-3 6-3
FI: Winona Closterman d. Myrtle McAteer 6-1 5-7 6-4
This year the event moved from the Avondale Club to its new home-the Cincinatti Tennis Club on the corner of Wold and Dexter Avenues in East Walnut Hills. The club was founded in 1880 and is still active today.
Closterman wins a silver-handled parasol for taking the event, while runnerup McAteer gets a silver belt.
The defending champion Maud Banks did not appear, but if she had she would have played through, as no challenge round existed in the Tri-State until 1905.
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July 22-25, Midland Counties Championships, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (Grass)
FI: Ethel Thomson d. Gerturde Houselander 6-4 6-2
MX: Ethel Thompson/Sidney H. Smith d. L. Kendal/F.L. Burgess 6-2 6-2
Rollo
Jun 15th, 2010, 10:03 PM
early to mid August
July 27-August 1, Northumberland Championships, Newcastle, Northumberland, England (Grass)
1R? Dorothea Douglass d Ethel Thompson 6-2 2-6 6-1
FI: Dorothea Douglass d. Ellen Stawell-Brown [score?]
DF: Dorothea Douglass/Ethel Thomson d. Alice Pickering/Muriel Robb 4-6 6-4 6-4
XDF: George Ball-Greene/Muriel Robb d. Wilberforce V. Eaves (AUS)/Alice Pickering 4-6 6-3 6-1
The Douglass-Thompson encounter was Dorothea's "opening match" at Newcastle.
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c.July 27-August 5, Western Championships*, Kenwood Country Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Grass)
ACF: Winona Closterman d. Carrie Neely 6-1 6-4
CR: Myrtle McAteer (holder) d. Winona Closterman 8-6 6-1
* The men’s and women’s events at this tournament were held simultaneously this year.
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began July 28, Oregon State Championships, Portland, USA
FI: Miss Heitshu d. Miss Fording 6-2 6-1
DF: Miss Strong/Miss Robertson d. Heitshu/Miss Josephi 6-3 6-2
MX: Heitshu/Goss d. Strong/Ewing 6-3 6-1
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August 2-8, Southern California Championships, Santa Monica, California, USA (Hard)
FI: Florence Sutton d. May Carter 6-4 6-2
CR: May Sutton (holder) d. Florence Sutton 6-1 6-2
MX: A.C. Way/May Sutton d. Alfonso Bell/Gabrielle Dobbins 6-4 6-1
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August 3-5, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England (Grass)
FI: Connie Wilson d. Edith Greville 6-4 6-2
DF: Alice Greene/Miss Morgan d. G. Lloyd-Turner/I. Lloyd-Turner 6-1, 7-5
XDF: Herbert Roper Barrett/Connie Wilson d. George Greville/Edith Greville 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
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August 3-7, Trefriw, Wales (Grass)
FI: Maud Garfit d. N. Forster 7-5 3-6 8-6
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August 3 + fd, Heiligendamm Open, Heiligendamm, Germany (Clay)
FI: Countess Clara von der Schulenburg d. Mme Popp walkover
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August 3-10, Scottish Championships, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (Grass)
August 6-8, Essex Championships, Colchester, Essex, England (Grass)
ACF: Edith Greville d. Agnes Morton 6-1 6-3
CR: Edith Greville d. Winifred Longhurst (holder), walkover
XDF: George Greville/Edith Greville d. Herber Roper Barrett 5-7, 6-0, 6-4
Rollo
Jun 15th, 2010, 10:15 PM
Mid to late August
August 10-15, East of England Championships, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England (Grass)
FI: Alice Greene d. Connie Wilson 6-3 5-7 7-5
XDF: Herbert Roper Barrett/Connie Wilson d. Edward R. Allen/Alice Greene 6-0, 6-0
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August 10 + fd, Ostend, Belgium (Clay)
FI: Elsie Lane (GB) d. Winifred Storms 6-3 6-3
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August 10-17, Derbyshire Championships, Buxton, Derbyshire, England (Grass)
SF: Dorothea Douglass d. Mrs Monk 6-3, 6-2
SF: Ethel Thomson d. Muriel Robb 6-2, 6-1
FI: Dorothea Douglass d. Ethel Thomson 6-2, 6-1*
DF: Dorothea Douglass/Ethel Thomson d. Alice Pickering/Muriel Robb 4-6 6-3 6-2
XDF: Walter C. Crawley/Ethel Thomson d. Xenophon Casdagli/Dorothea Douglass 6-2 6-3
* This was an early appearance in a singles final by the runner-up, Ethel Thomson, a future Wimbledon champion.
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August 17-22, Yorkshire Association Tournament, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England (Grass)
XDF: Archie Way/May Sutton d. Louis Freeman/Mrs Seymour 6-0, 6-3
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September 7-12, Sussex Championships, Brighton, Sussex, England (Grass)
FI: Alice Greene d. Dorothea Douglass 2-6 8-6 6-2
DF: Hilda Lane/Connie Wilson d. Elsie Lane/Charlotte Sterry 6-4 8-6
XDF: Anthony F. Wilding (NZL)/Dorothea Douglass d. A.E. Taylor/Gertrude Houselander 8-6 6-4
Green fights from behind to upset the Wimbledon champ.
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September 7 + fd, Le Touquet, France (Clay)
FI: Edith Greville (GB) d. Mildred Coles (GB) 6-3 6-1
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September 7 + fd, Dinard, France (Clay)
ACF: Katie Gillou d. Antoinette Gillou 6-4 6-1
CR: Katie Gillou d. Hélène Prévost (holder), walkover
XDF: Wilberforce V. Eaves (AUS)/Katie Gillou d. W.F. Martin (GBR)/O. Martin (GBR) 1-6 6-2 6-2
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second week in september, Maryland State Championships, Catonsville, USA
Venue: Country Club
FI: Mrs Hardy d. Miss Houghton ??
MX: Mrs Hardy/Harry Allen d. ??
Rollo
Jun 15th, 2010, 10:17 PM
mid to late September
Sept 14-19, South of England Champs, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England (Grass)
FI: Connie Wilson d. Dorothea Douglass 7-5 6-2
MX: Anthony F. Wilding (NZ)/Dorothea Douglass d. Harold Mahony/Ellen Stawell-Brown 8-6 6-3
This is the close of the season for Dorothea Douglass and most British players. Wilson's "improved net game forced the issue" in her upset win.
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September 15 + fd, Championships of Les Avants, Les Avants, Switzerland (Clay)
FI: Mrs Weir (GB) d. Miss White (GB) 6-0 7-5
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[Circa mid-September] Swiss Championships, Saint Moritz, Switzerland (Clay)
FI: Hélène Prévost (Fr) d. Domini Elliadi (Gre) ????
DF: Domini Elliadi (Gre)/Nora Cavallar (Ger) d. Hélène Prévost (Fr)/L. Vagliano ????
MX: André Vacherot (Fr)/Hélène Prévost d. Marcel Vacherot (Fr)/H. Couppa ????
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Circa mid-September, Saro, Sweden (Asphalt)
FI: M. Werner d. S. Mark 6-2 6-3*
* The two finalists were probably Swedish.
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September 21-26, Welsh Covered Courts Championships, Llandudno, Wales (Wood)
FI: Maud Garfit d. Mrs Whyte 6-2 6-0
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c. September 21-28, New South Wales Championships, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Grass)
FI Orea Moustaka-Beatty d M Lee 6-3 6-3
CR Rose Payten (holder) d Mrs Beatty 6-1 6-0
WD Payten/Dransfield (holders) d Beatty/Bremer 4-6 7-5 6-4
MX Horace Rice/Rose Payten d G. W. Wright/Bremer 6-4 6-2
Mrs Beatty played in England a few years later when she resided there. She often teamed with Miss Bremer, a Sydney player who also moved to England for a few years. Neither competed at Wimbledon.
Bremer returned to Sydney late in 1909. Mrs Beatty came back around 1913/14.
Rollo
Jun 15th, 2010, 10:18 PM
October
Rollo
Jun 15th, 2010, 10:18 PM
November 17-21, Victorian Championships, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Grass)
FI: Lorna Gyton d. Lily Addison* 6-1, 6-1
DF: Lorna Gyton/Miss Murray d. Miss Collis/Miss Wilmoth 6-3 6-4
XDF: J.C. Blair/Lorna Gyton d. Alfred W. Dunlop/Miss Forsyth 9-7 6-3
19 year old Addison's first major final. She would go on to win state championships of New South Wales, Victoria (six times between 1906 and 1921) and South Australia - winning singles, doubles and mixed in each during her career. In 1919, after volunteering as a nurse in Europe during the First World War (her brother, with whom she won state mixed titles, was killed in action during the war), she became possibly the first Australian to play at Wimbledon.
Rollo
Jun 15th, 2010, 10:19 PM
December 26-30, New Zealand Championships, Napier, New Zealand (Grass)
FI: Kate Nunneley d. Miss Gore 6-2 6-4*
DF: P. Gorrie/Miss Gorrie d. Miss Gore/Mrs Marchbanks 3-6 6-1 8-6
MX: Harold A. Parker/Kate Nunneley d. Goss/Mrs Ballantyne 6-2 6-0
* There was no Challenge Round in the women’s singles event at this tournament from this year onwards.
newmark401
Aug 11th, 2010, 01:19 PM
Some additional results (and finalists) for 1903:
March 1+ fd, Monte Carlo, Monaco (Clay)
XDF: Sidney H. Smith (GBR)/Ruth Winch (GBR) d. Laurie Doherty (GBR)/Toupie Lowther (GBR) 6-3, 7-5
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Circa mid-March, South of France championships, Nice, France (Clay)
XDF: Reggie Doherty (GBR)/Countess Clara von der Schulenburg (GER) d. E.D. Robinson (GBR)/Mlle de Robiglio 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
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[Circa mid-September] Swiss Championships, Saint Moritz, Switzerland (Clay)
FI: Hélène Prévost (FRA) d. Domini Elliadi (GRE) [score?]
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DF: Domini Elliadi (GRE)/Nora Cavallar (GER) d. Hélène Prévost (FRA)/L. Vagliano [score?]
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XDF: André Vacherot (FRA)/Hélène Prévost d. Marcel Vacherot (FRA)/H. Couppa [score?]
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Rollo
Aug 12th, 2010, 01:25 PM
Added-thank you Mark:)
newmark401
Nov 5th, 2010, 12:11 PM
July 1-3, Ocean Park Country Club, Los Angeles, California, USA (Hard)
SF: Violet Sutton d. Florence Sutton 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
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FI: Violet Sutton vs May Sutton [?]*
* Both singles finals at this tournament were scheduled for Saturday, July 11.
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XDF: [] Ainsworth/Miss Shoemaker d. J. Donnell/May Sutton 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
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Circa July 1-5, California State Championships, San Rafael, California, USA (Hard)
FI: Miriam Edwards d. Eva Varney 6-4, 6-3
From the "San Francisco Call", Sunday, July 5, 1903: "Miss Miriam Edwards becomes the first tennis champion of her sex of the State."
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Circa July 13-16, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Hard)
FI: May Sutton d. Gabrielle Dobbins 6-4, 6-1
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The mixed doubles final results from the 1903 Southern California Champs, plus the correct dates:
August 2-8, Southern California Championships, Santa Monica, California, USA (Hard)
XDF: A.C. Way/May Sutton d. Alfonso Bell/Gabrielle Dobbins 6-4, 6-1
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Rollo
Nov 12th, 2010, 08:49 PM
Added-thank you Mark:)
newmark401
Nov 27th, 2010, 09:53 AM
Some more results from Californian tournaments, taken from contemporary sources:
Circa late April, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA (Hard)
FI: Miriam Edwards d. Hazel Hotchkiss 2-6, 6-0, 6-1, 6-4*
* All of the players were "handicapped" in the early rounds of this tournament, which had a best-of-five-sets final. Hazel Hotchkiss was sixteen-and-a-half at this point in time.
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newmark401
Nov 27th, 2010, 09:56 AM
Some more details on the 1903 Pacific Coast Championships tournament, with the correct dates:
August 31-September 9, Pacific Coast Championships, Del Monte, California, USA (Hard)
XDF: Archie Way/May Sutton d. Louis Freeman/Mrs Seymour 6-0, 6-3
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DavidK
Nov 27th, 2010, 02:16 PM
Addition and replacement above have been done- thank you Mark
Rollo
Feb 2nd, 2011, 05:24 PM
Added correct dates, venue (it was Cincinatti Tennis Club-not Avondale) and results from QF for the Tri-State event.
July 18-25, Tri-State Tournament, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Clay)
Venue: Cincinatti Tennis Club
QF: Winona Closterman d Jane Craven 6-1 6-0
QF: Marie Wimer d Hilda Von Steinwehr 6-4 6-3
QF: Carrie Neely d Lilly Wilshire default
QF: Myrtle McAteer d Marthas Kinsey 7-5 6-0
SF: Closterman d Wimer 6-3 6-4
SF: McAteer d Neely 6-3 6-3
FI: Winona Closterman d. Myrtle McAteer 6-1 5-7 6-4
This year the event moved from the Avondale Club to its new home-the Cincinatti Tennis Club on the corner of Wold and Dexter Avenues in East Walnut Hills. The club was founded in 1880 and is still active today.
Closterman wins a silver-handled parasol for taking the event, while runnerup McAteer gets a silver belt.
The defending champion Maud Banks did not appear, but if she had she would have played through, as no challenge round existed in the Tri-State until 1905.
Jimbo109
Nov 7th, 2011, 09:25 AM
after August, Wisconsin State Championships, Milwaukee, USA
FI: Carrie Neely d. Miss Steever ??
CR: Neely d. Miss Parker ??
DF: Neely/Parker d. ??
MX: Parker/Reuben Hunt d. ??
Jimbo109
Nov 7th, 2011, 11:43 AM
in June, Virginia State Championship, Norfolk, USA
FI: Mrs Wallington Hardy d. Miss Jeanette Gantt 6-3 6-2
Jimbo109
Nov 7th, 2011, 11:57 AM
second week in september, Maryland State Championships, Catonsville, USA
Venue: Country Club
FI: Mrs Hardy d. Miss Houghton ??
MX: Mrs Hardy/Harry Allen d. ??
Jimbo109
Nov 7th, 2011, 12:03 PM
began July 28, Oregon State Championships, Portland, USA
FI: Miss Heitshu d. Miss Fording 6-2 6-1
DF: Miss Strong/Miss Robertson d. Heitshu/Miss Josephi 6-3 6-2
MX: Heitshu/Goss d. Strong/Ewing 6-3 6-1
DavidK
Dec 4th, 2011, 01:28 PM
Above have been edited in. Thanks Jimbo
Jimbo109
Mar 31st, 2012, 10:31 AM
April 20-28, Covered Courts Championships, Queen’s Club, London, England (Wood)
ACF: Adine Masson (FR) d. Mabel Squire 6-3 6-2
CR: Toupie Lowther (holder) d. Adine Masson (FRA) 6-1 6-0
The exact tournament's name was "British Covered Court Championships", not to be confused with the "London Covered Court Championships" of following years, also played at Queen's Club.
DavidK
Apr 12th, 2012, 09:28 PM
"British" has been added to Covered Courts
Jimbo109
Jun 10th, 2012, 01:53 PM
Info provided by GeeTee
April, Tasmanian Championships, Launceston
FI: Nina Rock d. Amy Rex 63 61
DavidK
Jun 17th, 2012, 02:04 PM
Tasmanian added in
newmark401
Dec 22nd, 2012, 07:14 PM
18-21 May, Prague, Czechoslovakia (Clay)
For the Czechoslovakian Championships
FI: Emmy Matuch (AUT) d. Frau Glaser 6-2, 7-5
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For the Championships of Prague
FI: Emmy Matuch (AUT) d. Frau Bitzel (?) 6-0, 6-4
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