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For Newmark's original thread please see. http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=409284
Grand slam results contributed by Brian Stewart


January to March

Circa December 26, 1899-January 2, 1900, New Zealand Championships, Palmerstown, New Zealand

FI: Kate Nunneley d. Miss Simpson 6-2 6-1

DF: Miss Harman/Kate Nunneley d. Mrs Payne/Lucy Powdrell 6-0 6-2

MX: Francis Fisher/Kate Nunneley/Frank Fischer d. Miss Simpson/C Cox 6-3 6-8 6-0

Fisher usually went by the initials FMB.
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Date unknown, Natal Championships, Durban, SA

FI: N Hickman d. U Turnbull 6-2 6-4
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began February 20 , Cannes, Cannes, France

All women's events are handicap events

FI: Phoebe Riseley (GB) d. Mme. Popp 6-4 6-3

DF: HM Pillans/KM Pillans d. Miss Hudd/Miss Hudd 6-1 12-10

MX: Mrs. Williams/Reggie Doherty (GB) d. Countess Clara von Schulenberg (Ger)/Count Victor Voss (Ger)/ default
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began March 13 , Nice, Nice, Fr

FI: M Brooksmith (GB) d. M. Chalier 6-3 6-0

FI: (Handicap) M. Brooksmith (GB) d. HM Pillans 6-3 6-1

MX: (Handicap) Miss Miles/MS Winkworth d. Pillans/ES Wills 6-2 6-3
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Circa March 20-25, South Australian Championships, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Grass)


CR: Maisie Parr (holder) d. LE Payne 6-4 6-5

WD: Brown/Hone

MX: Hone/Mr Bowen d. Miss Patterson/DT Harbison
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date unknown, Saint-Servan-sur-Mer, France (Clay)

FI: Miss Hawes (GB) d. Adine Masson (FRA) 4-6 6-4 6-3

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April

Circa March 31-April 5, Tasmanian Championships, Tasmania, Australia (Grass)

CR: R Maxwell d. E Ferguson (holder) 6-1 6-5
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April 4 -, Monte Carlo

FI: (Handicap) EL Bosworth (GB) d. Miss Holland 6-1 6-0

MX: (Handicap) HM Pillans/Willie Lemaire (Bel) d. KM Pillans/Jennings 7-5 6-4
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August 14-19, Southern California Championships, California, USA (Hard)

?R: Ethel Sutton d. May Sutton 6-8 6-3 6-1

QF: Violet Sutton d. Mrs Seymour 6-2 6-2
QF: Ethel Sutton d. O. Donnell 6-0 6-2
QF: Gabrielle Dobbins d. Miss Seymour 6-1 6-4
QF: Florence Sutton d. Mrs Hendricks 6-1 6-3

SF: Violet Sutton d. Ethel Sutton 6-4 6-4
SF: Florence Sutton d. Gabrielle Dobbins 6-2 6-4

FI: Violet Sutton d. Florence Sutton 6-2 6-4

MX: Gabrielle Dobbins/Sumner Hardy d. Violet Sutton/Alfonso Bell 7-5 7-5

May Sutton was just 13 years old at this point in time.
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April 17-22, British Covered Courts Championships, Queen’s Club, London, England (Indoors on Wood)

FI: Charlotte Cooper d. Ruth Dyas Durlacher (Ire)

CR: Edith Austin (holder) d. Charlotte Cooper 6-2 6-4

MX: Edith Austin/Geroge Greville d. Toupie Lowther/Harold Mahony 7-5 3-6 7-5

Harold Mahony and Charlotte Cooper were the holders of the mixed doubles title. Austin and Greville would later wed each other.
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May

May 1-8, New South Wales Championships, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Grass)

FI: Rose Payten d. Miss Clift 6-1 6-0

CR: Phoebe Howitt (holder) d. Rose Payten 3-6 10-8 7-5

Doubles

FI: Miss Clift/Howitt d. Payten/Miss Shadwell 6-4 8-6 6-4

CR: Miss Clift/Phoebe Howitt d. M. Dransfield/P. Dransfield (holders) 6-0 6-2

MX: Phoebe Howitt/Leslie Gaden d. Miss Dransfield/Waller 7-5 6-4

In 1898, Phoebe Howitt had won the mixed doubles title with Alfred W. Dunlop. Note that we also have a score of Gaden/Phoebe Howitt d Dewhurst/Rose Payten 6-4 6-2 for the mixed. Could this be an earlier result?

Phoebe Howitt has now won 21 championship events in the Victorian and NSW Colonial Championships, the greatest record of any player, male or female. Her NSW championship record includes challenge round victories over Kate Nunneley and Rose Payten, considered the best Australasian women players of this era.

"Her strong forehand drive is a feature of her play and her backhand is also good. She volleys well and can play all day without fatigue. It would be interesting to see her matched up against Miss Cooper, Miss Austin and Mrs Hillyard."

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began May 19, Championships of Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Clay)

FI: Hedwig Rosenbaum (Boh) d. E. Steinmann 2-6 6-2 10-8 6-4

Holder Countess Clara von der Schulenburg does not defend title.
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May 22-27, Irish Championships, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Ireland (Grass)

QF: Louisa Martin d. Charlotte Cooper 2-6 6-4 10-8
QF: Miss Hodson d. Maud Garfit 6-1 6-3
QF: Miss Golding d. Elsie Pinckney 2-6 6-4 7-5
QF: Ruth Durlacher d. Muriel Robb 6-2 6-4

SF: Louisa Martin d. Miss Hodson 7-5 3-6 6-3
SF: Ruth Durlacher d. Miss Golding 6-1 9-7

FI: Louisa Martin d. Ruth Durlacher 6-1 6-2

DF: Ruth Durlacher/Louisa Martin d. Miss Hodson/Muriel Robb 6-2 6-4

MX: Charlotte Cooper/Reggie Doherty d. Miss Hodson/Wilberforce Eaves (Aus) 10-8 5-7 6-2

Durlacher is the married name of Ruth Dyas, who was from Ireland. Her husband was the English tennis player Neville Durlacher.

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June

May 28-June 1, Bohemian Championships, Prague, Bohemia (Clay)

CR: Baroness Leopoldine "Dinka" von Ringhoffer d. Bertha Kalser (AUT) (holder?) 6-2 2-6 6-4
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May 29 May-June 3, Middlesex Championships, Chiswick Park, London, England (Grass)

CR: Edith Austin d. Charlotte Cooper (holder) 7-5 6-4
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June 5-11, Kent Championships, Beckenham, Kent, England (Grass)

CR: Edith Austin d. Charlotte Cooper (holder) 1-6 7-5 6-2
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Date unknown, Ealing Lawn Tennis Championship, GB (Grass)

FI: Dorothea Douglass
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Circa early June, Championships of Austria, Prague, Bohemia (Clay)

FI: B. Kalser* d. [????]

* This little-known player was from Pilsen, in Bohemia.
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June 12-17, Northern Tournament, Manchester, England (Grass)

CR: Louisa Martin (holder) d. Ruth Durlacher 6-8 6-2 6-2

DF: Charlotte Cooper/Muriel Robb d. Ruth Durlacher/Louisa Martin 6-4 8-6

Mixed Doubles

FI: Muriel Robb/Clement Cazelet d. [????] 3-6 7-5 6-2

CR: Muriel Robb/Clement Cazelet d. Charlotte Cooper/Harold Mahony (holders) 6-4 3-6 7-5
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June ?-17, Kirklady, Scotland, GB

FI: (Handicap - owes 30) A Ferguson

DF: (Handicap) A Ferguson/D Ritchie d. ? 6-5 6-5 6-5

MX: (Handicap) JM Laing/A Ferguson d. ? 15-13 7-5
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mid-June, Championships of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (Clay)

FI: Ruzsika von Wertheimstein d. B Kalser (Boh) 6-3 6-0
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Date unknown, Chapel Atherton, GB

FI: EV Jessop d. Agnes Morton

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Wimbledon

June 19-27, The Championships, Wimbledon, London, England (Grass)

All others got byes.
1R Ruth Winch d. C. Parsons-Smith 6-0 6-0

2R Muriel Robb d. H.M. Garfit 6-3 2-6 6-4
2R Ruth Durlacher d. E.E. Tanner 6-0 6-0
2R H.A. Kirby d. Alice Pickering 6-4 3-6 6-3
2R Bertha Steedman d. Winch 6-2 7-9 8-6
2R Blanche Hillyard d. H. Smythe 6-3 6-0
2R Edith Austin d. U. Templeton 6-4 6-0
2R B. Tulloch d.'Ireland' 7-5 6-2
2R E.J.Bromfield d. E.M. Thynne 7-5 5-7 6-2

QF Durlacher d. Robb 6-1 5-7 6-3
QF Steedman d. Kirby 4-6 6-2 6-2
QF Hillyard d. Austin 8-6 6-4
QF Tulloch d. Bronfield 3-6 6-2 6-1

SF Durlacher d. Steedman 6-4 6-2
SF Hillyard d. Tulloch 6-3 3-6 6-2

ACF: Blanche Hillyard d. Ruth Durlacher 7-5, 6-8, 6-1

CR: Blanche Hillyard d. Charlotte Cooper (holder) 6-2, 6-3
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DF: Blanche Hillyard/Bertha Steedman d. Ruth Durlacher/Alice Pickering 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

The first women’s doubles event was held at Wimbledon this year but it did not have championship status. It was discontinued after 1907, then revived in 1913 with full championship status.

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US National Championships

June 21-24, US Championships, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Grass)

1R Maud Banks d. Bessie Rastall 6-2 6-3
1R Myrtle McAteer d. D. H. Rastall 6-0 6-4
1R Carrie Neely d. Ethel Steel 6-0 6-0
1R Georgina Jones d. Rachel Harlan default
1R Marion Jones d. Rebecca Lycett 6-1 6-4
1R Hallie Champlin d. Helen Huey 7-5 6-2
1R Edith Parker d. Helen Chaplin 6-0 10-8
1R Jane Craven bye

QF Banks d. McAteer 7-5 7-5
QF Neely d. G. Jones 6-2 6-2
QF M. Jones d. Champlin 6-1 6-2
QF Craven d. E. Parker 7-5 3-6 6-1

SF Banks d. Neely 6-3 4-6 6-1
SF M. Jones d. Craven 6-1 6-0

ACF: Marion Jones d. Maud Banks 6-1, 6-1, 7-5

CR: Marion Jones d. Juliette Atkinson (holder), walkover

Doubles
1R Georgina Jones/Shoemaker bye
1R Banks/E. Rastall d. M. Jones/Neely 6-3 6-1
1R Champlin/Edith Parker d. Lycett/Stroud 6-2 7-5
1R Craven/McAteer bye

SF Banks/E. Rastall d. G. Jones/Shoemaker 6-3 6-0
SF Craven/McAteer d. Champlin/E. Parker 6-2 6-2

FI: Jane Craven/Myrtle McAteer d. Maud Banks/Elizabeth Rastall 6-4, 6-1, 7-5


MX: Albert L. Hoskins/Elizabeth Rastall d. James P. Gardner/Jane Craven 6-4 6-0 retired

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Early July

July 3-5, Maidstone, Kent, England (Grass)

CR: Hilda Lane (holder) d. Alice Greene 6-4 7-5
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July 3-8, North London Championships (Gipsy Open), London, England (Grass)

3R: Agnes Morton d. Hilda Lane 0-6 ?-? 8-6

FI: Morton d. Stacey 3 sets

CR: Edith Austin (holder) d. Agnes Morton 6-2 6-2
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Unknown date, Czechoslovakian Championship

FI: Mrs. M. Cingrosova-Petakova
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July 5-8, Welsh Championships, Newport, Wales (Grass)

FI: Muriel Robb d. H Ridding 4-6 6-4 6-4
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July 10-15, London Championships, Queen’s Club, London, England (Grass)

SF: Edith Bromfield d. E. Thynne 7-5 7-5
SF: Edith Austin d. Dorothea Douglass 6-3 6-3

FI: Edith Austin d. Edith Bromfield 6-4 6-4

CR: Edith Austin d. Charlotte Cooper (holder) 12-10 2-6 9-7

This is an early appearance in tournament play by the future seven-time Wimbledon singles champion, Dorothea Douglass
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July 10-15, Warwickshire Championships, Leamington, Warwickshire, England (Grass)

CR: Alice Pickering d. Ruth Durlacher (holder) 6-3 6-1
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began July 12, Canadian Championships, Niagrara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada (Grass)

FI: Violet Summerhayes d. Miss Marquis 6-2 9-11 6-3

Holder Juliette Atkinson (US) did not defend her title.
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Late July

July 17-22, Midland Counties Championships, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (Grass)

FI: Charlotte Cooper d. Ruth Durlacher 3-6 6-4 8-6

MX: Charlotte Cooper/Frank Riseley d. Muriel Robb/Clement Cazelet 6-4 8-6

The mixed doubles was an invitation only event. Holder Blanche Hillyard did not defend her singles title.
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July 24-29, Northumberland Championships, Newcastle, Northumberland, England (Grass)

FI: Charlotte Cooper d. Alice Pickering 8-6 6-0

DF: Charlotte Cooper/Maud Garfit d. Ruth Dyas/Alice Pickering 7-5 9-7

MX: Muriel Robb/Sidney H Smith d. Charlotte Cooper/Frank Riseley 7-9 6-1 6-3

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Early August

July 31 July-August 5, Scottish Championships, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (Grass)

FI: Charlotte Cooper d. Minnie Hunter 6-3 8-6

Holder Madeline O’Neill (holder) did not defend title.
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August 7-12, Exmouth, Devon, England (Grass)

FI: Phoebe Riseley d. Winifred Longhurst 6-3 2-6 6-3

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Late August

August 14-19, Derbyshire Championships, Buxton, Derbyshire, England (Grass)

FI: Muriel Robb d. Blanche Hillyard 6-3 6-3

DF: Ruth Dyas/Bertha Steedman d. Alice Pickering/Mrs “Stanhope” 2-6 6-4 6-2

MX: George Hillayrd/Blanche Hillyard d. Sidney H. Smith/Alice Pickering 4-6 6-2 9-7
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August, East of England Championships, Felixstowe

FI: Beryl Tulloch d. Elsie Lane 6-8 6-2 6-4
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Circa August 14-20, German Championships, Bad Homburg, Germany (Clay)

SF: Charlotte Cooper (GB) d. Comtesse de Pret 6-1 6-2
SF: Countess Clara von Schulenberg d. Miss Duddell 6-2 6-3

FI: Charlotte Cooper (GB) d. Countess Clara von der Schulenburg 7-5 6-4
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Circa mid-August, Swiss Championships, Saint Moritz, Switzerland, (clay)

FI: M. Brooksmith (GB) d. Miss Stephenson (GB) 6-1 6-1

DF: M. Brooksmith (GB)/Vera Warden (US) d. Miss Collis (GB)/Mrs Holland (GB) 6-3 6-3

MX: Miss Collis (GB)/George Simond (GB) d. M. Brooksmith (GB)/Robert Hough (GB) 4-6 8-6 6-1

* This was the first time a full women’s singles event has been held at the Swiss Championships, which were inaugurated in 1897 and usually held at a different venue each year.
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began August 21, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne, France (Clay)

CR: H Froome (GB) d. Henrietta Horncastle (GB) (holder) default
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began August 25, Niagara-on-the-Lake International, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada (Grass?)

FI: Edith Parker (US) d. Hallie Champlin (US) 4-6 6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2

Holder Juliette Atkinson (US) did not defend title.
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began August 28, Ladies’ Western Championships, Kenwood Country Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Grass?)

FI: Myrtle McAteer d. Carrie Neely 6-3 6-4 6-3

CR: Juliette Atkinson (holder) d. Myrtle McAteer 5-7 10-8 6-4 6-2

DF: Maud Banks/Carrie Neely d. Myrtle McAteer/Miss Neely 6-1 6-2 1-6 6-2

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September

September 1-4, Edgewood Lawn Tennis Club, Woods Hole, Mass, US

1R: E.G. Ferguson d. Bessie Ludlum 6-3 6-2
1R: Mildred Harrison d. Marion Fenno default
1R: Emily Beebe d. Margaret Fay 6-2 6-1

SF: Harrison d. Ferguson 6-1 6-1
SF: Beebe d. Marian Morse 6-1 6-4

FI: Mildred Harrison d. Emily Beebe 6-1 6-4

MX: E.G. Ferguson/ J.S. Ferguson d. Emily Beebe/ F.N. Morrill 6-2 6-4
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Circa September 4-9, Pacific Coast Championships, Del Monte, California, USA (Hard)

ACF: Violet Sutton d. Bee Hooper 3-6, 6-3, 6-4*

* This was the only match played in the women's singles event at this tournament this year (it took place on September 9; the women's singles event was held simultaneously with the men's doubles event). Marion Jones, winner of the women's singles title in 1898, did not defend.
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CR: Violet Sutton d. Marion Jones (holder), walkover
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September 4-9, Sussex Championships, Brighton, Sussex, England (Grass)

FI: Charlotte Cooper d. Blanche Hillyard 6-0 4-6 6-4

CR: Charlotte Cooper d. Edith Austin (holder) 6-4 6-4

DF: Edith Austin/Beryl Tulloch d. Charlotte Cooper/E. Cooper 6-3 7-9 6-1

MX: Clement Cazalet/Blanche Hillyard d. Sidney H. Smith/Charlotte Cooper 6-1 6-2
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began September 4, Dinard, France (Clay)

FI: Hélène Prévost d. Adine Masson 6-1 6-1

CR: Hélène Prévost d. Ivy Arbuthnot (GB) (holder) 6-3 6-4

* Ivy Arbuthnot had won this tournament from 1894-98.
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Circa September 4-11, Queensland Championships, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Grass)

FI:: Mabel Mant d. Amy Pratten 6-1 6-2

CR: Ethel Mant (holder) d. Mabel Mant 6-3 6-3

MX: Leslie O. Poidevin/Mabel Mant d. Stanley N. Doust/B. Larard 6-3 4-6 6-0
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September 11-16, South of England Championships, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England (Grass)
Venue: Devonshire Park

CR: Blanche Hillyard (holder) d. Charlotte Cooper 6-2 6-2

MX: George Hillyard/Blanche Hillyard d. Sidney H. Smith/Charlotte Cooper 6-4 8-6
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September 18-23, Welsh Covered Courts Championships, Llandudno, Wales (Wood)

CR: Muriel Robb d. Ruth Durlacher 6-2 6-3

It is not clear who the holder was.
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Circa September 18-24, Tri-State Championships, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Clay)
Venue: Avondale Athletic Club

FI: Myrtle McAteer d. Juliette Atkinson 7-5 6-1 4-6 8-6

The inaugural Tri-State Championships although this tournament originally had a different name. There were no Challenge Rounds until circa 1902.

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October to December

Circa November 20-25, Victorian Championships, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Grass)

FI: Phoebe Howitt d. F. Waters 6-2 7-5

DF: Miss Clift/Phoebe Howitt d. Miss Black/F. Waters 6-2 6-3

MX: Leslie Gaden/Phoebe Howitt d. Horace Rice/Miss Clift 6-3 8-6
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c.December 26-January 2, 1900, New Zealand Championships, Palmerstown, New Zealand (Grass)

FI: Kate Nunneley d. Miss Simpson 6-2 6-1

DF: Miss Harman/Kate Nunneley d. Mrs Payne/Lucy Powdrell 6-0 6-2

MX: Francis Fisher/Kate Nunneley d. C. Cox/Miss Simpson 6-3 6-8 6-0

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Rankings

1899 British-Irish Classifications (source: Lawn Tennis for Ladies, by Lambert Chambers)

1-2. Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GBR)
1-2 Louise Martin (IRL)
3-4. Charlotte Cooper (GBR)
3-4 Edith Austin (GBR)
05. Ruth Dyas Durlacher (IRL)
06. Alice Simpson Pickering (GBR)
07. Muriel Robb (GBR)
08. Bertha Steedman (GBR)

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Circa December 26, 1899-January 2, 1900, New Zealand Championships, Palmerstown, New Zealand

FI: Kate Nunneley d. Miss Simpson 6-2, 6-1
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DF: Miss Harman/Kate Nunneley d. Mrs Payne/Lucy Powdrell 6-0, 6-2
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XDF: Francis Fisher/Kate Nunneley d. C. Cox/Miss Simpson 6-3, 6-8, 6-0
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Thanks Mark - added above