Dora Boothby
Full name | Penelope Dora Harvey Boothby | ||||||||
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom | ||||||||
Born | Finchley, England | 2 August 1881||||||||
Died | 22 February 1970 Hammersmith, England | (aged 88)||||||||
Singles | |||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1909) | ||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1913) | ||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||
Wimbledon | 3R (1913) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Penelope Dora Harvey Boothby (2 August 1881 – 22 February 1970) was an English tennis and badminton player. She was born in
Wimbledon Championships.[1] In Badminton, she won the 1909 All England Championships
in Mixed doubles category.
Biography
Boothby was born in Finchley, and with her older sister Gertrude, lived there with her step-parents Harry and Gertrude Penn. Harry was a civil engineer, and by 1901, they had moved to South Norwood, where she played at Beulah Hill Club, and during the winter months, she played badminton.
In 1908, she won a silver medal in the
women's singles event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
In 1909, when she won the Ladies' Singles at
Josiah Ritchie, was also living in Norwood.[3] Also in 1909, she won the singles title of the British Covered Court Championships, played on wood courts at the Queen's Club
in London, after defeating Madeline O’Neill in the final in straight sets.
In 1911, she became the first female player to lose a Wimbledon final without winning a game, losing to
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
6–0, 6–0.
In 1914, she married Arthur C.Geen.[3]
She died in Hammersmith[2] or Hampstead,[3] London in 1970.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 titles, 2 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 19091 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Agnes Morton | 6–4, 4–6, 8–6 |
Runner-up | 1910 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Dorothea Lambert Chambers | 2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 1911 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Dorothea Lambert Chambers | 0–6, 0–6 |
1This was actually the all-comers final as
Charlotte Cooper Sterry
did not defend her 1908 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and thus Wimbledon in 1909 by walkover.
Doubles (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1913 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Winifred McNair | 4–6, 2–4 retired |
References
- ^ "Dora Boothby". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Dora Boothby Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "Dora Boothby". The Norwood Society. 18 May 2010.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dora Boothby.
- John Arlott (Hrsg.): The Oxford companion to sports & games. Oxford University Press, London 1975
- Dora Boothby at the International Tennis Federation
- All England champions 1899–2007