Alice Pickering
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
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Born | 1860 |
Died | 18 February 1939 |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | F (1896, 1897) |
Alice Pickering (1860 – 18 February 1939;[1] née Alice Mabel Simpson) was an English tennis player.
Pickering played at the Wimbledon Championships from 1895 to 1901. In 1896, she won the all-comers-competition at Wimbledon 1896,[2] but lost the challenge round against Charlotte Cooper 2–6, 3–6. She again reached the all-comers final in the following year, but this time lost to Blanche Bingley.
In 1896, she won the doubles competition at the Irish Championships with Ruth Durlacher.
Grand Slam finals[edit]
Single (1 runner-up)[edit]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1896 | Wimbledon | Grass | Charlotte Cooper | 2–6, 3–6 |
References[edit]
- ^ "La fiche de Alice PICKERING. Tennis - L'Equipe.fr". Lequipe.fr. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ Arthur Wallis Myers (1903): Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's sons, New York, p. 180. (online)
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