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| Full name | Edith Dorothy Holman | |||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | Great Britain | |||||||||||
| Born | 18 July 1883 Kilburn, London, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 15 June 1968 (aged 84)[1] London, England | |||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | |||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1912, 1913) | |||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
| WHCC | W (1920) | |||||||||||
| WCCC | W (1919) | |||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1919, 1922) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1913) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Edith Dorothy Holman (18 July 1883 – 15 June 1968) was a British tennis player and three time ILTF world champion twice in singles winning the World Covered Court Championships in 1919, and the World Hard Court Championships in 1920 and once in doubles the same year. In addition she was a double silver medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics (singles and doubles).
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Career
Holman was born in Kilburn, London. In 1920 she won the silver medal in the singles event as well as in the doubles competition with her partner Geraldine Beamish. She also competed in the mixed doubles event with Gordon Lowe but they were eliminated in the first round. In 1919 she won the singles title at the World Covered Court Championship, played on wooden courts at the Sporting Club de Paris, defeating Germaine Regnier Golding in the final in straight sets. She also won the World Hard Court Championship in 1920 defeating Francisca Subirana in straight sets.
Her best result at the Wimbledon Championships came in 1912 and 1913 when she reached the semifinal of the singles event, which she lost to Charlotte Copper Sterry and Winifred Slocock McNair respectively.
Her other career singles highlights include winning the Aldeburgh Open, (1909), British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London, on four occasions (1912, 1914, 1921 and 1922), and the Drive Club Tournament at Fulham on hard cement four times (1912, 1920, 1922-1923).
World Championships finals
Singles (2 titles)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1919 | World Covered Court Championships | Wood |  Germaine Regnier Golding |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 1920 | World Hard Court Championships | Clay |  Francisca Subirana |
6–0, 7–5 |
References
External links
- Dorothy Holman at the International Tennis Federation
- Dorothy Holman's profile at databaseOlympics
- Dorothy Holman at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, at 20:04