Английская Википедия:Doreen Sansoni

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Thomasine Doreen Sansoni (11 October 1911 – 22 June 1977) was a Sri Lankan tennis player and national No. 1. She won a total of twenty eight career titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles from 1935 to 1946. Adaptable at competing on two natural surfaces she won titles on both clay and grass courts. She remains the most successful Sri Lankan female player.

Tennis career

Sansoni began her tennis career in 1931. In April 1933 she reached the semi-finals of the national championships played at the Hill Club in Nuwara Eliya. She won her first singles at the Ceylon Championships in 1935. At the same event that year she earned the distinction of being the first female player to achieve the triple crown by winning both the doubles and mixed doubles. In 1936 she successfully defended her Ceylon Championships title and won the event a further five times, (1937-1940, 1946) her seven singles titles remain a national record she shares with British colonial player Mrs. G. D. H. (Tiny) Alston. In addition she won the Malayan Championships four straight times from 1936 to 1939. In December 1945 she won the singles title at the Bengal Championships in Calcutta, India defeating M. Nolan in straight sets. Her final title came at the All India Championships in January 1946 where she won the singles title, defeating Sarah Mody in three sets. Sansoni was also a successful doubles player, winning the Ceylon ladies doubles championships four times and the mixed doubles championship eight times, partnering with her cousin Hildon Sansoni. Her combined nineteen national titles remain a record. She won the Malayan Championships doubles title in 1936 and the mixed doubles title in 1938. She won the doubles title at the 1941 All India Championships in Baroda, partnering with Indian player Khanum Haji.

Personal life

Sansoni was born in Negombo into a prominent Burgher family. Her father was Waldo Sansoni, (1883-1966 ), OBE, a former lieutenant colonel commanding the Ceylon Light Infantry regiment, who later became a district judge, and her mother was Thomasin Gertrude Harriet Schrader, (1889-1941) Sansoni had four siblings from her father's first marriage.

Career finals

Singles (15) titles (13) runner's up (2)

Legend (13-2)

Win

Loss

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	April 1935	Ceylon Championships	Nuwara Eliya	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Amy Rock	?
Win	2.	April 1936	Ceylon Championships	Nuwara Eliya	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Nedra Obeysekera	6-1 5-7 6-4
Win	3.	August 1936	Malayan Championships	Ipoh	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Gwendolin Ailin	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	April 1937	Ceylon Championships	Nuwara Eliya	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Laura Woodbridge	7–5, 7–5
Win	5.	August 1937	Malayan Championships	Kula Lumpur	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Betty Humphrey	6–1, 6–1
Win	6.	April 1938	Ceylon Championships	Nuwara Eliya	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Mrs Thomas	?
Win	7.	August 1938	Malayan Championships	Singapore	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Joyce Grenier	6–4, 6–1
Win	8.	April 1939	Ceylon Championships	Nuwara Eliya	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Laura Woodbridge	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win	9.	August 1939	Malayan Championships	Ipoh	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Gwendolin Moon Ailin	6–2, 6–3
Win	10.	April 1940	Ceylon Championships	Nuwara Eliya	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Sheila Roberts	6–1, 6–4
Loss	11.	February 1945	All India Lawn Tennis Championship	Madras	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Laura Woodbridge	6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Win	12.	December 1945	Bengal Championships	Calcutta	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon M. Nolan	6–4, 6–2
Win	13	January 1946	All India Lawn Tennis Championship	Calcutta	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Sera Mody	6–1, 10–12, 6–0
Win	14.	April 1946	Ceylon Championships	Nuwara Eliya	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Sheila Roberts	7-5, 6-3
Loss	15.	January 1947	Southern India Championships	Madras	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Sheila Roberts	2-6, 6-4, 4-6

Sources

• Altendorf, D. V. "GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF SANSONI OF CEYLON VOL 49" (PDF). thedutchburgherunion.org. Sri Lankan Dutch Burgher Union. 1959.

External links

• University of Adelaide Sri Lanka papers ca. 1800-1999
• Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA)
• https://thuppahi.Dr. Michael Roberts/about