Английская Википедия:Edith Hannam
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Edith Margaret Hannam (née Boucher; 28 November 1878 – 16 January 1951) was a tennis player from Great Britain.[1] She played at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won two gold medals.[2]
Family life
Edith Margaret Boucher was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire on 28 November 1878, the daughter of John and Julia Boucher, her father was a pharmaceutical chemist. Her older brother was John Mycroft Boucher also a tennis player and business man.
Boucher married Francis John Hannam at Long Ashton in 1909, as a captain in the Gloucestershire Regiment he was killed in action in France on 5 July 1916.[3]
Tennis career
In 1909 at the Tri-State Championships in Cincinnati, Hannam won the singles and mixed doubles titles and was a doubles finalist. She beat Martha Kinsey in the final for the singles title, paired with Julius Frieberg to reach the doubles final, and teamed with Lincoln Mitchell to win the mixed doubles title.
At the 1912 Olympics Hannam won the gold medal in both the Woman's Singles indoor tournament, beating Danish player Sofie Castenschiold in straight sets, and in the Mixed Doubles indoor tournament with partner Charles Dixon. In 1914 she reached the Woman's Doubles finals at Wimbledon with partner Ethel Thomson Larcombe but lost in straight sets to Elizabeth Ryan and Agnes Morton.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 1914 | Wimbledon | Grass | Шаблон:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe | Шаблон:Flagicon Agnes Morton Шаблон:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan |
1–6, 3–6 |
References
External links
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