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1898 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles
Juliette Atkinson won the singles tennis title of the 1898 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship by defeating challenger Marion Jones 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 in the Challenge Round, surviving five matchpoints in the final set. It was Atkinon's third singles title, after 1895 and 1897, which gave her permanent ownership of the Wissahickon Inn Challenge Cup. Jones had won the right to challenge Atkinson by defeating Helen Crump 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Wissahickon Heights, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia from June 14 through June 18, 1898. Draw Challenge round All Comers' finals References {{DEFAULTSORT:U.S. National Championships - Women's Singles, 1898 1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliette Atkinson
Juliette Paxton Atkinson Buxton (née Atkinson; April 15, 1873 – January 12, 1944) was an American tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Biography Atkinson was the daughter of a Brooklyn, New York physician. She won five U.S. Championships doubles titles in a row with three different partners. Both natives of Maplewood, New Jersey, she and her sister Kathleen Atkinson partnered to win the last two titles. Also the sisters twice faced each other in the semifinals of the singles competition. She won three mixed doubles titles with Edwin P. Fischer. In both 1899 and 1901, Atkinson won the doubles title and reached the singles final at the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters. She won the 1899 doubles title with Myrtle McAteer (falling to McAteer that year in the singles final) and the 1901 doubles title with Marion Jones Farquhar (falling in the singles final to Winona Closterman). In 1896 and 1898, she won the Niagara International Tennis T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maud Banks
Maud Banks of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an English-born American tennis champion who played in the latter stages of the 19th century and in the early part of the 20th century. Career She reached the singles final of the all-comers tournament at the U.S. National Championships in 1899, a time when women played best-of-five set finals. She lost that final to Marion Jones, 1–6, 1–6, 5–7. She reached the semifinals in both singles and doubles the next year, losing to Myrtle McAteer of Pittsburgh in both matches (Banks teamed with Bessie Rastall and McAteer with Marie Wimer). She teamed with Winona Closterman of Cincinnati to reach the doubles final at the U.S. National Championships in 1902, losing to the team of Juliette Atkinson and Marion Jones. Banks also was a quarterfinalist at the U.S. National Championships in 1897, losing to Juliette Atkinson. At the Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Masters or Cincinnati Open (branded as the Western & Southern Open for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 In Women's Tennis
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, ''J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper ''L'Aurore'', accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The USS Maine (ACR-1), USS ''Maine'' explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
