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1929 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Pat Spence and Elizabeth Ryan were the defending champions, but Spence did not participate. Ryan partnered with Colin Gregory, but lost in the semifinals to Ian Collins and Joan Fry. Frank Hunter and Helen Wills defeated Collins and Fry in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977 Seeds Henri Cochet / Eileen Bennett ''(quarterfinals)'' Frank Hunter / Helen Wills (champions) Colin Gregory / Elizabeth Ryan ''(semifinals)'' Jean Borotra / Kea Bouman Cornelia "Kea" Tiedemann-Bouman (23 November 1903 – 17 November 1998) was a female tennis player from the Netherlands. She won the singles title at the 1927 French Championships, beating Irene Bowder Peacock of South Africa in the final. Bouma ... ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Hunter
Francis "Frank" Townsend Hunter (June 28, 1894 – December 2, 1981) was an American tennis player who won an Olympic gold medal. Early and personal life Hunter graduated from Cornell University in 1916, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society and the Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey, ice hockey team. Hunter was the second husband of the actress Lisette Verea in 1954. ''New York Times'' (June 22, 1954): 23. Tennis career Hunter was a singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1923 (where he beat Gordon Lowe, then lost to Bill Johnston (tennis), Bill Johnston). Hunter won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 Paris Olympics, in the Tennis_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_–_Men%27s_doubles ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilly Aussem
Cilly Aussem (; 4 January 1909 – 22 March 1963) was a German tennis player. She was the first German, male or female, to win the singles title at Wimbledon, which she did in 1931. She also won the women's single titles at the French Championships and German Championships in 1931. Aussem's coach and mixed doubles partner was Bill Tilden. They won the mixed doubles at the 1930 French Championships. According to A. Wallis Myers of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Aussem was ranked in the world top 10 in 1928, 1930, 1931, and 1934, reaching a career high of world no. 2 in these rankings in 1930 and 1931 behind Helen Wills Moody. Early years Aussem was born in Cologne on 4 January 1909, the daughter of a wealthy salesman Johann Joseph 'Jean' Aussem and Ulrike Franziska 'Helen' Wisbaum. At the age of 14, she returned to Cologne after spending several years in Geneva getting a boarding school education. It was at this time that she started taking tennis lessons at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermyntrude Harvey
Ermyntrude Hilda Harvey (9 June 1895 – 4 October 1973) was a British female tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s. Between 1923 and 1938 she won 37 career singles titles on grass, clay and indoor wood courts. Career Between 1920 and 1948 she participated in 22 editions of the Wimbledon Championships. Her best results in the singles event were reaching the fourth round in both 1927 (lost to Elizabeth Ryan 7–5, 6–1) and 1928 (lost to first-seeded and eventual champion Helen Wills 6–2, 6–3). At the 1927 U.S. National Championships, she partnered with Kathleen McKane Godfree to win the women's doubles title. The following year, Eileen Bennett and she were the women's doubles runners-up at Wimbledon. She also was the runner-up with Vincent Richards in mixed doubles at the 1925 U.S. National Championships. Her other career singles highlights included winning the Dovercourt Clay Courts at Dovercourt, Essex (1923), the East of England Championships, at Felixstowe, Suffo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wheatley
John David Patrick Wheatley (1 January 1899 – 5 November 1967) was an English tennis player who played at Wimbledon, in the Olympics and in the Davis Cup. Biography Patrick Wheatley was born in Vryheid, Colony of Natal on 1 January 1899 and was educated at Bedford School. Between 1921 and 1933, he competed at Wimbledon on eleven separate occasions, reaching the fourth round in the Men's Singles in 1924 and 1926, reaching the quarterfinals in the men's doubles in 1924, and reaching the semifinals in the mixed in 1925. He represented Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics in both the Men's Singles and the Men's Doubles. He also represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup in 1926, playing in matches against Italy and Poland. Wheatley died in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiro Ota
Yoshiro Ota (11 January 1900 – 29 March 1993) was a Japanese tennis player. Ota was born and raised in Niigata Prefecture. He won the All-Japan singles championship in 1926, then from 1927 to 1930 represented Japan in the Davis Cup, amassing a 12–8 record in singles play. His Davis Cup career included participation in the 1927 Interzone final against France and an upset win over American No. 2 John Van Ryn in 1929. While based in England, Ota won numerous local tournaments, which included beating Fred Perry in the final of the Surrey Championships. He also competed in mainland Europe and made the fourth round of the 1930 French Championships, where he claimed the first two sets in a five set loss to Jean Borotra. See also *List of Japan Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Japan Davis Cup team The Japan men's national tennis team represents Japan in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Japan Tennis Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Sherwell
Gerald Raleigh Sherwell (12 May 1889 – 29 May 1975) was a South African tennis player. One of ten brothers, Sherwell was born in Transvaal. An elder brother, Percy, captained South Africa in Test cricket and one of his younger brothers, Ben, played first-class cricket for Cambridge University. Two of his brothers were killed in action in World War I. Their father, Thomas Yeo Sherwell, was a developer from the English town of Yeovil, who came to South Africa after the discovery of gold. The modern day Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville is named after him. Sherwell was married to Ethel Constance in 1915. Active in the 1920s and 1930s, Sherwell made the singles fourth round of the 1921 Wimbledon Championships and was a two-time doubles quarter-finalist. In 1926 he represented South Africa in a Davis Cup tie against Sweden in London. He was also a competitive badminton player and made several appearances at the All England Championships. See also *List of South Africa Davis Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René De Buzelet
René de Buzelet (24 May 1907 – 8 April 1995) was a French tennis player who was active during the 1920s and 30s. Career De Buzelet was a runner-up at the men's doubles event at the 1928 French Championships. Partnering Henri Cochet they lost the final in five sets to Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon. In 1928 De Buzelet won the singles title at the French Covered Court Championships, played at the Tennis Club de Paris, after a five-sets victory in the final against Pierre Henri Landry. He was a runner-up to Jean Borotra at the same event in 1933. At the Coupe de Noël indoor tournament in January 1929 De Buzelet and Cochet defeated the brothers Jean and Édouard Borotra to win the doubles title. De Buzelet and compatriot Christian Boussus were runners-up at the 1931 German Open Tennis Championships after losing the final in fives sets to Walter Dessart and Eberhard Nourney. He competed at the Wimbledon Championships in 1928 and 1929. In 1928 he reached the fourth round i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Matejka
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka (born 26 December 1896) was an Austrian tennis player. Matejka, a left-handed player from Vienna, represented Austria in the Davis Cup from 1927 to 1934. In a 1932 tie against Germany he held a match point against Gottfried von Cramm, before falling 6–8 in the fifth set. He had two Davis Cup wins over Roderich Menzel and beat Uberto De Morpurgo in 1933. A six-time national champion, he won the Austrian International Championship in 1934, defeating countryman Georg von Metaxa in the final. He reached the fourth round of the French Championships three times and made it as far as the third round at the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in .... See also * List of Austria Davis Cup team representatives References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Tapscott
Daphne Ruth "Billie" Tapscott (31 May 1903 – 1970) was a South African female tennis player. She was born in Kimberley, Cape Colony. In 1930 she married South African tennis player Colin Robbins. Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam event was reaching the quarterfinals of the 1927 French Championships in which she lost to eventual winner Kea Bouman in straight sets and the 1929 Wimbledon Championships losing at the same stage to Elsie Goldsack. She caused some furor at Wimbledon in 1927 when she played without stockings, the first time a woman had done so. She wore white socks instead. In 1929 she was a runner–up at the singles event of the Irish Open, losing in the final in three sets to compatriot Bobbie Heine Miller. Tapscott won the South African Championships singles title in 1930, 1933, 1934 and 1938. Her brothers Lionel and George were both cricketers who played in Test matches for South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Colyer
Evelyn Lucy Colyer (later Munro, 16 August 1902 – 4 November 1930) was a female tennis player from Great Britain. With Joan Austin, sister of Bunny Austin, Colyer played doubles in the 1923 Wimbledon final against Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan. Colyer and Austin were known in the British press as "The Babes." At the 1924 Paris Olympics, she teamed with Dorothy Shepherd-Barron to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. From 1920 until 1929, she competed in all editions of the Wimbledon Championships. Her best singles result was reaching the fourth round in 1927 in which she was defeated by Kitty Godfree. In 1925, she teamed with P.B.D Spence and won the mixed doubles title at the Queen's Club Covered Courts Championships. She was part of the winning British Wightman Cup team in 1924 and 1925 as well as the team that lost in 1926. On 13 February 1930 she married Hamish Munro, a tea planter from Assam, British India The provinces of India, earlier presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Eames
Cyril Gladstone Eames (20 October 1890 – 1 August 1974) was a British tennis player. Eames was most active in the 1920s and made the Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon singles second round four times. It was his doubles partnership with Gordon Crole-Rees that he was most known for. The pair won the British Covered Court Championships, twice made the Wimbledon doubles quarter-finals and were doubles semi-finalists at the 1925 French Championships, where they lost in five sets to Jean Borotra and René Lacoste. They featured together in the 1928 and 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup) campaigns, winning four of their five doubles rubbers. In their only loss, to Italy Davis Cup team, Italy in the 1928 Europe Zone semi-final, they had held match points In 1931 he announced his intention to retire from the tour. See also *List of Great Britain Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eames, Cyril 1890 births 1974 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Sandison
Jenny Sandison (born 1910) was an Anglo-Indian tennis player. She was born at Kharagpur, Bengal (now West Bengal, India). Career She played her first tournament in January 1927 at the Bengal Championships where she reached the final before losing to Mrs. E.S. Graham. She was the first to hold the top position in women single tennis for a straight six years between 1930 and 1935. She once beat Betty Nuthall at Surbiton in 1930 at the Surrey Championships tournament. Archived frooriginalvia Wayback Machine on 5 December 2012 Sandison was the first player of Indian origin to play at Wimbledon in 1929 but lost in the first round. In the years 1929 and 1930 she got twice the opportunity to compete at Wimbledon. She supported herself as a typist while being in England from 1929 to 1930. On 4 October 1930 Jenny departed by sea voyage to Calcutta boarding the Mulbera ship. The rest of her career she never travelled outside the Indian subcontinent. Sandison, in her entire career won mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
