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Jean Bostock
Jean Addie Bissett Bostock (née Nicoll, 14 December 1922 – 2 April 1965), was a female international table tennis and tennis player from England. Table tennis career At the age of 16, she won the singles gold medal at the 1939 English Open and the 1940 doubles title with Dora Beregi. Tennis career She was considered the most promising junior player in Great Britain before World War II, and she won all three events at the junior British Championships in 1938. She played at the Wimbledon Championships listed as Mrs Jean Bostock and made the quarterfinals of the women's singles from 1946 to 1948. In the doubles event, she reached the semifinals in 1939 and from 1946 to 1948, partnering four different compatriots. Bostock won all three events at the 1946 British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth, defeating Kay Menzies in straight sets in the singles final. In 1947 she won the singles title at the Irish Championships, and represented Great Britain in the 1946, 1947, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrow, London
Harrow () is a large town in Greater London, England, and serves as the principal settlement of the London Borough of Harrow. Lying about north-west of Charing Cross and south of Watford, the entire town including its localities had a population of 149,246 at the 2011 census, whereas the wider borough (which also contains Pinner and Stanmore) had a population of 250,149. The historic centre of Harrow was atop the Harrow Hill. The modern town of Harrow grew out at the foot of the settlement, in what was historically called Greenhill. With the arrival of the Metropolitan Railway in the 19th century, the centre of Harrow moved to Greenhill and it grew as the unofficial "capital" of the Metroland suburbia in the early 20th century; Harrow-on-the-Hill station is on one of the railway corridors between London and the Chilterns. Meanwhile, Harrow & Wealdstone station is on the West Coast Main Line and is the eighth oldest railway station, having opened in 1837 one and a half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Stammers
Katherine "Kay" Esther Stammers (3 April 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a female tennis player from the United Kingdom. Career Stammers was born on 3 April 1914 in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home. Left-handed and with a good forehand, Stammers played an attacking style of tennis and was trained by Dan Maskell. Stammers played when Helen Wills Moody, Helen Jacobs, Alice Marble, and Pauline Betz dominated. But Stammers defeated Jacobs in the semifinals of the 1939 Wimbledon Championships and in singles matches at the 1935 and 1936 Wightman Cup. At the 1935 Kent Championships in Beckenham, England, Stammers became the first British player to beat Wills Moody in 11 years. According to A. Wallis Myers and John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Stammers was ranked in the world top ten in 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, and 1946, reaching a career high of world No. 2 in those rankings in 1939. St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis Players From The London Borough Of Harrow
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have changed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Female Tennis Players
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English Female Tennis Players
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1965 Deaths
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1922 Births
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List Of World Table Tennis Championships Medalists
Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared vacant due to time limit rule in force at the time. In 2001, it was decided to declare the two finalists co-champions. Medal table Men's doubles Medal table Women's doubles Medal table Mixed doubles Medal table Results of team events The tables below are medalists of team events. Men's team Performance by nations in men's team Women's team Performance by nations in women's team References {{World Table Tennis Championships * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Table Tennis Players
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is available in the individual players' articles, and in the ITTF database. Inclusion criteria Only table tennis players included in the ITTF database who achieved at least one medal in one of the considered competitions can be listed here. A picture of players who achieved an Olympic gold medal in a single event is shown. Other included information The name of each player is preceded by the flag of all the countries for which the player has competed. Each player is listed with their achievements in the single event of the considered competitions. Members of the ITTF Hall of Fame are listed in bold. Considered competitions and achievements The considered competitions and the related achievements to be listed in this page are: * Olympic Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Wightman Cup
The 1948 Wightman Cup was the 20th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London in England in the United Kingdom. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wightman Cup,1948 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ... 1948 in tennis 1948 in American tennis 1948 in British sport 1948 in women's tennis 1948 sports events in London 1948 in English tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Wightman Cup
The 1947 Wightman Cup was the 19th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens in New York City in the United States. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wightman Cup,19347 1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ... 1947 in tennis 1947 in American tennis 1947 in British sport 1947 in women's tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Wightman Cup
The 1946 Wightman Cup was the 18th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London in England in the United Kingdom. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wightman Cup,1946 1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ... 1946 in tennis 1946 in American tennis 1946 in British sport 1946 in women's tennis 1946 sports events in London 1946 in English tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
