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Worcestershire Championships
The Worcestershire Championships also known as the Worcestershire County Lawn Tennis Championships or the Worcestershire Grass Court Championships was a combined men's and women's grass court tournament originally founded in 1908. It was held Malvern, Worcestershire, England until 1974 History The Worcestershire County Lawn Tennis Championships were established in 1908. The tournament was staged continuously until 1915 just after the start of World War I. The tournament resumed in 1919 until 1939 when it ceased for six years until after World War II. It resumed in 1946 and continued for another 28 years until 1974 when it was abolished. Previous winners of the men's singles title included; Roy Allen, Ryuki Miki, Isaías Pimentel, Anand Amritraj, Frew McMillan and Patricio Rodríguez. Winners of the women's singles championship included; Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Phoebe Holcroft Watson, Dorothy Round, Erika Vollmer, Angela Mortimer, Anne Haydon and Jenny Dimond. Venue Manor Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvern, Worcestershire
Malvern is a spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The centre of Malvern, Great Malvern, is a historic conservation area, which grew dramatically in Victorian times due to the natural mineral water springs in the vicinity, including Malvern Water. At the 2011 census it had a population of 29,626. It includes Great Malvern on the steep eastern flank of the Malvern Hills, as well as the former independent urban district of Malvern Link. Many of the major suburbs and settlements that comprise the town are separated by large tracts of open common land and fields, and together with smaller civil parishes adjoining the town's boundaries and the hills, the built up area is often referred to collectively as The Malverns. Archaeological evidence suggests that Bronze Age people had settled in the area around 1000 BC, although it is not known whether these settlements were permane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Rodríguez
Patricio (Pato) Rodríguez (20 December 1938 — 23 June 2020) was a professional tennis player from Chile. He was active from 1956 until 1979 and won 23 career singles titles. In addition he won 2 doubles titles. Career Rodríguez was born in Santiago, Chile. In 1956 he played his first tournament at the South American Championships. In 1959 he won his first title at the Bad Neuenahr Open at Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany. He also played in tennis Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slams and competed for his country in the Davis Cup in the 1960s and the 1970s. In 1970 he won the last of his 23 career singles titles at Pörtschach Championships. In 1979 he played his last singles event at the Viña del Mar, Vina Del Mar tournament at Valparaíso, Chile. He also won two ATP doubles titles. Career titles Singles titles (23) Doubles titles (2) External links * * * Chilean male tennis players Tennis players from Santiago 1938 births 2020 deaths Tennis players at the 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west—these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Dimond
Jenny Dimond (born 13 November 1955) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Dimond comes from a sporting family in the Illawarra, associated more with New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). She is the daughter of rugby league international Bobby Dimond, who played for Western Suburbs. Her uncle Peter also played for Australia and Western Suburbs, while her cousin Craig played in the NSWRL, mostly for Cronulla. While competing on the professional tour in the 1970s, Dimond featured in all four grand slam tournaments. She was a junior doubles champion at the 1973 Australian Open with Dianne Fromholtz and teamed up with her again to make the quarter-finals of the women's doubles at the 1975 Australian Open. In singles, she reached the fourth round of the 1975 Wimbledon Championships, playing as a qualifier. She lost her fourth round match to past champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Haydon
Ann Shirley Jones, (née Adrianne Haydon on 17 October 1938, also known as Ann Haydon-Jones) is a British former table tennis and lawn tennis champion. She won eight Grand Slam tennis championships in her career: three in singles, three in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. As of 2017, she serves as a vice president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Career Table tennis Jones was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham, England. Her parents were prominent table tennis players, her father, Adrian Haydon, having been English number 1 and a competitor at world championships between 1928 and 1953. Ann, as a young girl, also took up the game, participating in five world championships in the 1950s, the best result being losing finalist in singles, doubles and mixed doubles all in Stockholm 1957. Soon after this she wrote the book ''Tackle Table Tennis This Way''. Jones also won two English Open titles in women's doubles as Haydon. Tennis She was also a powerful lawn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Mortimer
Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett, MBE (née Mortimer; born 21 April 1932) is a British former world No. 1 tennis player. Mortimer won three Grand Slam singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships, and 1961 Wimbledon Championships when she was 29 years old and partially deaf. Mortimer also teamed with Anne Shilcock to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1955, her only women's doubles title at a major. She teamed with Coghlan to reach the women's doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships. Mortimer and Peter Newman reached the mixed doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships, her only mixed doubles final at a major. She is married to the former player and broadcaster John Barrett. Following the death of Shirley Fry in 2021, Mortimer became the longest still surviving Wimbledon ladies singles champion. Career Mortimer reached the quarterfinals of the US National Championships, then lost to second seed Dori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Vollmer
Erika Vollmer (née Obst; 23 February 1925 - 25 July 2021) was a German professional female tennis player who lost the final of Italian Championships singles title to British player Patricia Ward by 4–6, 3–6 in 1955. She won the German national singles title in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957 and 1959. Vollmer was the No.1 ranked German player in 1952 and 1955. Between 1953 and 1959, she competed in seven consecutive editions of 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 ... and achieved her best singles result in 1953 when she reached the quarterfinals, losing in two sets to first-seeded and eventual champion Maureen Connolly. In 1947, she married doctor Johannes Vollmer. In 1956, she received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Round
Dorothy Edith Round (13 July 1909 – 12 November 1982), was a British tennis player who was active from the late 1920s until 1950. She achieved her major successes in the 1930s. She won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937, and the singles at the Australian Championships in 1935. She also had success as a mixed doubles player at Wimbledon, winning a total of three titles. After her wedding in 1937, she played under her married name, Mrs D.L. Little. During the Second World War, she played in North America and became a professional coach in Canada and the United States. Post-war, she played in British regional tournaments, coached, and wrote on tennis for newspapers. Early life Dorothy Round was born on 13 July 1909 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, the youngest of four children. She was the child of John Benjamin Round, a building contractor, and Maude Helena. Her family home in Park Road, Dudley, included a hard tennis court laid down by her grandfather. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe Holcroft Watson
Phoebe Catherine Holcroft Watson ( Holcroft; 7 October 1898 – 20 October 1980) was a tennis player from the United Kingdom whose best result in singles was reaching the final of the U.S. Championships in 1929, losing to Helen Wills in straight sets. According to A. Wallis Myers, Watson was ranked in the world top 10 in 1926 and from 1928 through 1930, reaching a career high of world No. 2 in 1929. Watson won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1928 and 1929 and at the US Championships in 1929, all with partner Peggy Saunders Michell. Her other Grand Slam title was the women's doubles at the French Championships in 1928 with partner Eileen Bennett. She was part of the British team that won the Wightman Cup against the United States in 1928 and 1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Thomson Larcombe
Ethel Larcombe (née Ethel Warneford Thomson, 8 June 1879 – 11 August 1965) was a British female tennis player and badminton player. She won the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1912 Wimbledon Championships as well as 11 badminton titles at the All England Badminton Championships. Career Ethel was born 8 June 1879 as the second child of Herbert Warneford Thomson, surgeon, and his wife, Sophia Charlotte Bond. Her older brother Hugh was born in 1878. She first competed at Wimbledon in 1902 when she lost in the first round to Agnes Morton. The following year, 1903, she reached the final of the All-Comers tournament in which she was defeated by Dorothea Douglass in three sets. Larcombe did not play competitive tennis for four years from 1907 until her return in 1911. In 1912 she became Wimbledon champion by first defeating Charlotte Cooper Sterry in the All-Comers' final and subsequently receiving a walkover in the Challenge Round. The following year she was unable to defend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frew McMillan
Frew Donald McMillan (born 20 May 1942) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa who won five grand slam doubles titles including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by the Bryan brothers, Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge, John McEnroe and Tom Okker. He was also ranked No.1 in Doubles on the ATP Computer for a significant period from 1977 to 1979 when he was aged 37. Biography McMillan was born in Springs, South Africa. Aside from his considerable success as a doubles player, he had a singles career with good results mostly in South Africa. He played in 38 Grand Slam singles events with a 28 to 38 win–loss record, first playing in 1961 at Wimbledon and last at the first US Open at Flushing Meadows in 1978. His best results in both came at the US Open reaching the quarter finals in 1972 and the last 16 in 1976. Arguably his greatest result was reaching the final of the 1970 South African Open held at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
