Alice Pickering (1860 – 18 February 1939;
née ''Alice Mabel Simpson'') was an English tennis player.
Pickering played at the
Wimbledon Championships
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from 1895 to 1901. In 1896, she won the all-comers-competition at
Wimbledon 1896,
[Arthur Wallis Myers (1903): ''Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad.'' Scribner's sons, New York, p. 180.]
online
but lost the challenge round against
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2–6, 3–6. She again reached the all-comers final in the following year, but this time lost to
Blanche Bingley.
In 1896, she won the doubles competition at the
Irish Championships Irish Open may refer to:
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with
Ruth Durlacher
Ruth Durlacher (née Dyas; 22 July 1876 – 21 September 1946) was an Irish tennis player. She played in the Wimbledon championships between 1897 and 1907.
Early life
Durlacher was born Ruth Dyas in Malahide on 22 July 1876. Durlacher was daug ...
.
Grand Slam finals
Single (1 runner-up)
References
British female tennis players
1860 births
1939 deaths
Place of birth missing
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