Bertha Steedman (20 July 1866 – 11 January 1945) was a British

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player who won nine double titles at the All England Championships, a precursor to the

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, between 1889 and 1899. Steedman won the All England Championships doubles tournament with her sister Mary Steedman in 1889 and 1890. From 1893 to 1897 she won the doubles title partnering

Blanche Bingley Blanche Bingley Hillyard (née Bingley; 3 November 1863 – 6 August 1946) was an English tennis player. She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900) and was runner up seven times, having also competed in the ...

, then in 1898 and 1899 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 ...

. Bertha and her sister Mary were among the first who focused on playing volley which was the basis of their success.Arthur Wallis Myers (1903): ''Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad.'' Scribner's sons, New York, p. 181, 182.
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In singles, her last appearance at Wimbledon was in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steedman, Bertha British female tennis players 1866 births 1945 deaths English female tennis players Tennis people from Shropshire