Daphne Ruth "Billie" Tapscott (31 May 1903 – 1970) was a South African female tennis player. She was born in

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia * Kimberley (Western Australia) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley * Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania * Kimberley, Tasmania a small town * County of Kimberley, a ...

Cape Colony The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British Empire, British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when i ...

. 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 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 ...

in straight sets and the

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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 Bobbie Heine-Miller (born Esther Laurie Heine; 5 December 1909 – 31 July 2016) was a South African tennis player. She was born in Greytown in the Colony of Natal. As Bobbie Heine, she won the doubles title at the 1927 French Championships p ...

. Tapscott won the South African Championships singles title in 1930, 1933, 1934 and 1938. Her brothers Lionel and

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were both

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ers who played in

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