Carrie Neely (January 24, 1876 – November 29, 1938) was an

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player from the beginning of the 20th century.

Biography

Carrie Neely was educated at the Dearborn Seminary, Chicago.

Tennis career

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

, she reached the women's singles All Comer's final of the U.S. Women's National Championship, where she was beaten by

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. She also won the mixed doubles in

1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

, and won the women's doubles on three occasions (

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

and

). At the tournament now known as the

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, she reached the singles final in 1915, the semifinals in 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1912, and the quarterfinals in 1901 and 1916. She paired with

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to win the doubles title in 1902 and 1903, and teamed with Closterman again in 1904 to reach the doubles final. She won the mixed doubles title with Nat Emerson in 1903, and paired with Kreigh Collins, also of Chicago, to reach the mixed doubles final in 1901. Neely won the

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in 1902.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Doubles (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Mixed doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

References

*''From Club Court to Center Court'' by Phillip S. Smith (2008 Edition; ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Neely, Carrie 1870s births American female tennis players United States National champions (tennis) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles 1938 deaths Year of birth uncertain Tennis people from Illinois