Edith Dorothy Holman (18 July 1883 – 15 June 1968) was a British

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player and three time ILTF world champion twice in singles winning the

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in 1919, and the

World Hard Court Championships World Hard Court Championships was an annual major tennis tournament sanctioned by the International Lawn Tennis Federation and held from 1912 to 1923. It was principally held in Paris, on clay courts of the Stade Français in the Paris suburb of ...

in 1920 and once in doubles the same year. In addition she was a double silver medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics (singles and doubles).

Career

Holman was born in Kilburn, London. In 1920 she won the silver medal in the singles event as well as in the doubles competition with her partner

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. She also competed in the mixed doubles event with

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but they were eliminated in the first round. In 1919 she won the singles title at the World Covered Court Championship, played on wooden courts at the Sporting Club de Paris, defeating Germaine Regnier Golding in the final in straight sets. She also won the World Hard Court Championship in 1920 defeating

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in straight sets. Her best result at the

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came in 1912 and 1913 when she reached the semifinal of the singles event, which she lost to Charlotte Copper Sterry and Winifred Slocock McNair respectively. Her other career singles highlights include winning the

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, played at the

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in London, on four occasions (1912, 1914, 1921 and 1922), and the

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on hard cement four times (1912, 1920, 1922-1923).

World Championships finals

Singles (2 titles)

References

External links

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Dorothy Holman's profile at databaseOlympics
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holman, Dorothy 1883 births 1968 deaths English female tennis players French Championships (tennis) champions Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic tennis players of Great Britain People from Kilburn, London Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Tennis people from Greater London