Elsie Lane was an English tennis player active during the last decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century. She was the daughter of Wilmot Lane, a barrister-at-law who had been a civil servant in India. She played frequently at the German Ladies Championships. In 1898 the tournament was played in

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and she won the singles title against compatriot

Toupie Lowther May "Toupie" Lowther (also Toupée; 15 April 1874 – 30 December 1944) was an English tennis player and fencer, active during the late 19th century and early 20th century. During the First World War, she led an all-female English unit of ambul ...

after a "brilliant, albeit erratic, Toupée (sic) Lowther who had abandoned her usual play in favour of an uninspired game from base line in two straight sets." In 1904 she won her second German Championships title, this time played in Hamburg at the Eisbahn-Verein auf der Uhlenhorst, after defeating Lucie Bergmann in the final. The following year, 1905, she won the title for the third time after a straight sets win in the final against Käthe Krug. In September 1897 she was a runner-up in the Sussex Challenge cup, losing in straight sets in the final to

Charlotte Cooper Sterry Charlotte "Chattie" Cooper Sterry (née Charlotte Reinagle Cooper; 22 September 1870 – 10 October 1966) was an English female tennis player who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion. In winn ...

. In July 1906 she won the mixed doubles title at the Marienbad Championship with

Anthony Wilding Anthony Frederick Wilding (31 October 1883 – 9 May 1915), also known as Tony Wilding, was a New Zealand world No. 1 tennis player and soldier who was killed in action during World War I. Considered the world's first tennis superstar, Wildin ...

. She was the sister of tennis player

Hilda Lane Hilda Lane (1877 – 17 December 1916) was an English tennis player active during the first decade and a half of the 20th century. Career Between 1902 and 1914 she participated in the single event of the Wimbledon Championships and achieved her ...

Singles finals

Wins (3)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Elsie British female tennis players 19th-century births 1948 deaths Year of birth missing Place of birth missing