Gladys Shirley Eastlake Smith (14 August 1883 – 18 September 1941), also known as Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith and Gladys Lamplough (after her marriage), was a British tennis player.Lewisham Herald, Lewisham's Olympic Heroes
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gold medal at the

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in London.

Early life

Born as Gladys Shirley Eastlake Smith in Sydenham, Lewisham, Kent on 14 August 1883, she was the daughter of Charles Eastlake Smith and Lizzie Smith (née Cooper). 1891 Census of Isle of Wight, RG12/895, Folio 121, Page 48, Gladys S.E. Smith, Age 7, Relation:Daughter. Where born:Sydenham, Kent Address:Hamburgh Road, Ventnor. Her father had played football for England in 1876. 1891 Census of Isle of Wight, RG12/895, Folio 121, Page 48, Charles E Smith, Age 40, Occupation:Manager to a Manufacturer. Where born:Ceylon. Address:Hamburgh Road, Ventnor.Her father Charles Eastlake Smith had been born in Colombo, Ceylon in 1950, the footballer Charles Eastlake Smith had been born in Colombo, Ceylon in 1950.

Tennis career

She won the All England covered mixed doubles in 1905 with Reginald Doherty. She won the

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in 1906, 1907 and 1908, won the London Covered Court Championships ladies singles in October 1906 and April 1907, and reached the final in October 1907. She won the All England covered mixed doubles a second time in 1908 with Anthony Wilding. The same year, she won the Women's indoor singles at the Olympic Games in London. She beat fellow Briton

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7–5, 7–5 in the quarter-finals; Swede

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6–4, 6–4 in the semi-finals; and fellow Briton Alice Greene 6–2, 4–6, 6–0 in the final. Two days after winning the Olympic final, she married Wharram Lamplough a physician and surgeon. She reached the semi-finals in the ladies singles at Wimbledon, under her married name, in 1908 and 1910, and won the ladies singles at Queen's in 1910. She won the "Married Doubles" in 1913 with her husband. She last competed in the ladies singles at Wimbledon in 1921.

References

External links

* in ''Lawn Tennis for Ladies'', by Mrs. Lambert Chambers, 1910, from Project Gutenberg.
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Olympic medal winnders, 1896-1996
from '' The Times'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Eastlake-Smith, Gwendoline 1883 births 1941 deaths English female tennis players English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic tennis players of Great Britain People from Lewisham Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics British female tennis players Tennis people from Greater London