Irene Evelyn Bowder Peacock (née Bowder; 27 July 1892 – 13 June 1978) was a South African

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player. Bowder Peacock won the doubles title at the 1927 French Championships with

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 ...

defeating Peggy Saunders and

Phoebe Holcroft Watson Phoebe Catherine Holcroft Watson ( Holcroft; 7 October 1898 – 20 October 1980) was a tennis player from the United Kingdom whose best result in singles was reaching the final of the U.S. Championships in 1929, losing to Helen Wills in straigh ...

in two straight sets. That same tournament she also reached the final of the singles competition which she lost in straight sets to

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 ...

of the Netherlands. She won the British Indian Championships singles title from 1915 to 1920, the

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singles title in 1922, and the South African Championships singles title from 1924 to 1926. At the

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in 1920 she was a finalist in the doubles and, partnering

Francis Fisher Francis Marion Bates Fisher (22 December 1877 – 24 July 1960) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament from Wellington. He was known as Rainbow Fisher for his frequent changes of political allegiance. He was a veteran of the Boer War and an in ...

, won the mixed doubles title after a walkover in the final against

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and

Kathleen McKane Godfree Kathleen "Kitty" McKane Godfree (née McKane; 7 May 1896 – 19 June 1992) was a British tennis and badminton player and the second most decorated female British Olympian, joint with Katherine Grainger According to A. Wallis Myers of ''The Dail ...

. In 1921 she won the mixed doubles at the Queen's Covered Court Championships, again teaming up with Fisher, but lost the final of the singles event to Edith Holman. She captained the South African women's team that toured Europe in 1927 and together with Heine Miller won the doubles title at the

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. Bowder Peacock and Heine Miller missed the

1930 Wimbledon Championships The 1930 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was scheduled to run from Monday 23 June until Saturday 5 July 1930 but t ...

due to a scheduling disagreement with the South African Lawn Tennis Union.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Doubles (1 titles, 2 runner-ups)

References

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