Juliette Paxton Atkinson Buxton (née Atkinson; April 15, 1873 – January 12, 1944) was an American tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States.

Biography

Atkinson was the daughter of a Brooklyn, New York physician. She won five U.S. Championships doubles titles in a row with three different partners. Both natives of Maplewood, New Jersey, she and her sister

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partnered to win the last two titles. Also the sisters twice faced each other in the semifinals of the singles competition. She won three mixed doubles titles with Edwin P. Fischer. In both 1899 and 1901, Atkinson won the doubles title and reached the singles final at the tournament now known as the

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. She won the 1899 doubles title with

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(falling to McAteer that year in the singles final) and the 1901 doubles title with

Marion Jones Farquhar Marion Jones Farquhar (née Jones; November 2, 1879 – March 14, 1965) was an American tennis player. She won the women's singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S. Championships. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in ...

(falling in the singles final to

Winona Closterman Winona Closterman (September 15, 1877 in Cincinnati, Ohio – July 23, 1944) was an American female tennis player. Career At the U.S. National Championships in 1902, she reached the doubles finals with Maud Banks and the singles quarterfinal ...

). In 1896 and 1898, she won the

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. She won the

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three times in a row, 1896, 1897 and 1898. In 1918, she married George B. Buxton and had no children. She was inducted into the

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in 1974.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Doubles (7 titles)

Mixed doubles (3 titles)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, Juliette 19th-century American women 19th-century female tennis players American female tennis players International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees People from Maplewood, New Jersey Sportspeople from Rahway, New Jersey Tennis people from New Jersey United States National champions (tennis) 1873 births 1944 deaths Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles