Winifred McNair (née Winifred Margaret Slocock, 9 August 1877 – 28 March 1954) was a

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player from Great Britain. She is best remembered for her women's doubles (partnering

Kathleen McKane 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 ...

) gold medal at the 1920 Olympics in

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, Belgium. Between 1906 and 1925 she competed in 15 editions of the

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. Her best Wimbledon result came in 1913 when she reached the final of the all-comers' event and won the doubles title, partnering

Dora Boothby Penelope Dora Harvey Boothby (2 August 1881 – 22 February 1970) was an English female tennis player. She was born in Finchley, Middlesex. She is best remembered for her ladies' singles title at the 1909 Wimbledon Championships. Biography Boo ...

. She married Roderick McNair on 22 April 1908.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

¹This was actually the all-comers final as

Ethel Thomson Larcombe Ethel Larcombe (née Ethel Warneford Thomson, 8 June 1879 – 11 August 1965) was a British female tennis player and badminton player. She won the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1912 Wimbledon Championships as well as 11 badminton titles ...

did not defend her 1912 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1913 by walkover.

Doubles (1 title)

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