Kathleen Gill Atkinson (November 5, 1875 – April 30, 1957) was an American
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
With her older sister,
Juliette, both residents of Maplewood, she won the ''
US Women's National Championship'' in women's doubles
1897
Events
January–March
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and
1898
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...
.
[Staff]
"WINS HAVE BEEN SERVED FAMILY STYLE \ SERENA, VENUS STILL ALIVE IN SEMIS OF SINGLES, DOUBLES"
'' Philadelphia Daily News'', September 10, 1999. Accessed November 9, 2012. "Juliette and Kathleen Atkinson, of Maplewood, NJ, reached the semis at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, with Juliette winning both titles." They were the first sisters to win a title together and the first to play each other in a semi final until the
Williams sisters
The Williams sisters are two professional American tennis players: Venus Williams (b. 1980), a seven-time Grand Slam title winner (singles), and Serena Williams (b. 1981), twenty-three-time Grand Slam title winner (singles), both of whom were c ...
played in the final.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (2 titles)
References
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1875 births
1957 deaths
19th-century American women
19th-century female tennis players
American female tennis players
People from Maplewood, New Jersey
Sportspeople from Essex County, New Jersey
Tennis people from New Jersey
United States National champions (tennis)
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles