Alice Pickering

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Pickering (before 1903)

Alice Pickering (1860 – 18 February 1939;[1] née Alice Simpson) was an English tennis player.

Pickering played at the Wimbledon Championships from 1895 to 1901. In 1896, she won the all-comers-competition at Wimbledon 1896,[2] but lost the challenge round against Charlotte Cooper 2–6, 3–6. She again reached the all-comers final in the following year, but this time lost to Blanche Bingley.

In 1896, she won the doubles competition at the Irish Championships with Ruth Durlacher.

Grand Slam finals[]

Single (1 runner-up)[]

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1896 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper 2–6, 3–6

References[]

  1. ^ "La fiche de Alice PICKERING. Tennis - L'Equipe.fr". Lequipe.fr. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  2. ^ Arthur Wallis Myers (1903): Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's sons, New York, p. 180. (online)


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