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 partnering Ruth Durlacher.

Grand Slam finals

Singles

Runner-up (1)
Year Championship Opponent in final Score in final
1896 Wimbledon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charlotte Cooper Sterry 2–6, 3–6

References

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  2. Arthur Wallis Myers (1903): Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's sons, New York, p. 180. (online)


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