Alice Pickering

Pickering (before 1903)

Alice Pickering (* 1860 as Alice Simpson , † February 18, 1939 ) was an English tennis player.

Pickering participated in the Wimbledon Championships from 1895 to 1901 . In 1896 , she won the All-Comers final against Edith Austin , but lost to defending champion Charlotte Cooper 2-6 and 3-6 in the Challenge Round . In the following year she managed to get into the All-Comers final again, but there she lost to Blanche Bingley-Hillyard .

In 1896 she won the double competition at the Irish Championships on the side of Ruth Durlacher .

Individual evidence

↑ La fiche de Alice Pickering. lequipe.fr, accessed October 6, 2012 (French).
↑ According to the tournament mode at that time, the winner of the All-Comers competition had to compete in the Challenge Round against the previous year's winner in order to win the title.
^ Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 426
↑ Doherty, RF et al .: RF and HL Doherty on Lawn Tennis. Baker & Taylor Co., New York 1903, p. 172 ( online )

personal data
SURNAME	Pickering, Alice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Simpson, Alice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	1860
DATE OF DEATH	February 18, 1939

[1] La fiche de Alice Pickering. lequipe.fr, accessed October 6, 2012 (French).

[2] According to the tournament mode at that time, the winner of the All-Comers competition had to compete in the Challenge Round against the previous year's winner in order to win the title.

[3] Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 426

[4] Doherty, RF et al .: RF and HL Doherty on Lawn Tennis. Baker & Taylor Co., New York 1903, p. 172 ( online )