Blanche Bingley

Blanche Bingley Hillyard (ca.1900)

Blanche Bingley Hillyard (born November 3, 1863 as Blanche Bingley in Greenford , England , † August 6, 1946 in London ) was a British tennis player .

Career

From 1886 she won the women's singles title at Wimbledon six times. She lost five times in the final to Charlotte Dod .

In 1887 Bingley married the tennis player and later Olympic champion in men's doubles, George Hillyard , who was director of the tournament at Wimbledon from 1907 to 1914. She last appeared at Wimbledon in 1912 at the age of 48 and reached the semi-finals there.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	year	competition	Final opponent	Result
1.	1886	Wimbledon	Maud Watson	6: 3, 6: 3
2.	1888	Irish Championships
3.	1888	Welsh Championships
4th	1889	Wimbledon	Charlotte Dod	without a fight
5.	1894	Wimbledon	Charlotte Dod	without a fight
6th	1894	Irish Championships
7th	1897	Wimbledon	Charlotte Cooper	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 2
8th.	1897	Irish Championships
9.	1897	German championships	Charlotte Cooper	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 2
10.	1899	Wimbledon	Charlotte Cooper	6: 2, 6: 3
11.	1900	Wimbledon	Charlotte Cooper	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
12.	1900	German championships	Muriel Robb	2: 6, 8: 6, 7: 5

Web links

Commons : Blanche Bingley Hillyard  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 693.
• L. Tingay: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 0-900424-71-0 , p. 212.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Last year's winner Dod did not defend her title; therefore Bingley was awarded the title as the winner of the All-Comers competition in accordance with the regulations at the time (Challenge Round) .