Edith Austin
Edith Lucy Austin (born December 15, 1867 , † July 27, 1953 ; married Edith Greville ) was a British tennis player .
Career
Austin won the British Indoor Championships five times between 1894 and 1899 . At the Wimbledon Championships she reached the final in 1894, but lost there to Blanche Bingley in two sets. Two years later she was again in the final of the All-Comers competition, but this time failed to Alice Pickering . Until 1919 she took part regularly in the individual competition at Wimbledon and made it to the round of 16 that year.
Her strengths were powerful, well-placed strokes and good endurance. She was married to tennis player George Greville .
Single track
| No. | year | competition | Final opponent | Bottom line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1894 | British Covered Court Championships |
 May Arbuthnot
|
2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5 |
| 2. | 1896 | British Covered Court Championships |
Charlotte Cooper
|
6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3 |
| 3. | 1897 | British Covered Court Championships |
Ruth Durlacher
|
9:11, 6: 4, 12:10 |
| 4th | 1898 | British Covered Court Championships |
P. Legh
|
6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2 |
| 5. | 1899 | British Covered Court Championships |
Charlotte Cooper
|
6: 2, 6: 4 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ AW Myers: Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's Sons , New York 1903, p. 178 f.
- ^ J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 , p. 232.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Austin, Edith |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Austin, Edith Lucy (full name); Greville, Edith (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1867 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1953 |