Phyllis Satterthwaite
Phyllis Helen Satterthwaite (born January 26, 1889 as Phyllis Carr , † January 20, 1962 in London ) was a British tennis player.
Career
Phyllis Carr married CR Satterthwaite on April 13, 1912. In the same year she took part in the Wimbledon Championships for the first time . In 1919 she reached the finals of the All-Comers competition there, but lost to Suzanne Lenglen . Two years later she was able to move into the All-Comers final there again , this time she had to give up Elizabeth Ryan .
In April 1923 she divorced her husband and then spent most of the year on the French Riviera , in Cannes and in Monte Carlo .
In 1924 she took part in the Olympic Games in Paris and reached the third round in the individual competition. There she defeated Helen Wills in two sentences.
Satterthwaite was a safety-conscious tennis player who primarily tried to get the ball back into the field. This culminated in 1930 at a tournament in Bordighera , Italy , when the rally at match point against Lucia Valerio lasted over 400 strokes and almost 20 minutes. Satterthwaite won the rally and with it the match.
Satterthwaite also published a book on women's tennis in 1924; she also wrote articles in sports magazines. Most recently she took part in the singles of the Wimbledon Championships in 1934.
Satterthwaite died in Westminster, London in 1962 at the age of 72 .
Works
- Lawn Tennis For Women. Renwick of Otley, London 1924.
Web links
- Phyllis Satterthwaite in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
literature
- ITF profile of Phyllis Satterthwaite (English)
- B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 428.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mrs. Satterthwaite. Writings On Cannes Lawn Tennis. In: The Straits Times (Singapore). August 2, 1928, accessed April 16, 2013 .
- ^ Wimbledon Who's Who and Tennis Celebrities. Dunlop Rubber Co. & Ed Burrow, London 1933.
- ↑ Jon Henderson: Two thousand strokes-point. In: The Guardian. March 27, 2005, accessed November 1, 2012 .
- ↑ Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Willis. In: The Living Age. March 27, 1926, p. 666 ff. (Online)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Satterthwaite, Phyllis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Satterthwaite, Phyllis Helen (full name); Carr, Phyllis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1889 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1962 |
| Place of death | London , England , UK |