Winifred McNair

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Winifred McNair medal table

Tennis player

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Olympic Summer Games
gold 1920 Antwerp Double

Winifred Margaret Slocock McNair (born August 9, 1877 in Donnington , Berkshire , † March 28, 1954 in Kensington ) was a British tennis player from England .

McNair won the first women's doubles at Wimbledon in 1913 together with her compatriot Dora Boothby . In the same year she also reached the individual finals, but lost there to the British Dorothea Douglass in two sets with 0: 6, 4: 6. With Kathleen McKane , she won the gold medal in women's doubles at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp ( Belgium ).

Double title

No. year competition Partner Final opponents Bottom line
1. 1913 Wimbledon Championships United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dora Boothby United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charlotte Cooper-Sterry Dorothea Douglass-Chambers
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
4: 6, 4: 2 r
2. 1920 Olympic Summer Games United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kathleen McKane Godfree United KingdomUnited Kingdom Winifred Beamish Dorothy Holman
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
8: 6, 6: 4

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