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Maud Edith Eleanor Watson, MBE (9 October 1864 – 5 June 1946) was a British tennis player and the first female Wimbledon champion.

Maud Watson
MBE
Maud Watson in 1884-5
Full nameMaud Edith Eleanor Watson
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1864-10-09)9 October 1864
Harrow, Middlesex, England
Died5 June 1946(1946-06-05) (aged 81)
Charmouth, Dorset, England
Retired1889
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonW (1884, 1885)

Biography


Born in Harrow, Middlesex, the daughter of a local vicar Henry William and Emily Frances Watson.[1] She learned to play tennis in the garden with her sister and did not find it difficult because she had already played squash racquets.[2] At the age of sixteen Watson played her first match at the Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club. It was a successful debut, winning the singles competition by defeating her sister Lillian in the final and winning the doubles competition with her.

In 1884 Watson participated in the Irish Ladies' Championship and defeated the reigning Irish champion May Langrishe 6–3, 6–2, 6–2. She was also victorious in the mixed doubles tournament winning the title with multiple Wimbledon champion William Renshaw. Undefeated in tournament play, in 1884 the nineteen-year-old Watson won the first-ever Ladies' Singles title at Wimbledon. Playing in white corsets and petticoats, from a field of thirteen competitors, she defeated Lilian 6–8, 6–3, 6–3 in the final to claim the title and a silver flower basket valued at 20 guineas.[3][4]

1885 was a year of great success for Watson, who remained unbeaten in singles and lost only one set.[1] She repeated her success at the 1885 Wimbledon championships. In a field of just 10 entries she easily won the quarter- and semi-finals and in the final defeated Blanche Bingley 6–1, 7–5.[5] She successfully defended her title at the 1885 Irish Championships against Louise Martin. For two sets, there was little to choose between them, but in the decider, Watson outlasted her opponent to win 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.[1] In 1886, the year the Challenge Round was introduced for women, Bingley turned the tables, defeating Watson 6–3, 6–3 in the final to take the title.[6]

In 1887 and 1888 Watson, was handicapped by a sprained wrist, symptoms of such amplified with time.[7] Her final competition came at the Edgbaston tournament in June 1889. She entered three events (doubles, mixed doubles and handicap singles) and won them all. While on holiday in Jersey she went swimming off the coast and nearly drowned. She was rescued with difficulty and suffered an illness afterwards which she took a number of years to recover completely from.[8]

Maud Watson worked as a nurse during the First World War for which she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.[9][10]

Watson, who did not marry, died on 5 June 1946, aged 81, at Hammonds Mead House in Charmouth.[10][11]


Grand Slam finals



Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)


Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win1884WimbledonGrass Lillian Watson6–8, 6–3, 6–3
Win1885WimbledonGrass Blanche Bingley6–1, 7–5
Loss1886WimbledonGrass Blanche Bingley3–6, 3–6

References


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  1. Little, Alan (1983). Maud Watson : The First Wimbledon Lady Champion. London: The Kenneth Ritchie Wimbledon Library, The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. ISBN 978-0906741115.
  2. Gillmeister, Heiner (2017). Tennis : A Cultural History (2nd ed.). Sheffield: Equinox. p. 243. ISBN 978-1781795217.
  3. Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 28–30. ISBN 0007117078.
  4. Little, Alan; Tingay, Lance (1984). Wimbledon Ladies : A Centenary Record 1884–1984 : The Single Champions. London: Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. pp. 7, 8. ISBN 0906741130.
  5. Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. p. 247. ISBN 0007117078.
  6. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 425. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  7. Little (1983), pp. 11–13
  8. Little (1983), p. 14
  9. Collins (2010), p. 712
  10. Little (1983), p. 15
  11. Collins (2010), p. 10

На других языках

[de] Maud Watson

Maud Watson (* 9. Oktober 1864 in London-Harrow; † 5. Juni 1946 in Charmouth) war eine englische Tennisspielerin und die erste Siegerin des Damenturniers bei den Wimbledon Championships.
- [en] Maud Watson

[es] Maud Watson

Maud Watson (Harrow, Londres, Inglaterra, 9 de octubre de 1864 - Charmouth, Dorset, Inglaterra, 5 de junio de 1946) fue una tenista inglesa.

[it] Maud Watson

Maud Edith Eleanor Watson (Harrow, 9 ottobre 1864 – Charmouth, 5 giugno 1946) è stata una tennista britannica, sorella di Lillian Watson.

[ru] Уотсон, Мод

Мод Уотсон (англ. Maud Watson), полное имя Мод Эдит Элинор Уотсон (англ. Maud Edith Eleanor Watson; 9 октября 1864, Харроу, Лондон, Англия — 5 июня 1946, Чармут[en], Дорсет, Англия) — британская теннисистка, чемпионка двух первых Уимблдонских турниров, на которых проводились соревнования в женском одиночном разряде (1884 и 1885).


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