Agnes Morton
Morton, prior to 1910 | |
Full name | Agnes Mary Morton |
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Born | Halstead, Essex, England | 6 March 1872
Died | 5 April 1952 Kensington, London, England | (aged 80)
Singles | |
Career titles | 9 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | F(AC) (1908, 1909) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1914) |
Agnes Morton (6 March 1872 – 5 April 1952) was a British female tennis player.[1] She twice reached the Ladies Singles finals at the 1908 and 1909 Wimbledon Championships and claimed victory in 1914 in Ladies Doubles with partner Elizabeth Ryan. She placed fourth at the 1908 Summer Olympics in Ladies Lawn Tennis.[2] In 1903, she was described by A. Wallis Myers as a 'careful, steady and improving player'.[3]
Her other career singles highlights included winning the Redhill Open Tournament nine times (1903-04, 1906-07, 1909-12, 1914).
Grand Slam finals
[edit]Singles (2 runners-up)
[edit]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 19081 | Wimbledon | Grass | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 19092 | Wimbledon | Grass | 4–6, 6–4, 6–8 |
1This was the all-comers final as May Sutton Bundy did not defend her 1907 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1908 by walkover.
2This was the all-comers final as Charlotte Cooper Sterry did not defend her 1908 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1909 by walkover.
Doubles (1 title)
[edit]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1914 | Wimbledon | Grass | 6–1, 6–3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Agnes Morton". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Agnes Morton Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1 ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 185. OCLC 5358651.
External links
[edit]- Agnes Morton at the International Tennis Federation
- Agnes Morton at Wimbledon
- Agnes Morton at Olympedia
- 1872 births
- 1952 deaths
- English female tennis players
- Olympic tennis players for Great Britain
- People from Halstead
- Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
- British female tennis players
- Tennis players from Essex
- English tennis biography stubs