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Olympic medal record Women's Tennis Bronze 1924 Paris Mixed doubles Kornelia "Kea" Bouman (23 November 1903 – 17 November 1998) was a female tennis player from the Netherlands. She won the singles title at the 1927 French Championships, beating Irene Bowder Peacock of South Africa in the final. Bouman was the first, and is so far the only, Dutch woman to win a Grand Slam singles tournament.
Born in Almelo, Bouman teamed with Hendrik Timmer to win a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
In 1929, Bouman teamed with Spain's Lili de Alvarez to win the women's doubles title at the French Championships.
According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bouman was ranked in the world top ten in 1927 and 1928, reaching a career high of World No. 8 in those rankings in 1928.[1]
Bouman also was successful in other sports. She was a Dutch champion in golf and played for the national field hockey team. She died in Delden.
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Grand Slam singles final
Win
Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final 1927 French Championships Irene Bowder Peacock
6–2, 6–4 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Career SR Australian Championships A A A A A A A 0 / 0 French Championships1 A NH A SF W SF 1R 1 / 4 Wimbledon 2R 1R 2R QF 4R 3R 3R 0 / 7 U.S. Championships A A A A QF A A 0 / 1 SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 12 A = did not participate in the tournament.
NH = tournament not held.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
1Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from the 1923 edition of that tournament are shown here. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.
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References
French Championships women's singles champions (1897) Adine Masson • (1898) Adine Masson • (1899) Adine Masson • (1900) Hélène Prévost • (1901) P Girod • (1902) Adine Masson • (1903) Adine Masson • (1904) Kate Gillou • (1905) Kate Gillou • (1906) Kate Gillou-Fenwick • (1907) Comtesse de Kermel • (1908) Kate Gillou-Fenwick • (1909) Jeanne Matthey • (1910) Jeanne Matthey • (1911) Jeanne Matthey • (1912) Jeanne Matthey • (1913) Marguerite Broquedis • (1914) Marguerite Broquedis • (1915-1919) No competition (due to World War I) • (1920) Suzanne Lenglen • (1921) Suzanne Lenglen • (1922) Suzanne Lenglen • (1923) Suzanne Lenglen • (1924) Emilienne Didi Vlasto • (1925) Suzanne Lenglen • (1926) Suzanne Lenglen • (1927) Kea Bouman • (1928) Helen Wills Moody • (1929) Helen Wills Moody • (1930) Helen Wills Moody • (1931) Cilly Aussem • (1932) Helen Wills Moody • (1933) Margaret Scriven Vivian • (1934) Margaret Scriven Vivian • (1935) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling • (1936) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling • (1937) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling • (1938) Simone Mathieu • (1939) Simone Mathieu • (1940-1945) No competition (due to World War II) • (1946) Margaret Osborne duPont • (1947) Patricia Canning Todd • (1948) Nelly Adamson Landry • (1949) Margaret Osborne duPont • (1950) Doris Hart • (1951) Shirley Fry Irvin • (1952) Doris Hart • (1953) Maureen Connolly Brinker • (1954) Maureen Connolly Brinker • (1955) Angela Mortimer Barrett • (1956) Althea Gibson • (1957) Shirley Bloomer Brasher • (1958) Zsuzsa Körmöczy • (1959) Christine Truman Janes • (1960) Darlene Hard • (1961) Ann Haydon-Jones • (1962) Margaret Court • (1963) Lesley Turner Bowrey • (1964) Margaret Court • (1965) Lesley Turner Bowrey • (1966) Ann Haydon-Jones • (1967) Françoise Durr
Categories:- 1903 births
- 1998 deaths
- Dutch female tennis players
- Dutch field hockey players
- French Championships (tennis) champions
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic tennis players of the Netherlands
- People from Almelo
- Sportspeople of multiple sports
- Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in tennis
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