Kea Bouman

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.

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.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

1. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 701. ISBN 0-942257-41-3. 

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Name	Bouman, Kea
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Date of birth	23 November 1903
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Date of death	17 November 1998
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