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Maud Watson (9 October 1864 – 5 June 1946 in Charmouth, Dorset) was an English tennis player.
Born in Harrow, London, the daughter of a local vicar, she began playing competitive tennis in 1881. 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 her older sister Lillian Watson 6–8 6–3 6–3 to claim the title.
Maud Watson repeated as the Wimbledon champion the following year, winning the final 6–1, 7–5 over Blanche Bingley. In 1886, Bingley turned the tables, defeating Watson 6–3 6–3 in the finals to take the title.
She lived near and is buried at St John the Bapist Parish church in Berkswell, near Solihull in Warwickshire, UK. Her Father was the Parish Priest.
Contents
Grand Slam record
- Wimbledon
- Singles champion: 1884, 1885
- Singles finalist: 1886
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (2)
Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final 1884 Wimbledon Lillian Watson
6–8, 6–3, 6–3 1885 Wimbledon (2) Blanche Bingley Hillyard
6–1, 7–5 Runner-up (1)
Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final 1886 Wimbledon Blanche Bingley
6–3, 6–3 Categories:- 1864 births
- 1946 deaths
- 19th-century English people
- 19th-century female tennis players
- British female tennis players
- English tennis players
- People from Harrow, London
- People from Solihull (district)
- People from West Dorset (district)
- Sportspeople from London
- Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
- British tennis biography stubs
- Wimbledon
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