Dora Boothby

Olympic medal record
Women's tennis
Silver	1908 London	Singles

Penelope Dora Harvey Boothby (2 August 1881 – 22 February 1970) was a former English female tennis player. She was born in Finchley, Middlesex. She is best remembered for her ladies' singles title at the 1909 Wimbledon Championships.

Biography

Boothby was born in Finchley and, together with her older sister Gertrude, lived there with her step-parents, Harry and Gertrude Penn. Harry was a civil engineer, and by 1901, they had moved to South Norwood, where she played at Beulah Hill Club, and during the winter months, she played badminton. In 1909, when she won the Ladies' Singles at Wimbledon, the runner-up of the Men's Singles, Josiah Ritchie, was also living in Norwood.^[1]

In 1911, she became the first female player to lose a Wimbledon final without winning a game, losing to Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6-0, 6-0.

In 1914, she married Arthur C. Green.^[1]

She died in Hammersmith^[2] or Hampstead,^[1] London in 1970.

Grand Slam record

Wimbledon

• Singles champion: 1909
• Singles runner-up: 1910, 1911

Grand Slam singles finals

Win (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
19091	Wimbledon	Agnes Morton	6–4, 4–6, 8–6

¹This was actually 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.

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1910	Wimbledon	Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers	6–2, 6–2
1911	Wimbledon	Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers	6–0, 6–0

References

• John Arlott (Hrsg.): The Oxford companion to sports & games. Oxford University Press, London 1975
• All England champions 1899-2007

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Dora Boothby". The Norwood Society. 18 May 2010. http://www.norwoodsociety.co.uk/review/doraboothby.shtml. Retrieved 7 April 2011. 
2. ^ "Dora Boothby". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/dora-boothby-1.html. Retrieved 7 April 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Boothby, Dora
Alternative names
Short description	British tennis player
Date of birth	2 August 1881
Place of birth	Finchley
Date of death	22 February 1970
Place of death	Hampstead