Dorothea Douglass Chambers

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Women's tennis
Olympic medal record
Gold	1908 London	Singles

Dorothea Katherine Douglass Lambert Chambers (September 3, 1878 – January 7, 1960) was a British-American female tennis player who was born in Guayamas, Ealing in England.

In 1900, Dorothea Douglass made her debut at Wimbledon. Three years later she won her first of seven ladies singles title. In 1919 she played the longest Wimbledon final up to that time: 44 games against Frenchwoman Suzanne Lenglen. Douglass held to match points at 6-5 in the third set but eventually lost to Lenglen 8-10, 6-4, 9-7.

She retired from singles play in 1921 but continued to compete in doubles until 1927. From 1924 to 1926, she captained Britain's Wightman Cup team and in 1928 turned to professional coaching.

Douglass Chambers was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981. She died in Kensington, London.

1 Grand Slam record
2 Grand Slam singles finals
- 2.1 Wins (7)
- 2.2 Runner-ups (4)

[edit] Grand Slam record

Wimbledon Championships
- Singles champion: 1903, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914
- Singles finalist: 1905, 1907, 1919, 1920
- Doubles finalist: 1913, 1919, 1920
- Mixed finalist: 1919

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (7)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1903	Wimbledon Championships	Ethel Thomson	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1904	Wimbledon Championships (2)	Charlotte Cooper Sterry	6-0, 6-3
1906	Wimbledon Championships (3)	May Sutton	6-3, 9-7
1910	Wimbledon Championships (4)	Dora Boothby	6-2, 6-2
1911	Wimbledon Championships (5)	Dora Boothby	6-0, 6-0
1913	Wimbledon Championships (6)	Winifred McNair	6-0, 6-4
1914	Wimbledon Championships (7)	Ethel Larcombe	7-5, 6-4

[edit] Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1905	Wimbledon Championships	May Sutton	6-3, 6-4
1907	Wimbledon Championships	May Sutton	6-1, 6-4
1919	Wimbledon Championships	Suzanne Lenglen	8-10, 6-4, 7-9
1920	Wimbledon Championships	Suzanne Lenglen	3-6, 0-6