Phoebe Holcroft Watson
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Phoebe Holcroft Watson (born October 7, 1898) was a tennis player from the United Kingdom whose best result in singles was reaching the final of the US Championships in 1929, losing to Helen Wills Moody 6-4, 6-2. According to Wallis Myers of the Daily Mail, Watson finished the year ranked in the world top 10 on four occasions: 8th in 1926, 5th in 1928, 2nd in 1929, and 3rd in 1930.
Watson won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1928 and 1929 and at the US Championships in 1929, all with partner Peggy Saunders Michel. Her other Grand Slam title was the women's doubles at the French Championships in 1928 with partner Eileen Bennett Whittingstall.
[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
| France1 | A | NH | A | A | 3R | 2R | QF | QF | 0 / 4 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | QF | QF | 3R | 1R | 0 / 8 |
| United States | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | 0 / 1 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 13 |
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
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.
