| 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.
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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.
| 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.
| 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 |
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