Bertha Steedman

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Steedman (before 1903)

Bertha Steedman was a British tennis player who won nine double titles at the Wimbledon Championships between 1889 and 1899.

Steedman won the Wimbledon Championships doubles tournament with her sister Mary Steedman in 1889 and 1890. From 1893 to 1897 she won the doubles title partnering Blanche Bingley, then in 1898 and 1899 with Ruth Durlacher.[1]

Bertha and her sister Mary were among the first who focused on playing volley which was the basis of their success.[2]

In singles, her last appearance at Wimbledon was in 1903.

References

  1. ↑ Doherty, R.F. et al. (1903): R. F. & H. L. Doherty on Lawn Tennis. Baker and Taylor Co., New York. p. 168, 169. (online)
  2. ↑ Arthur Wallis Myers (1903): Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's sons, New York, p. 181, 182. (online)
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