Blanche Bingley

Blanche Bingley Hillyard ( born November 3, 1863 in Greenford, United Kingdom as Blanche Bingley; † August 6, 1946 in London) was an English tennis player. She won six times from 1886 to the women's singles at Wimbledon. Five times they lost the final Charlotte Dod.

Life

Bingley married in 1887 the tennis player later Olympic champion in the men's doubles, George Hillyard, who was director of the tournament at Wimbledon until 1907-1914. Recently she joined in 1912 at the age of 48 years at the tournament in Wimbledon and reached the semi-finals. She died in London in 1946.

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Sources and links

  • Commons: Blanche Bingley Hillyard - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Collins, B.: History of tennis. 2nd edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0, pp. 693
  • Tingay, L.: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 978-0900424717, p 212
Lottie Dod 1886 Wimbledon Championships Maud Watson 1886 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles Irish Open (Tennis) 1889 Wimbledon Championships 1889 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles 1894 Wimbledon Championships 1894 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles 1897 Wimbledon Championships Charlotte Cooper (tennis) 1897 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles WTA Hamburg 1899 Wimbledon Championships 1899 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1900 Wimbledon Championships 1900 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
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