May Langrishe

Isabella Mary "May" Langrishe ( born December 31, 1864 in Ireland, † January 24, 1939 in Charmouth, England) was an Irish tennis player.

Langrishe won in 1879 the first edition of the Irish Championships at the age of 14 years. 1883 and 1886 she won there again in 1884 she took on her sister Beatrice side the doubles title. 1882, she won the title at the Northern Association Championships in Manchester. At the Wimbledon Championships in 1885 she succumbed to the later champion Maud Watson in the second round. Two years later, she reached the semi-final, which they lost against Blanche Bingley Hillyard.

Langrishe died in 1939 at the age of 74 years Hammersmead House in Charmouth. In the same house died seven years later, the first Wimbledon champion of the ladies, Maud Watson.

Source

• Collins, B.: History of tennis. 2nd edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0, pp. 696

• Tennis Player ( United Kingdom )
• Tennis players (Ireland )
• Born in 1864
• Died in 1939
• Woman