Phyllis Satterthwaite

Phyllis Helen Satterthwaite ( born January 26, 1889 as Phyllis Carr, † January 20, 1962 in London) was a British tennis player.

Life

Phyllis Carr married on April 13, 1912 CR Satterthwaite. In the same year she took for the first time at the Wimbledon Championships in part. In 1919, she reached the final of the All- Comers competition, but was defeated Suzanne Lenglen. Two years later she was able to move there again in the All- Comers final, Elizabeth Ryan had to admit defeat in this year, however.

In April 1923, she divorced her husband and then spent the better part of the year on the French Riviera, Cannes and Monte Carlo.

In 1924 she took part in the Olympic Games in Paris and reached the third round in singles competition. There she was defeated Helen Wills in two sets.

Satterthwaite was a security-conscious tennis player who was trying in the first place, returning the ball into the field. This led in 1930 at a tournament in the Italian Bordighera to the fact that the rally at match point against Lucia Valerio over 400 beats and almost 20 minutes it took. Satterthwaite won the rallies and therefore the match.

In addition to the active tennis port they gave in 1924 a book about women's tennis out; next she also wrote articles in sports magazines. Most recently, she took part in the 1934 Single of the Wimbledon Championships.

Satterthwaite died in 1962 at the age of 72 years the London borough of Westminster.

Works

• Lawn Tennis For Women. Renwick of Otley, London, 1924.

Sources and links

• Phyllis Satterthwaite at Sports- Reference.com (English)
• ITF profile of Phyllis Satterthwaite (English)
• Collins, B.: History of tennis. 2nd edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0, pp. 428