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Chapel Allerton Open
The Chapel Allerton Open was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1884 as the Chapel Allerton LTC Tournament. The tournament was organised by the Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis & Squash Club, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The tournament ran as part of the worldwide circuit until 1981 when it was branded as the Mobil 1 Tournament for sponsorship reasons. History Chapel-Allerton LTC Tournament was founded in 1884. The tournament was staged at the Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis Club (f.1880.). By the 1890s the tournament was branded as the Chapel Allerton Open Tournament. By the late 1930s the tournament was branded as the Chapel Allerton (Leeds) Open. By the 1950s the event was rebranded as the Chapel Allerton Open. The tournament ran as part of the worldwide circuit until 1981 when its final edition was sponsored by the American oil company Mobil, and was branded as the Mobil 1 Tournament. The event is still being staged today as the Chap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel Allerton
Chapel Allerton is an inner suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, from the city centre. It sits within the Chapel Allerton ward of Leeds City Council and had a population of 18,206 and 23,536 at the 2001 and 2011 census respectively. The area was also listed in the 2018 ''Sunday Times'' report on Best Places to Live in northern England. Location The region within the Chapel Allerton ward generally considered to be Chapel Allerton is bounded by Potternewton Lane to the south, Scott Hall Road to the west and Gledhow Valley Road to the north-east. Surrounding districts include Moortown, Meanwood, Roundhay, Gledhow, Chapeltown and Harehills. Chapel Allerton is on Harrogate Road, which, before the building of the A61 Scott Hall Road, was the main road from Leeds to Harrogate. The centre in terms of activity is Stainbeck Corner, at the junction of Stainbeck Lane, Harrogate Road and Town Street, which is also the key place on 19th century maps of the villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Rheinberger
Robert Rheinberger (born 18 November 1945) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Rheinberger comes from a tennis playing family in the New South Wales town of Bega and competed on the professional tour in the 1970s. During his career he featured in the main draw of the French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ... on multiple occasions. He was based out of Spain and later coached in West Germany. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rheinberger, Bob 1945 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from New South Wales 20th-century Australian people Sportsmen from New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grass Court Tennis Tournaments
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Elaine Shenton
Elaine Shenton (nee Watson) is a British former tennis player. Career Shenton grew up in Hertfordshire and was a British junior champion. She was doubles champion at the Italian championships in 1954, partnering Pat Ward. In 1955 she won the singles titles at both the Scottish Championships and Welsh Covered Court Championships. She was runner-up to Ann Haydon in the singles final at the North of England Championships in 1956. At the 1956 Wimbledon Championships, Shenton won through to the fourth round, before losing to eventual finalist Angela Buxton. In 1957 she won the Chapel Allerton Open in Leeds Leeds () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the thi .... She was ranked as high as sixth in Great Britain. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shenton, Elaine Year of birth missing (living pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Holdsworth
Sally Holdsworth (born 10 February 1944) is a British former professional tennis player. Holdsworth, a Wimbledon junior semi-finalist, grew up in the town of Huddersfield. She began competing on the international tour in the 1960s and had her best Wimbledon performance in 1971 when she reached the round of 16 of the mixed doubles with John Paish. Following her tennis career, Holdsworth ran a hotel in Barbados, then later served as an executive for the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there .... In 2000 she organised the Parade of Champions which was held at Wimbledon to commemorate the club's 100th anniversary. She also established Wimbledon's Last Eight Club. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holdsworth, Sally 1944 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane O'Hara
Jane O'Hara (born 24 July 1951) is a Canadian author, journalist and former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from Toronto, Ontario, O'Hara appeared in 18 Federation Cup ties for Canada between 1969 and 1975. Her best grand slam performance came at the 1970 US Open, where she reached the round of 16. O'Hara was a sports editor for the Ottawa Sun, the first woman to hold this role for a major Canadian newspaper. She was inducted into the Tennis Canada Tennis Canada is the national governing body of tennis within Canada. It works together with the provincial associations to organize tournaments and rules. They also oversee the Canada Davis Cup team and the Canada Fed Cup team. Tennis Canada ... Hall of Fame in 2002. See also * List of Canada Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:OHara, Jane 1951 births Living people Canadian female tennis players Canadian women journalists Journalists from Toronto Tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Straubeova
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Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
Hildegard "Hilde" Krahwinkel Sperling ( née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German tennis player who became a dual-citizen after marrying Dane Svend Sperling in December 1933. She won three consecutive singles titles at the French Championships from 1935 to 1937. Krahwinkel Sperling is generally regarded as the second-greatest female German tennis player in history, behind Steffi Graf. Sperling played a counterpunching game, predicated on speed, and wore down opponents. Helen Jacobs once wrote that Sperling was the third-best player she ever played, behind Helen Wills Moody and Suzanne Lenglen. Career According to A. Wallis Myers and John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Sperling was ranked in the world top ten from 1930 through 1939 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of World No. 2 in those rankings in 1936. But according to Ned Potter of American Lawn Tennis magazine, Sperling was the top ranked player for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsie Goldsack Pittman
Elsie Goldsack Pittman (née Goldsack; 21 January 1904 – 28 March 1975) was an English tennis player who competed during the second half of the 1920s and the 1930s. Between 1925 and 1939, she participated in 15 Wimbledon Championships. Her best result in the singles event was reaching the semifinal in 1929 in which she was defeated in straight sets by top-seeded and eventual champion Helen Wills. In the mixed doubles, she reached the quarterfinals in 1930 and 1931. Her biggest success at Grand Slam level came in 1937 when she partnered with Phyllis Mudford King to reach the final of the 1937 Wimbledon Championships, which they lost to Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke in straight sets. In 1932, she reached the semifinals of the singles event at the U.S. National Championships, losing to top-seeded and eventual champion Helen Jacobs. During the same tournament, she reached the semifinals of the mixed doubles event. The same year, she won the singles title at the Eastern Grass C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Satterthwaite
Phyllis Helen Satterthwaite (née Carr; 26 January 1886 – 20 January 1962) was a female tennis player from Great Britain who was active from the early 1910s until the late 1930s. Tennis career In 1911, she participated for the first time in the Wimbledon Championships. In 1919, she reached the final of the All-Comers competition in which she was defeated by eventual champion Suzanne Lenglen in two sets. Two years later, in 1921, she again made it to the final of the All-Comers competition, but this time lost to American Elizabeth Ryan in two straight sets. In total she competed in 20 Wimbledon Championships between 1911 and 1935. In 1920, she won the women's doubles title at the World Hard Court Championships in Paris. Playing alongside her compatriot Dorothy Holman they defeated the French team Germaine Golding and Jeanne Vaussard. She was selected to play in the 1923 Wightman Cup but was unable to participate. In 1924, she participated in the Olympic Games in Paris. Via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander (Australian Politician)
John Gilbert Alexander (born 4 July 1951) is a former Australian politician and former professional tennis player. As a tennis player, Alexander reached a career-high singles rank of No. 8 in the world in 1975. He reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open singles on three occasions, and won the doubles in 1975 and 1982. He also played in the Australian team that won the 1977 Davis Cup. After the end of his playing career, Alexander worked as a tennis commentator and managed various sports-related businesses. Alexander won the Division of Bennelong for the Liberal Party at the 2010 election, and retained the seat in 2013 and 2016. He resigned on 11 November 2017 due to constitutional ineligibility arising from his dual citizenship of the United Kingdom. He renounced his UK citizenship and stood as the Liberal Party candidate at the by-election, held on 16 December 2017, which he won. In November 2021, Alexander announced his retirement from politics. Early life Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Black (tennis)
Donald L. M. Black (2 December 1927 – 19 October 2000) was a Rhodesian tennis player. Early life Black was born in Hartley (now Chegutu), to an English mother and Scottish father. Career Black made his Wimbledon debut in 1953 and defeated Czeslaw Spychala in the opening round.Tennis Archive Profile He came from two sets down to beat John Horn in the second round and was then eliminated from the tournament by Belgium's . Another Belgian, Jacqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
