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Nancy Lyle (26 February 1910 – 1986) was a female
tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from the United Kingdom who was active in the 1930s. She was also known by her married name, Nancy Lyle Glover.


Early life and tennis

Nancy Lyle was born in London on 26 February 1910 and received education at St. Felix School in
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. She learnt playing tennis from her father
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, an industrialist and politician who had also competed at Wimbledon. Nancy Lyle's biggest success at
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level came in 1935 when she partnered with Evelyn Dearman to win the doubles title at the
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, defeating Louie Bickerton and Nell Hall Hopman in the final in straight sets. Lyle and Dearman also won the doubles titles at the German Championships (1933) as well as the state championships of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (1934). She was a member of the British team at 1934 and 1935
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, the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain, and in both editions won her doubles match partnering Dearman.


Grand Slam finals


Singles: (1 runner-up)


Doubles: (1 title)


See also

* Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyle, Nancy 1910 births 1986 deaths Australian Championships (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles British female tennis players Date of death missing People educated at Saint Felix School English female tennis players Tennis people from Greater London