Carrie Neely (January 24, 1876 – November 29, 1938) was an American

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player from the beginning of the 20th century.

Biography

Carrie Neely was educated at the Dearborn Seminary, Chicago.

Tennis career

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...

, she reached the women's singles All Comer's final of the U.S. Women's National Championship, where she was beaten by Evelyn Sears. She also won the mixed doubles in

1898 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...

, and won the women's doubles on three occasions ( 1903, 1905 and

). At the Tri-State Tennis Tournament (current Cincinnati Open), she reached the singles final in 1915, the semifinals in 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1912, and the quarterfinals in 1901 and 1916. She paired with Winona Closterman to win the doubles title in 1902 and 1903, and teamed with Closterman again in 1904 to reach the doubles final. She won the mixed doubles title with Nat Emerson in 1903, and paired with Kreigh Collins, also of Chicago, to reach the mixed doubles final in 1901. Neely won the Niagara International Tennis Tournament in 1902.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Doubles (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Mixed doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

References

*''From Club Court to Center Court'' by Phillip S. Smith (2008 Edition; ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Neely, Carrie 1870s births 19th-century female tennis players 19th-century American sportswomen American female tennis players United States National champions (tennis) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles 1938 deaths Year of birth uncertain Tennis players from Illinois