Edith Margaret Hannam (''née'' Boucher; 28 November 1878 – 16 January 1951) was a

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player from Great Britain. She played at the

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and won two gold medals.

Family life

Edith Margaret Boucher was born in

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, Gloucestershire, on 28 November 1878, the daughter of John and Julia Boucher; her father was a pharmaceutical chemist. Her older brother was John Mycroft Boucher, a tennis player and businessman. Boucher married Francis John Hannam at Long Ashton in 1909, as a captain in the Gloucestershire Regiment he was killed in action in France on 5 July 1916.Commonwealth War Graves Commission – F J Hannam
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Tennis career

In 1909, at the Tri-State Championships, Hannam won the singles and mixed doubles titles and was a doubles finalist. She beat Martha Kinsey in the final for the singles title, paired with Julius Frieberg to reach the doubles final, and teamed with Paul Lincoln Mitchell to win the mixed doubles title. At the 1912 Olympics, Hannam won the gold medal in both the Woman's Singles indoor tournament, beating Danish player

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in straight sets, and in the Mixed Doubles indoor tournament with partner Charles Dixon. In 1914, she reached the Woman's Doubles finals at

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with partner

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but lost in straight sets to

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and

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Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

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