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Florence E. Sutton (September 2, 1883 – October 16, 1974) was an American
She was born on September 2, 1883, to Adolphus De Gruchy Sutton and Adelina Esther Godfray. She was the sister of tennis champion May Godfrey Sutton and the aunt of U.S. National singles champion John Doeg and Australian Championship winner Dorothy Cheney.
Sutton was a finalist for both singles and doubles titles in the US Open in 1911. In the singles final she lost
tennis
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Biography
She was born on September 2, 1883, to Adolphus De Gruchy Sutton and Adelina Esther Godfray. She was the sister of tennis champion May Godfrey Sutton and the aunt of U.S. National singles champion John Doeg and Australian Championship winner Dorothy Cheney.
Sutton was a finalist for both singles and doubles titles in the US Open in 1911. In the singles final she lost Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE (née Hotchkiss; December 20, 1886 – December 5, 1974) was an American tennis player and founder of the Wightman Cup, an annual team competition for British and American women. She dominated American wom ...
in three sets.
She achieved a highest national ranking of No.2 in 1914.
She also played, with her sisters May and Violet, on the Pasadena High School basketball team, which went undefeated in 1900.
In 1924, after her active playing career, she became a tennis coach at the Women's National Golf and Tennis Club in Glen Head.
Sutton died on October 16, 1974.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
Doubles (1 runner-up)
Other significant finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
Doubles (1 runner-up)
Notes
References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Florence 1883 births 1974 deaths American female tennis players English emigrants to the United States