The Honourable ''The Honourable'' (Commonwealth English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific Style ...

Nancy Lyle (February 26, 1910 – 1986) was a female

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 United Kingdom who was active in the 1930s. Her married names were Glover and Maltwood.

Early life and tennis

Nancy Margaret Lyle was born in London on 26 February 1910 and received education at St. Felix School in Southwold. She learned to play tennis from her father

Leonard Lyle, 1st Baron Lyle of Westbourne Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle, 1st Baron Lyle of Westbourne (22 July 1882 – 6 March 1954) was a British industrialist and Conservative Party politician. Early life He was born in London, the only son of Charles Lyle and his wife, Mary, '' ...

, an industrialist and politician who had also competed at Wimbledon. Lyle's biggest success at Grand Slam level came in 1935 when she partnered with

Evelyn Dearman Evelyn Dearman (8 September 1908 – 2 December 1993) was an English female tennis player who was active during the late 1920s and the 1930s. Between 1927 and 1939 she participated in 13 Wimbledon Championships. Her best result in the singles ...

to win the doubles title at the

1935 Australian Championships The 1935 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, from 1 to 14 January. It was the 28th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Austra ...

, defeating Louie Bickerton and

Nell Hall Hopman Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman, CBE (née Hall; 9 March 1909 – 10 January 1968) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s. She was the first wife of Harry Hopman, the coach and c ...

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

Wightman Cup The Wightman Cup was an annual team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 (except during World War II) between teams from the United States and Great Britain. History U.S. player Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generat ...

, the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain, and in both editions, she won her doubles match partnering Dearman.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: (1 runner-up)

Doubles: (1 title)

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