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Edith Hannam

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Edith Hannam
Hannam in 1912
Full nameEdith Margaret Hannam
Country (sports)United Kingdom
Born(1878-11-28)28 November 1878
Bristol, England
Died16 January 1951(1951-01-16) (aged 72)
Kensington, England
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonF (1911, All Comers')
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonF (1914)
Medal record
tennis
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Indoor singles
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Indoor mixed doubles

Edith Margaret Hannam (née Boucher; 28 November 1878 – 16 January 1951) was a tennis player from Great Britain.[1] She played at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won two gold medals.[2]

Family life

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Edith Margaret Boucher was born in Bristol, 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.[3]

Tennis career

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In 1909, at the Tri-State Championships in Cincinnati, 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 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 Sofie Castenschiold in straight sets, and in the Mixed Doubles indoor tournament with partner Charles Dixon. In 1914, she reached the Woman's Doubles finals at Wimbledon with partner Ethel Thomson Larcombe but lost in straight sets to Elizabeth Ryan and Agnes Morton.

Grand Slam finals

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Doubles (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1914 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom Ethel Thomson Larcombe United Kingdom Agnes Morton
United States Elizabeth Ryan
1–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ "Edith Hannam". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Edith Hannam Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  3. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission – F J Hannam
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