Juliette Atkinson

Atkinson in 1900
Full name	Juliette Paxton Atkinson
Country (sports)
Born	(1873-04-15)April 15, 1873 Rahway, New Jersey, United States
Died	January 12, 1944(1944-01-12) (aged 70) Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States
Height	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Plays	Right-handed
Int. Tennis HoF	1974(member page)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	W (1895, 1897, 1898)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	W (1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1902)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	W (1894, 1895, 1896)

Juliette Paxton Atkinson Buxton (née Atkinson; April 15, 1873 – January 12, 1944) was an American tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States.

Atkinson was the daughter of a Brooklyn, New York physician.^[1] She won three U.S. Women's singles, seven U.S. Women's doubles and three U.S. Mixed doubles titles.

Both natives of Maplewood, New Jersey, she and her sisterKathleen Atkinson partnered to win two women's doubles titles.^[2][3] Also the sisters twice faced each other in the semifinals of the singles competition. She won three mixed doubles titles withEdwin P. Fischer.^[4]

In 1896 and 1898, she won theNiagara International Tennis Tournament.^[5] She won theCanadian Championships three times in a row, 1896, 1897 and 1898.^[6]

In both 1899 and 1901, Atkinson won the doubles title and reached the singles final at the tournament now known as theCincinnati Masters. She won the 1899 doubles title withMyrtle McAteer (falling to McAteer that year in the singles final) and the 1901 doubles title withMarion Jones Farquhar (falling in the singles final toWinona Closterman).

In 1918, she marriedGeorge B. Buxton and had no children.^[1]

She was posthumously inducted into theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1895	U.S. Championships	Grass	Helen Hellwig	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	1896	U.S. Championships	Grass	Elisabeth Moore	4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Win	1897	U.S. Championships	Grass	Elisabeth Moore	6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win	1898	U.S. Championships	Grass	Marion Jones	6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1894	U.S. Championships	Grass	Helen Hellwig	Annabella C. Wistar Amy Williams	6–4, 8–6, 6–2
Win	1895	U.S. Championships	Grass	Helen Hellwig	Elisabeth Moore Amy Williams	6–2, 6–2, 12–10
Win	1896	U.S. Championships	Grass	Elisabeth Moore	Annabella C. Wistar Amy Williams	6–4, 7–5
Win	1897	U.S. Championships	Grass	Kathleen Atkinson	Mrs. F. Edwards Elizabeth Rastall	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
Win	1898	U.S. Championships	Grass	Kathleen Atkinson	Marie Wimer Carrie Neely	6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	1901	U.S. Championships	Grass	Myrtle McAteer	Marion Jones Elisabeth Moore	default
Win	1902	U.S. Championships	Grass	Marion Jones	Maud Banks Nona Closterman	6–2, 7–5

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1894	U.S. Championships	Grass	Edwin P. Fischer	Mrs. McFadden Gustav Remak Jr.	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Win	1895	U.S. Championships	Grass	Edwin P. Fischer	Amy Williams Mantle Fielding	4–6, 8–6, 6–2
Win	1896	U.S. Championships	Grass	Edwin P. Fischer	Amy Williams Mantle Fielding	6–2, 6–3, 6–3

• Juliette Atkinson at theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame

• 19th-century American sportswomen
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• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's singles
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
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