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| Full name | Penelope Dora Harvey Boothby | ||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Born | (1881-08-02)2 August 1881 Finchley, England | ||||||||
| Died | 22 February 1970(1970-02-22) (aged 88) Hammersmith, England | ||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1909) | ||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1913) | ||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (1913) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Penelope Dora Harvey Boothby (2 August 1881 – 22 February 1970) was an English tennis and badminton player. She was born inFinchley,Middlesex. She is best remembered for her ladies' singles title at the 1909Wimbledon Championships.[1] In Badminton, she won the1909 All England Championships in Mixed doubles category.
Boothby was born in Finchley and, with her older sister Gertrude, lived there with her step-parents Harry and Gertrude Penn. Harry was a civil engineer, and by 1901, they had moved toSouth Norwood, where she played at Beulah Hill Club, and during the winter months, she played badminton.
In 1908, she won a silver medal in thewomen's singles event at the1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
In 1909, when she won the Ladies' Singles atWimbledon, the runner-up of theMen's Singles,Josiah Ritchie, was also living in Norwood.[3] Also in 1909, she won the singles title of theBritish Covered Court Championships, played on wood courts at theQueen's Club in London, after defeating Madeline O’Neill in the final in straight sets.
In 1911, she became the first female player to lose a Wimbledon final without winning a game, losing toDorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6–0, 6–0.
In 1914, she married Arthur C.Geen.[3]
She died inHammersmith[2] orHampstead,[3] London in 1970.
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 19091 | Wimbledon | Grass | Agnes Morton | 6–4, 4–6, 8–6 |
| Loss | 1910 | Wimbledon | Grass | Dorothea Lambert Chambers | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1911 | Wimbledon | Grass | Dorothea Lambert Chambers | 0–6, 0–6 |
1This was actually the all-comers final asCharlotte Cooper Sterry did not defend her 1908 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and thus Wimbledon in 1909 by walkover.
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1913 | Wimbledon | Grass | Winifred McNair | Charlotte Cooper SterryDorothea Lambert Chambers | 4–6, 2–4 ret. |
