Edith Hannam
 Hannam in 1912 | |
| Full name | Edith Margaret Hannam |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
| Born | 28 November 1878 Bristol, England |
| Died | 16 January 1951 (aged 72) Kensington, England |
| Singles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1911, All Comers') |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1914) |
Medal record | |
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]In 1909, at the Tri-State Championships, 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 Paul 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
[edit | edit source]Doubles (1 runner-up)
[edit | edit source]| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1914 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Ethel Thomson Larcombe |
Agnes Morton  Elizabeth Ryan |
1–6, 3–6 |
References
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- ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission – F J Hannam
External links
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- 1878 births
- 1951 deaths
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in tennis
- Olympic tennis players for Great Britain
- Tennis players from Bristol
- Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- English female tennis players
- British female tennis players
- 20th-century English sportswomen
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- British tennis biography stubs