May Langrishe

Mary Isabella "May" Langrishe (1864–1939) was an Irish tennis player.

May Langrishe
Full nameMary Isabella Langrishe
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1864-12-31)31 December 1864
Ireland
Died24 January 1939(1939-01-24) (aged 55)
Charmouth, England
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonSF (1891)

Biography

Langrishe was born in Ireland on 31 December 1864, one of two daughters of Sir Hercules Langrishe.[1][2] In 1879, she won the first Irish Championships at the age of 14.[3] She won the singles title again in 1883 and 1886, and the doubles title with her sister Beatrice in 1884. Langrishe played at the 1885 Wimbledon Championships where she lost to Maud Watson. At her second appearance at Wimbledon in 1891, Langrishe reached the semifinals of the all-comers tournament, losing to Blanche Hillyard 4–6, 1–6.[4] She also won the Northern Championships doubles at Manchester with her sister in 1882.[1]

She died on 24 January, 1939[1] at Hammonds Mead House, Charmouth, the same house in which Maud Watson died seven years later.[5]

References
  1. Collins, B. (2010): History of Tennis. 2nd edition. New Chapter Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0, p. 696.
  2. Birley, Derek (1993). Sport and the making of Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 317. ISBN 071903759X.
  3. Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 266–267, 278. ISBN 9780047960420.
  4. Collins (2010), p. 425
  5. Collins (2010), p. 10


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