Carrie Neely
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Carrie Neely was an American tennis
player from the beginning of the 20th century.
In 1907
, she reached the women's singles final of the US Women's National Championship, where she was beaten by Evelyn Sears
.
She also won the mixed doubles in 1898
, and won the women's doubles on three occasions (1903
, 1905
and 1907
).
" refers to the four most important tournaments in tennis, it is only used for the first time in 1933, and was not commonly used until the 1950s.
Result and final opponent
Result, partner, final opponent
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from the beginning of the 20th century.
In 1907
1907 in sports
1907 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs-Association football:England...
, she reached the women's singles final of the US Women's National Championship, where she was beaten by Evelyn Sears
Evelyn Sears
Evelyn Georgianna Sears was an American tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century....
.
She also won the mixed doubles in 1898
1898 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson and Princeton Tigers Events* The Morgan Athletic Club, which will eventually become Arizona Cardinals, is founded in Chicago and is the sport's oldest professional team.-Association football:England*...
, and won the women's doubles on three occasions (1903
1903 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines and Princeton Tigers -Association football:England...
, 1905
1905 in sports
1905 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Chicago Maroons and Yale Bulldogs Events...
and 1907
1907 in sports
1907 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs-Association football:England...
).
Singles finals lost
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Winner | Score | ||
| 1 | 26/06/1907 | US National Champ’s, Philadelphia | G. Slam | Grass (ext.) |  Evelyn SearsEvelyn Sears Evelyn Georgianna Sears was an American tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century.... |
6-3, 6-2 | 1907 US Open Tennis |
Doubles titles
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Partner | Finalists | Score | ||
| 1 | 1903 | Cincinnati tournament Cincinnati |
Hard (ext.) | Winona Closterman Winona Closterman Winona Closterman was an American female tennis player.She reached the finals in the doubles at the U.S... |
Myrtle McAteer Myrtle McAteer Myrtle McAteer was an American tennis player around the turn of the 20th Century.... Marie Weimer |
6-3, 8-6 | 1903 Cincinnati Open | ||
| 2 | 24/06/1903 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Elisabeth Moore Elisabeth Moore Elisabeth Holmes Moore was an American tennis champion. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.-Biography:She was born on March 5, 1876 in Brooklyn... |
Miriam Hall Miriam Hall Miriam Hall was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1904, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with May Sutton Bundy.-Doubles titles:-Doubles finals lost:... Marion JonesMarion Jones (tennis) Marion Jones Farquhar is a former American female tennis player. She won the women's singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S. Championships... |
8-4, 6-1, 6-1 | 1903 US Open Tennis | |
| 3 | 20/06/1905 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Helen Homans Helen Homans -Life and career:She won the doubles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championship and the singles title the next year.She played mixed doubles with Marshall McLean as early as 1902 and later married him in 1907.... |
F. Obertauffer Virginia Maule |
6-0, 6-1 | 1905 US Open Tennis | |
| 4 | 26/06/1907 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Marie Wimer Marie Wimer Marie Wimer was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1907, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with Carrie Neely.-Doubles titles:-Doubles finals lost:... |
Edna Wildey Natalie Widley |
6-1, 2-6, 6-4 | 1907 US Open Tennis | |
| 5 | 1915 | Cincinnati tournament Cincinnati |
Hard (ext.) |  M. Bjurstedt Mallory |
Ruth Sanders Cordes Mrs. Malcolm MacNeill |
6-1, 6-0 | 1915 Cincinnati Open |
Doubles finals lost
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Winners | Partner | Score | ||
| 1 | 14/06/1898 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Juliette Atkinson Juliette Atkinson Juliette Paxton Atkinson was an American female tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States.... Kathleen AtkinsonKathleen Atkinson Kathleen Gill Atkinson was an American tennis player of the end of the 19th Century/start of the 20th Century.... |
Marie Wimer Marie Wimer Marie Wimer was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1907, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with Carrie Neely.-Doubles titles:-Doubles finals lost:... |
6-1, 2-6, 4-6, 6-1 | 1898 US Tennis Open | |
| 2 | 1902 | Cincinnati tournament Cincinnati |
Hard (ext.) | Maud Banks Maud Banks Maud Banks of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a tennis champion who played in the latter stages of the 19th Century and in the early part of the 20th Century.... Hallie ChamplinHallie Champlin Hallie Champlin was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1900, she won the US Women's National Championship in women's doubles with Edith Parker.-Doubles titles:-Grand Slam performances :... |
Winona Closterman Winona Closterman Winona Closterman was an American female tennis player.She reached the finals in the doubles at the U.S... |
6-2, 7-5 | 1902 Cincinnati Open | ||
| 3 | 1904 | Cincinnati tournament Cincinnati |
Hard (ext.) | Myrtle McAteer Myrtle McAteer Myrtle McAteer was an American tennis player around the turn of the 20th Century.... Marie WimerMarie Wimer Marie Wimer was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1907, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with Carrie Neely.-Doubles titles:-Doubles finals lost:... |
Winona Closterman Winona Closterman Winona Closterman was an American female tennis player.She reached the finals in the doubles at the U.S... |
6-3, 6-4 | 1904 Cincinnati Open | ||
| 4 | 21/06/1904 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | May Sutton Bundy May Sutton May Godfrey Sutton was a tennis champion and the first American to win the singles title at Wimbledon.-Biography:... Miriam HallMiriam Hall Miriam Hall was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1904, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with May Sutton Bundy.-Doubles titles:-Doubles finals lost:... |
Elisabeth Moore Elisabeth Moore Elisabeth Holmes Moore was an American tennis champion. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.-Biography:She was born on March 5, 1876 in Brooklyn... |
3-6, 6-3, 6-3 | 1904 US Open Tennis | |
| 5 | 22/06/1908 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Evelyn Sears Evelyn Sears Evelyn Georgianna Sears was an American tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century.... Margaret CurtisMargaret Curtis Margaret Curtis was an American golf and tennis champion and lifelong social worker.From the Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts area, she was the youngest of ten children. Her father was a colonel in the Union Army cavalry during the American Civil War... |
Miriam Steever Miriam Steever Miriam Steever of Chicago, Illinois was an amateur tennis player in the early part of the 20th Century.Steever won the doubles title at the 1907 Western championships with Carrie Neely, and was a singles semifinalist at the Western championships in 1915.... |
6-3, 5-7, 9-7 | 1908 US Open Tennis |
Mixed Doubles Titles
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Partner | Finalists | Score | ||
| 1 | 14/06/1898 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Edwin Fisher |
Helen Chapman J. A. Hill |
6-2 6-4 8-6 | 1898 US Open Tennis |
Mixed Doubles Finals
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Winners | Partner | Score | ||
| 1 | 24/06/1903 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Helen Chapman Harry Allen Harry Allen Harry Bernard Allen was one of the United Kingdom's last official executioners, officiating between 1941 and 1964. He was chief executioner at 29 executions and acted as assistant executioner at 53 others at prisons in London, Manchester and Leeds. He was for 14 years an assistant executioner,... |
W. H. Rowland |
6-4 7-5 | 1903 US Open Tennis |
Performance in Grand Slams (partial)
Although the expression "Grand SlamGrand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
" refers to the four most important tournaments in tennis, it is only used for the first time in 1933, and was not commonly used until the 1950s.
Singles
| Year | - | French Open | Wimbledon | US National | ||||
| 1897 1897 in sports -American football:College championship* College football national championship – Penn Quakers and Yale Bulldogs -Association football:England... |
- | - | - | 1/2 final | Edith Kenderine |
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| 1898 1898 in sports -American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson and Princeton Tigers Events* The Morgan Athletic Club, which will eventually become Arizona Cardinals, is founded in Chicago and is the sport's oldest professional team.-Association football:England*... |
- | - | - | 1/2 final | Marion Jones Marion Jones (tennis) Marion Jones Farquhar is a former American female tennis player. She won the women's singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S. Championships... |
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| 1899 1899 in sports -American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson and Princeton Tigers Events* The 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team goes undefeated, 12–0, including five road wins in six days over top teams.... |
- | - | - | 1/2 final | Maud Banks Maud Banks Maud Banks of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a tennis champion who played in the latter stages of the 19th Century and in the early part of the 20th Century.... |
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| 1901 1901 in sports 1901 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson, Michigan Wolverines and Yale Bulldogs -Association football:England... |
- | - | - | round (1/4) | Elisabeth Moore Elisabeth Moore Elisabeth Holmes Moore was an American tennis champion. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.-Biography:She was born on March 5, 1876 in Brooklyn... |
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| 1902 1902 in sports 1902 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines and Yale Bulldogs Events... |
- | - | - | Final | Marion Jones Marion Jones (tennis) Marion Jones Farquhar is a former American female tennis player. She won the women's singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S. Championships... |
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| 1907 1907 in sports 1907 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs-Association football:England... |
- | - | - | Final | Evelyn Sears Evelyn Sears Evelyn Georgianna Sears was an American tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century.... |
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Result and final opponent
Doubles
| Year | - | French Open French Open (tennis) The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are... |
Wimbledon | US National | ||||
| 1898 1898 in sports -American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson and Princeton Tigers Events* The Morgan Athletic Club, which will eventually become Arizona Cardinals, is founded in Chicago and is the sport's oldest professional team.-Association football:England*... |
- | - | - | Final Marie Wimer Marie Wimer Marie Wimer was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1907, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with Carrie Neely.-Doubles titles:-Doubles finals lost:... |
J. Atkinson Juliette Atkinson Juliette Paxton Atkinson was an American female tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States.... K. AtkinsonKathleen Atkinson Kathleen Gill Atkinson was an American tennis player of the end of the 19th Century/start of the 20th Century.... |
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| 1903 1903 in sports -American football:College championship* College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines and Princeton Tigers -Association football:England... |
- | - | - | Winner E. Moore Elisabeth Moore Elisabeth Holmes Moore was an American tennis champion. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.-Biography:She was born on March 5, 1876 in Brooklyn... |
Miriam Hall Miriam Hall Miriam Hall was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1904, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with May Sutton Bundy.-Doubles titles:-Doubles finals lost:... M. JonesMarion Jones (tennis) Marion Jones Farquhar is a former American female tennis player. She won the women's singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S. Championships... |
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| 1904 1904 in sports 1904 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers and Penn Quakers -Association football:England... |
- | - | - | Final E. Moore Elisabeth Moore Elisabeth Holmes Moore was an American tennis champion. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.-Biography:She was born on March 5, 1876 in Brooklyn... |
M. S. Bundy May Sutton May Godfrey Sutton was a tennis champion and the first American to win the singles title at Wimbledon.-Biography:... Miriam HallMiriam Hall Miriam Hall was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1904, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with May Sutton Bundy.-Doubles titles:-Doubles finals lost:... |
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| 1905 1905 in sports 1905 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Chicago Maroons and Yale Bulldogs Events... |
- | - | - | Winner Helen Homans Helen Homans -Life and career:She won the doubles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championship and the singles title the next year.She played mixed doubles with Marshall McLean as early as 1902 and later married him in 1907.... |
Obertauffer V. Maule |
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| 1907 1907 in sports 1907 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs-Association football:England... |
- | - | - | Winner Marie Wimer Marie Wimer Marie Wimer was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century.Notably, in 1907, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with Carrie Neely.-Doubles titles:-Doubles finals lost:... |
Edna Wildey N. Widley |
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| 1908 1908 in sports 1908 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson, LSU Tigers and Penn Quakers -Association football:England... |
- | - | - | Final M. Steever Miriam Steever Miriam Steever of Chicago, Illinois was an amateur tennis player in the early part of the 20th Century.Steever won the doubles title at the 1907 Western championships with Carrie Neely, and was a singles semifinalist at the Western championships in 1915.... |
Evelyn Sears Evelyn Sears Evelyn Georgianna Sears was an American tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century.... M. CurtisMargaret Curtis Margaret Curtis was an American golf and tennis champion and lifelong social worker.From the Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts area, she was the youngest of ten children. Her father was a colonel in the Union Army cavalry during the American Civil War... |
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Result, partner, final opponent