Jane Craven
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Jane Craven was an American tennis
player of the end of the 19th century.
Notably, she won the 1899
US Women's National Championship in women's doubles with Myrtle McAteer
.
" refers to the four major tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and not in common usage until the 1950s.
Result, opponent
Result, partner, final opponents
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 of the end of the 19th century.
Notably, she won the 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....
US Women's National Championship in women's doubles with Myrtle McAteer
Myrtle McAteer
Myrtle McAteer was an American tennis player around the turn of the 20th Century....
.
Doubles titles
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Partner | Finalists | Score | ||
| 1 | 21/06/1899 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) |  Myrtle McAteerMyrtle McAteer Myrtle McAteer was an American tennis player around the turn of the 20th Century.... |
Maud Banks Maud Banks Maud Banks of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a tennis champion who played in the latter stages of the 19th Century and in the early part of the 20th Century.... Elizabeth Rastall |
6-1, 6-1, 7-5 | 1899 US Open (tennis) |
Doubles finals lost
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Winners | Partner | Score | ||
| 1 | 1910 | Cincinnati tournament Cincinnati |
Hard (ext.) | Martha Kinsey Helen McLaughlin |
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.... |
1-6, 6-4, 6-3 | Cincinnati Open 1910 |
Mixed doubles finals lost
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Winners | Partner | Score | ||
| 1 | 21/06/1899 | US National Champ’s Philadelphia |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Elizabeth Rastall Albert Hoskins Albert Hoskins Albert Herbert Hoskins was an English football forward and football manager, who managed Wolverhampton Wanderers, Gillingham and Torquay United.-Playing career:... |
James P. Gardner |
6-4 6-0 & ab. | 1899 US Open (tennis) |
Grand Slam performances (partial)
Although the term "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 major tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and not in common usage until the 1950s.
Singles
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | 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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Result, 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 | ||||
| 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.... |
- | - | - | Winner M. McAteer Myrtle McAteer Myrtle McAteer was an American tennis player around the turn of the 20th Century.... |
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.... E. Rastall |
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Result, partner, final opponents