Juliette Atkinson
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Juliette Paxton Atkinson (April 15, 1873 – January 12, 1944) was an American female tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey
, United States.
Atkinson won 5 U.S. Championships doubles titles in a row with 3 different partners. Kathleen Atkinson
, her sister partnered her to the last two titles. Also the sisters twiced faced each other in the semi finals of the singles competition, the first sisters to do so before the Williams sisters' final in 2001. In both 1899 and 1901, Atkinson won the doubles title and reached the singles final at the tournament now known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati, Ohio
. She won the 1899 doubles title with Myrtle McAteer
(falling to McAteer that year in the singles final) and the 1901 doubles title with Marion Jones Farquhar (falling in the singles final to Winona Closterman
).
She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
in 1974.
Rahway, New Jersey
Rahway is a city in southern Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the New York metropolitan area, being 15 miles southwest of Manhattan and five miles west of Staten Island...
, United States.
Atkinson won 5 U.S. Championships doubles titles in a row with 3 different partners. Kathleen Atkinson
Kathleen Atkinson
Kathleen Gill Atkinson was an American tennis player of the end of the 19th Century/start of the 20th Century....
, her sister partnered her to the last two titles. Also the sisters twiced faced each other in the semi finals of the singles competition, the first sisters to do so before the Williams sisters' final in 2001. In both 1899 and 1901, Atkinson won the doubles title and reached the singles final at the tournament now known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
. She won the 1899 doubles title with Myrtle McAteer
Myrtle McAteer
Myrtle McAteer was an American tennis player around the turn of the 20th Century....
(falling to McAteer that year in the singles final) and the 1901 doubles title with Marion Jones Farquhar (falling in the singles final to Winona Closterman
Winona Closterman
Winona Closterman was an American female tennis player.She reached the finals in the doubles at the U.S...
).
She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
International Tennis Hall of Fame
The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The hall of fame and honors players and contributors to the sport of tennis and includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indoor tennis facility, and a court tennis facility.-History:The hall of fame and...
in 1974.
U.S. Championships
- Singles champion: 1895, 1897, 1898
- Singles runner-up: 1896
- Women's Doubles champion: 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1902
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1894, 1895, 1896