(Provided by Tennis World USA)
The names that have written Wimbledon history, among women, stand out in the pages of the legendary tournament. From the first edition of 1884 until 1914, there was a British domain, with many stars that, at the turn of the 1800s and 1900s, began to write the history of women’s singles.
Among them Lottie Dod (1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893), Blanche Bingley (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900), Charlotte Cooper (1895, 1896, 1898, 1901, 1901, 1908) and Dorothea Douglass (1904 , 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914).
After the First World War, the era of La Divine Suzanne Lenglen began, which dominated both Wimbledon and the Roland Garros. In London, the Frenchwoman won five consecutive titles (from 1919 to 1923) plus the sixth title in 1925.
She was the first real-world star of women’s tennis, which influenced both the way she played and women’s fashion in sport. Subsequent to Lenglen were the American players who wrote the story at the All England Club between 1927 and 1958.
Helen Wills Moody was one of the greatest American tennis players ever. At the Championships she won in 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932,1933, 1935 and 1938. Louise Brough (1948, 1949, 1950 and 1955), Maureen…
