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| 1877 births | |
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Born in Cincinnati , Ohio , on September 15, 1877 , (died July 23, 1944 ), she reached the final in doubles at the U.S. National Championships in 1902 with Maud Banks . At the storied international tennis tournament in Cincinnati , she made 13 finals appearances, winning singles titles in 1901 and 1903, a doubles title in 1903, and mixed doubles titles in 1899 & 1902. Also, she reached two singles finals (1902 & 1904), five other doubles finals (1899-1902 & 1904), and one other mixed doubles final (1903) at Cincinnati. To win the singles title in 1901, she had to beat 1899 U.S. singles champ Marion Jones of Nevada in the semifinals (which she did, 7-5, 6-0) and then future International Tennis Hall of Famer Juliette Atkinson in the final, which she did in straight sets in the best-of-five format: 6-2, 8-6, 6-1. She also won the 1901 Southern Women’s Tennis Championship and was a finalist to Myrtle McAteer at the Western Tennis Championships in Chicago. She married Robert Burnet Neff. |
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