Florence Stanuell Explained

Florence Stanuell
Country: Ireland
Birth Date:1861
Birth Place:Dublin. Ireland
Death Date:8 December 1936 (age 75)
Death Place:Chillenden, England
Turnedpro:1883 (amateur circuit)
Retired:1899
Singlestitles:5
Doublestitles:8

Florence Margaret Stanuell (1861 - 8 December 1936) was an Irish tennis player. She won singles titles at two of the four major championships of the 19th century, the Northern Championships in 1891 and the Irish Championships in 1893.[1] [2] She was active from 1883 to 1899 and won five career singles titles, and eight doubles tiles including four Irish Championships with Louisa Martin.

Career

She played her first tournament in 1883 in the mixed doubles at the Irish Championships partnered with Vere St. Leger Goold where they lost in the first round to May Langrishe and Ernest Browne.[3] Her first singles tournament was in 1884 at the Derbyshire Championships where she reached the final before losing to England's Agnes Noon Watts in straight sets.[4] In 1885 she won the Darlington Association Tournament against compatriot Connie Butler.[5] [6] In 1886 she retained her Darlington title and also won the women's and mixed doubles events.[7]

In 1887, Stanuell took part in her first major tournament at the Irish Championships in singles where she reached the quarter finals where she was defeated by English player Lilian Watson, she teamed up with Louisa Martin in the women's doubles event which they won against Maud Watson and Lilian Watson.[8]

In May 1889 she won the singles at the Fitzwilliam Ladies Open tournament against Constance Butler, and women's doubles title.[9] In June she reached the finals of the Championship of the West of England at Bath and the East Gloucestershire Championships at Cheltenham where she lost both to Louisa Martin.[10] [11] In 1891 she reached the final of the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships where she lost to Mollie Martin,[12] and in June she advanced to her second major championship final of the season at the Northern Championships in Manchester where she won the title against Beatrice Wood.[13] In 1892 she chose not to defend her Northern title, thus granting a walkover to Lottie Dod who took the title.[14]

Florence Stanuell took part in virtually no more lawn tennis tournaments after 1893. With two exceptions other than in 1895, when she and Louisa Martin teamed up for the doubles event at the Irish Championships in late May. However, they were unable to add to their tally of four titles in this event, and in 1899 she travelled to Pitlochry to play at the Highland Championships where won the singles title at the against Lottie Paterson. She retired from tennis in 1899 and died at the Rectory, Chillenden Kent, England on 8 December 1936 age 75.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irish TV Documentary (4 Jul 2016). The True Tale Of The Irish Tennis Murderer. Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE). Dublin. Ireland . rte.ie. 4 July 2016. 11 January 2024.
  2. Book: Crips . Mark . In Pursuit of the Slam: My Year Travelling to Tennis's Top Four Tournaments . 10 May 2022 . i2.i Publishng . Manchester . 9781914933981 . 5 . 5: Inter-City Epiphany.
  3. News: The Lawn Tennis Championship of Ireland . 11 January 2024 . . . 23 May 1883 . Dublin, Ireland . 6 . en.
  4. News: BUXTON OPEN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT . 11 January 2024 . . newspapers.com . 25 Aug 1884 . Liverpool, England . 6 . en.
  5. Lawn Tennis Tournaments of 1885. Routledges Sporting Annual. London: George Routledge and Son. 1886. pp. 124–130.
  6. News: Darlington Lawn Tennis Tournament . 11 January 2024 . The North Star . . 6 Aug 1886 . Darlington, Durham, England . 4 . en.
  7. The North Star (1886)
  8. News: FITZWILLAM LAWN TENNIS CLUB. IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING . 11 January 2024 . Dublin Daily Express . British Newspaper Archive . 30 May 1887 . Dublin, Republic of Ireland . 2.
  9. News: LAWN TENNIS NOTES: Fitzwilliam Tournament . 11 January 2024 . . British Newspaper Archive . 8 May 1889 . Northumberland, England . 6.
  10. News: BATH LAWN TENNIS WEEK. Championship of the West of England. . 11 January 2024 . Bristol Mercury . British Newspaper Archive . 1 June 1889 . Bristol, England . 8.
  11. News: CHELTENHAM TENNIS TOURNAMENT. THE FINALS . 11 January 2024 . . British Newspaper Archive . 10 June 1889 . Gloucestershire, England . 3.
  12. News: The Irish Championship . 11 January 2024 . . newspapers.com . 2 Jun 1891 .

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  13. News: Lawn Tennis Notes . 11 January 2024 . . newspapers.com . 27 Jun 1891 . Liverpool, England . 1 . en.
  14. News: Northern Lawn Tennis Tournament . 11 January 2024 . . newspapers.com . 20 Jun 1892 . Manchester, Lancashire, England . 4 . en.
  15. Web site: Index entry. 11 January 2024. FreeBMD. ONS.