| Country (sports) |  Australia |
|---|---|
| Born | Victoria, Australia |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1938) |
| French Open | QF (1938) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1938) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1939) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1938) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1937) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1938) |
Dorothy 'Dot' Stevenson was an Australian tennis player who was active in the 1930s.
Partnering compatriot Don Turnbull she reached the final of the mixed event at the 1937 Australian Championships which they lost in three sets to the husband and wife team of Nell Hall Hopman and Harry Hopman. [1]
In 1938 she was runner-up in the singles event of the Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to Dorothy Cheney. [2] In the semifinal she had defeated second-seeded and reigning champion Nancye Wynne. [3] [4] Owing to this result she was selected as a member of the Australian women's team that toured overseas in 1938. [5] During the tour she competed in the French Championships where she reached the quarterfinal of the singles event where first-seed and eventual champions Simonne Mathieu proved too strong. At the Wimbledon Championships she lost in the first round of the singles event in three sets to third-seeded Jadwiga Jędrzejowska. Partnering Nell Hopman she lost in the third round of the doubles competition against the first seeded team of Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke. [6]
Dorothy was the younger daughter of Ruth and Ernest A. Stevenson (died 9 April 1942) of "Mayfield", Langham Place, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria [7] She married John Victor Waddell in Melbourne on 1 February 1940. [8] Her sister Gwyndoline "Gwen" (1908–1950) was also a tennis player. [9] While she was in England on her 1938 overseas tour her brother Ernest died in Melbourne of pneumonia. [10]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1938 | Australian Championships | Grass |  Dorothy Cheney | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1937 | Australian Championships | Grass | Don Turnbull | Nell Hall Hopman Harry Hopman | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Anita Lizana de Ellis was a world No. 1 tennis player from Chile. She was the first Latin American, and first Hispanic person, to be ranked World Number 1 tennis player. Also, Lizana was the first Latin American to win a Grand Slam singles championship. She won the U.S. Championships singles title in 1937, defeating Jadwiga Jędrzejowska in the final in straight sets.
Francis "Frank" Arthur Sedgman is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Over the course of a three-decade career, Sedgman won five Grand Slam singles tournaments as an amateur as well as 22 Grand Slam doubles tournaments. He is one of only five tennis players all-time to win multiple career Grand Slams in two disciplines, alongside Margaret Court, Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. In 1951, he and Ken McGregor won the Grand Slam in men's doubles. Sedgman turned professional in 1953, and won the Wembley World Professional Indoor singles title in 1953 and 1958. He also won the Sydney Masters tournament in 1958, and the Melbourne Professional singles title in 1959. He won the Grand Prix de Europe Professional Tour in 1959.
Dorothy Edith Round, was a British tennis player who was active from the late 1920s until 1950. She achieved her major successes in the 1930s. She won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937, and the singles at the Australian Championships in 1935. She also had success as a mixed doubles player at Wimbledon, winning a total of three titles. After her wedding in 1937, she played under her married name, Mrs D.L. Little. During the Second World War, she played in North America and became a professional coach in Canada and the United States. Post-war, she played in British regional tournaments, coached, and wrote on tennis for newspapers.
Dorothy "Dodo" May Sutton Bundy Cheney was an American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. In 1938, Bundy was the first American to win the women's singles title at the Australian National Championships, defeating Dorothy Stevenson in the final.
Jadwiga "Jed" Jędrzejowska was a Polish tennis player who had her main achievements during the second half of the 1930s. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polish, she was often called by the nicknames "Jed" or "Ja-Ja".
Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman, CBE was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s. She was the first wife of Harry Hopman, the coach and captain of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams.
The 1935 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1935.> It was the 55th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1935. Fred Perry and Helen Moody won the singles titles.
First-seeded Dorothy Round defeated Nancy Lyle 1–6, 6–1, 6–3, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships. The final was the first not to feature an Australian player and is the only all British final in the championship's history.
First-seeded Dorothy Bundy defeated Dorothy Stevenson 6–3, 6–2, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1938 Australian Championships.
First-seeded Simonne Mathieu defeated Nelly Adamson 6–0, 6–3 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1938 French Championships. Hilde Sperling was the three-time defending champion, but did not compete this year.
Evelyn Dearman was an English female tennis player who was active during the late 1920s and the 1930s.
Elsie Goldsack Pittman was an English tennis player who competed during the second half of the 1920s and the 1930s.
Marie-Luise "Marlies" Horn was a German tennis player who was active in the 1930s.
Gem Cynthia Hoahing was an English female tennis player of Chinese heritage who was active from the second half of the 1930s until the early 1960s.
The 1938 Pacific Southwest Championships was a combined men's and women's amateur tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Club in Los Angeles, California in the United States. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and took place from September 25 through October 4, 1938. Adrian Quist and Dorothy Bundy won the singles titles. The tournament finished two days behind schedule due to the late arrival of several players who participated in the U.S. National Championships.
Thelma Coyne and Nancye Wynne claimed their third consecutive domestic title, defeating Dorothy Bundy and Dorothy Workman 9–7, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1938 Australian Championships.
Nell Hopman and Harry Hopman were the defending champions and second seeds, but they lost in the quarterfinals.
Thelma Coyne and Nancye Wynne defeated May Blick and Kath Woodward 6–2, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1936 Australian Championships.
Six years after the first one, and now as a married couple, Nell Hopman and Harry Hopman claimed their second domestic title by defeating May Blick and Abel Kay 6–2, 6–0, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1936 Australian Championships.
Nell Hall and Harry Hopman were the defending champions and the second seeds, but they lost in the semifinals.
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