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- ↑ "French Club Lawn Tennis: Semi finals and finals of the Shanghai Hard Court Championships at the French club were witnessed by a Large crowd of interested in the championships two Semi finals were that of the mixed doubles featuring the holders of the Shanghai Grass Court Championships mixed event". North China Herald. Shanghai. Republic of China: Newspaper Archive. 13 November 1926. p. 31.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Shanghai Grass Court Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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- ↑ North China Herald
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