Dorothea Lambert Chambers

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Dorothea Lambert Chambers

British athlete

Also known as: Dorothea Katharine Douglass

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Née:: Dorothea Katharine Douglass

Born:: September 13, 1878, Ealing, Middlesex, England

Died:: January 7, 1960, London (aged 81)

Also Known As:: Dorothea Katharine Douglass

Awards And Honors:: Wimbledon Championships

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Dorothea Lambert Chambers (born September 13, 1878, Ealing, Middlesex, England—died January 7, 1960, London) was a British tennis player who was the leading female competitor in the period prior to World War I.

Chambers won the Wimbledon singles seven times (1903–04, 1906, 1910–11, 1913–14), a record surpassed only by Helen Wills Moody in the 1930s. In the 1919 Wimbledon singles championship, Chambers lost to Suzanne Lenglen of France in a memorable game. In 1925, at the age of 46, she reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. championships and played on the British doubles team for the Wightman Cup. An outstanding all-around athlete, Chambers was also a champion badminton and field hockey player.

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