Dorothea Lambert Chambers

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Dorothea Lambert Chambers (née Dorothea Katherine Douglass; 3 September 1878 – 7 January 1960)[1] was a British tennis player. She won seven Wimbledon women's singles titles and a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]

Tennis

In 1900, Douglass made her singles debut at Wimbledon, and after a bye in the first round, she lost her second-round match to Louisa Martin. She won her first of seven ladies' singles titles three years later. On 6 April 1907, she married Robert Lambert Chambers and became known by her married surname Lambert Chambers.[3][4]

In 1908, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1908 Summer Olympics after a straight-sets victory in the final against compatriot Dora Boothby.[5]

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In 1911, Lambert Chambers won the women's final at Wimbledon against Dora Boothby 6–0, 6–0, the first player to win a Grand Slam singles final without losing a game.[6] The only other female player to achieve this was Steffi Graf when she defeated Natalia Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final.[7]

In 1919, Lambert Chambers played the longest Wimbledon final up to that time: 44 games against Frenchwoman Suzanne Lenglen. Lambert Chambers held two match points at 6–5 in the third set but eventually lost to Lenglen 8–10, 6–4, 7–9.[8]

Lambert Chambers only played sporadic singles after 1921 but continued to compete in doubles until 1927. She made the singles quarterfinals of the U.S. Championships in 1925,[9] and from 1924 to 1926, she captained Britain's Wightman Cup team. In the 1925 Wightman Cup, she played, at the age of 46, a singles (against Eleanor Goss) and doubles match and won both.[10][11] In 1928 she turned to professional coaching.

Lambert Chambers was posthumously inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981.[12] She died in Kensington, London in 1960, aged 81.

Grand Slam finals

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Dorothea Lambert Chambers in 1906

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponents Score
Win * 1903 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 1904 Wimbledon (2) Grass Template:Flagicon Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6–0, 6–3
Loss 1905 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon May Sutton 3–6, 4–6
Win 1906 Wimbledon (3) Grass Template:Flagicon May Sutton 6–3, 9–7
Loss 1907 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon May Sutton 1–6, 4–6
Win 1910 Wimbledon (4) Grass Template:Flagicon Dora Boothby 6–2, 6–2
Win 1911 Wimbledon (5) Grass Template:Flagicon Dora Boothby 6–0, 6–0
Win ** 1913 Wimbledon (6) Grass Template:Flagicon Winifred McNair 6–0, 6–4
Win 1914 Wimbledon (7) Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe 7–5, 6–4
Loss 1919 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Suzanne Lenglen 8–10, 6–4, 7–9
Loss 1920 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Suzanne Lenglen 3–6, 0–6

* This was the all-comers final as Muriel Robb did not defend her 1902 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round, and thus, Wimbledon in 1903 by walkover.
** This was the all-comers final as Ethel Thomson Larcombe did not defend her 1912 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1913 by walkover.

Doubles: 3 runner-ups

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1913 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Charlotte Cooper Sterry Template:Flagicon Dora Boothby
Template:Flagicon Winifred McNair		 6–4, 4–2, ret.
Loss 1919 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe Template:Flagicon Suzanne Lenglen
Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan		 6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Loss 1920 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe Template:Flagicon Suzanne Lenglen
Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan		 4–6, 0–6

Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1919 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Albert Prebble Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan
Template:Flagicon Randolph Lycett		 0–6, 0–6

Career finals

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Singles titles (64)

Notes: Incomplete list she reportedly won 81 singles titles.
Year Tournament Location Surface Opponent Score
1 1901 North London Championships (Gipsy) Stamford Hill Grass Template:Flagicon Ellen Thynne Evered 6-4, 9–7
2 1901 Essex Championships Colchester Grass Template:Flagicon Agnes Morton 6-3, 6–3
3 1901 North of England Championships Scarborough Grass Template:Flagicon Alice Simpson Pickering 4-6, 10–8, 6–1
4 1902 North London Championships (2) Stamford Hill Grass Template:Flagicon Agnes Morton 4-6, 6–2, 8–6
5 1903 Derbyshire Championships Buxton Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson 6-2, 6–1
6 1903 Wimbledon Championships London Grass Template:Flagicon Muriel Robb w.o.
7 1903 North London Championships (3) Stamford Hill Grass Template:Flagicon Agnes Morton 6-3, 6–2
8 1904 Wimbledon Championships (2) London Grass Template:Flagicon Charlotte Sterry 6–0, 6–3
9 1904 British Covered Court Championships London Wood (i) Template:Flagicon Edith Austin 7–5, 6–4, 7–9, 6–2
10 1904 Derbyshire Championships (2) Buxton Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson 6-2, 4–6, 6–3
11 1904 Sussex Championships Brighton Grass Template:Flagicon Charlotte Sterry 6–3, 6–3
12 1904 South of England Championships Eastbourne Grass Template:Flagicon Charlotte Sterry 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
13 1905 The Homburg Cup Bad Homburg Clay Template:Flagicon Toupie Lowther 6-3, 7–5
14 1905 London Covered Court Championships London Wood (i) Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe 6–4, 6–2
15 1906 Wimbledon Championships (3) London Grass Template:Flagicon May Sutton 6–3, 9–7
16 1906 Northern Championships Liverpool Grass Template:Flagicon May Sutton 7–5, 6–2
17 1906 Kent Championships Beckenham Grass Template:Flagicon Connie Wilson 6–3, 2-2
18 1906 East of England Championships Felixstowe Grass Template:Flagicon Connie Wilson 14-14
19 1906 British Covered Court Championships (2) London Wood (i) Template:Flagicon Hilda Lane 6–2, 6–0
20 1906 Berkshire Championships Reading Grass Template:Flagicon Violet Pinckney 6-0, 6–1
21 1906 Middlesex Championships Chiswick Grass Template:Flagicon Charlotte Sterry 6-1 6–0
22 1906 Baden Baden International Baden-Baden Clay Template:Flagicon Toupie Lowther 6–4, 6–4
23 1906 The Homburg Cup (2) Bad Homburg Clay Template:Flagicon Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-4, 8–6
24 1906 South of England Championships (2) Eastbourne Grass Template:Flagicon Agnes Morton 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
25 1907 Middlesex Championships (2) Chiswick Grass Template:Flagicon Miss M.E. Brown divided title
26 1907 Nice Championship Nice Clay Template:Flagicon Toupie Lowther 6–4, 6–4
27 1907 Northumberland Championships Newcastle-upon-Tyne Grass Template:Flagicon Charlotte Sterry 6-2, 6–3
28 1907 South of England Championships (3) Eastbourne Grass Template:Flagicon Charlotte Sterry 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
29 1907 Berkshire Championships (2) Reading Grass Template:Flagicon Violet Pinckney 6-1, 6–1
30 1908 British Covered Court Championships (3) London Wood (i) Template:Flagicon Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith 6-3, 6–3
31 1908 Middlesex Championships (3) Chiswick Grass Template:Flagicon Angela Greene 7-5, 6–4
32 1908 Olympic Games London ( outdoor singles) London Grass Template:Flagicon Dora Boothby 6–1, 7–5
33 1908 Cannes Championships Cannes Clay Template:Flagicon Melita Dillon 6-1, 6–4
34 1908 Berkshire Championships (3) Reading Grass Template:Flagicon Violet Pinckney 6-1, 6–1
35 1908 Northumberland Championships (2) Newcastle Grass Template:Flagicon Charlotte Sterry 6-1, 7–5
36 1910 Wimbledon Championships (4) London Grass Template:Flagicon Dora Boothby 6-2, 6–2
37 1910 Kent Championships (2) Beckenham Grass Template:Flagicon Dora Boothby 6-4, 6–3
38 1910 South of England Championships (4) Eastbourne Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe 7-5, 7–5
39 1910 British Covered Court Championships (4) London Wood (i) Template:Flagicon Madeline O'Neill 6–4, 6–3
40 1910 Middlesex Championships (4) Chiswick Grass Template:Flagicon Miss M. Messom 6-2, 6–2
41 1910 Berkshire Championships (4) Reading Grass Template:Flagicon Violet Pinckney 6-1, 6–1
42 1910 Nottinghamshire Championships Nottingham Grass Template:Flagicon Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith 6-3, 6–3
43 1910 East of England Championships (2) Felixstowe Grass Template:Flagicon Miss M. Messom 6-0, 6–2
44 1911 Wimbledon Championships (5) London Grass Template:Flagicon Dora Boothby 6-0, 6–0
45 1911 British Covered Court Championships (5) London Wood (i) Template:Flagicon Helen Aitchison 6–3, 6–1
46 1911 Middlesex Championships (5) Chiswick Grass Template:Flagicon Mabel Parton 6–3, 6–2
47 1911 Nottinghamshire Championships (2) Nottingham Grass Template:Flagicon Edith Hannam 3-6, 8–6, 6–2
48 1911 Northern Championships (2) Manchester Grass Template:Flagicon Mabel Parton 6–2, 6–2
49 1911 Kent Championships (3) Beckenham Grass Template:Flagicon Mildred Coles 6-3, 7–5
50 1913 Wimbledon Championships (6) London Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe w.o.
51 1913 British Covered Court Championships (6) London Wood (i) Template:Flagicon Dorothy Holman 6–2, 6–3
52 1913 Middlesex Championships (6) Chiswick Grass Template:Flagicon Dora Boothby 6-2, 6–3
53 1913 Kent Championships (4) Beckenham Grass Template:Flagicon Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-4, 6–2
54 1914 Wimbledon Championships (7) London Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe 7-5, 6–4
55 1914 Monte Carlo Championships Monte Carlo Clay Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan 6-4, 6–1
56 1914 French Riviera Championships Menton Clay Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan 6–2, 6–1
57 1914 South of France Championships Nice Clay Template:Flagicon Maud Stuart 6–2, 6–0
58 1914 Nice Country Club Tournament Nice Clay Template:Flagicon Jessie Tripp 6-2, 6–0
59 1914 Surrey Grass Court Championships Surbiton Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe 6-3, 2–6, 6–4
60 1914 Middlesex Championships (7) Chiswick Grass Template:Flagicon Aurea Edgington w.o.
61 1914 Northern Championships (3) Liverpool Grass Template:Flagicon Agnes Morton 6-1, 6–2
62 1919 British Covered Court Championships (7) London Wood (i) Template:Flagicon Dorothy Holman 6-3, 6–3
63 1919 Northern Championships (4) Manchester Grass Template:Flagicon Ethel Thomson Larcombe 6-1, 6–2
64 1920 Surrey Grass Court Championships (2) Surbiton Grass Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan 6-4, 6–2

Badminton

In addition to playing tennis, Lambert Chambers was one of the leading badminton players at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1903, 1904 and 1907, she was the runner-up at the singles event of the All England Badminton Championships.[13]

Personal life

She undertook war work during the First World War, first at Ealing Hospital and later at the Little Theatre.[14] She married Robert Lambert Chambers, nephew of John Graham Chambers.

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