Juliette Atkinson

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Biography

Atkinson was the daughter of a Brooklyn, New York physician.[1] She won three U.S. Women's singles, seven U.S. Women's doubles and three U.S. Mixed doubles titles.

Both natives of Maplewood, New Jersey, she and her sister Kathleen Atkinson partnered to win two women's doubles titles.[2][3] Also the sisters twice faced each other in the semifinals of the singles competition. She won three mixed doubles titles with Edwin P. Fischer.[4]

In 1896 and 1898, she won the Niagara International Tennis Tournament.[5] She won the Canadian Championships three times in a row, 1896, 1897 and 1898.[6]

In both 1899 and 1901, Atkinson won the doubles title and reached the singles final at the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters. She won the 1899 doubles title with Myrtle McAteer (falling to McAteer that year in the singles final) and the 1901 doubles title with Marion Jones Farquhar (falling in the singles final to Winona Closterman).

In 1918, she married George B. Buxton and had no children.[1]

She was posthumously inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1895 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Helen Hellwig 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 1896 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Moore 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Win 1897 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Moore 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win 1898 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Marion Jones 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

Doubles (7 titles)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1894 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Helen Hellwig Template:Flagicon Annabella C. Wistar
Template:Flagicon Amy Williams
6–4, 8–6, 6–2
Win 1895 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Helen Hellwig Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Moore
Template:Flagicon Amy Williams
6–2, 6–2, 12–10
Win 1896 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Moore Template:Flagicon Annabella C. Wistar
Template:Flagicon Amy Williams
6–4, 7–5
Win 1897 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Kathleen Atkinson Mrs. F. Edwards
Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Rastall
6–2, 6–1, 6–1
Win 1898 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Kathleen Atkinson Template:Flagicon Marie Wimer
Template:Flagicon Carrie Neely
6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win 1901 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Myrtle McAteer Template:Flagicon Marion Jones
Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Moore
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Win 1902 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Marion Jones Template:Flagicon Maud Banks
Template:Flagicon Nona Closterman
6–2, 7–5

Mixed doubles (3 titles)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1894 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Edwin P. Fischer Template:Flagicon Mrs. McFadden
Template:Flagicon Gustav Remak Jr.
6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Win 1895 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Edwin P. Fischer Template:Flagicon Amy Williams
Template:Flagicon Mantle Fielding
4–6, 8–6, 6–2
Win 1896 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Edwin P. Fischer Template:Flagicon Amy Williams
Template:Flagicon Mantle Fielding
6–2, 6–3, 6–3

References

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  2. Staff. "WINS HAVE BEEN SERVED FAMILY STYLE \ SERENA, VENUS STILL ALIVE IN SEMIS OF SINGLES, DOUBLES", Philadelphia Daily News, September 10, 1999. Accessed November 9, 2012. "Juliette and Kathleen Atkinson, of Maplewood, NJ, reached the semis at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, with Juliette winning both titles."
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