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WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS, 1919
Photograph of Suzanne Lenglen, mounted on an album leaf inscribed: 'The "All England" Lawn Tennis Champion July 8th 1919', 8.2 x 13.4cm. She is seen with Gerald Patterson, winner of the men's singles in the same year. SIGNED BY BOTH 1919 WIMBLEDON SINGLES CHAMPIONS; and sold with a '3/-' admission ticket to the sixth day of the championships that year.
'Nearly 8000 spectators including King George V and Queen Mary were present on the Centre Court to witness Suzanne capture her first singles title at Wimbledon by defeating Dorothea Chambers, seven times champion, in a tense duel lasting over two hours' (Alan Little, Suzanne Lenglen, 2007, p. 18). The next year she was not only to repeat her triumph, but also win the ladies doubles and the mixed doubles with Elizabeth Ryan and Gerald Patterson of Australia as her respective partners.
Photograph of Suzanne Lenglen, mounted on an album leaf inscribed: 'The "All England" Lawn Tennis Champion July 8th 1919', 8.2 x 13.4cm. She is seen with Gerald Patterson, winner of the men's singles in the same year. SIGNED BY BOTH 1919 WIMBLEDON SINGLES CHAMPIONS; and sold with a '3/-' admission ticket to the sixth day of the championships that year.
'Nearly 8000 spectators including King George V and Queen Mary were present on the Centre Court to witness Suzanne capture her first singles title at Wimbledon by defeating Dorothea Chambers, seven times champion, in a tense duel lasting over two hours' (Alan Little, Suzanne Lenglen, 2007, p. 18). The next year she was not only to repeat her triumph, but also win the ladies doubles and the mixed doubles with Elizabeth Ryan and Gerald Patterson of Australia as her respective partners.