Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers

Dorothea Lambert Chambers

Full name	Dorothea Katherine Lambert Chambers
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born	September 3, 1878(1878-09-03) Ealing
Died	January 7, 1960(1960-01-07) (aged 81) Kensington
Int. Tennis HOF	1981 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam results
Wimbledon	W (1903, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	Gold Medal (1908)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	F (1913, 1919, 1920)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	F (1919)

Olympic medal record
Women's tennis
Gold	1908 London	Singles

Dorothea Katherine Lambert Chambers (née Douglas) (3 September 1878 – 7 January 1960) was an English female tennis player who was born in Guayamas, Ealing in the United Kingdom.

Biography

She was born in 1878 as Dorothea Katherine Douglass. In 1900, Douglass made her debut at Wimbledon. Three years later, she won her first of seven ladies singles titles. In 1907, she married Robert Lambert Chambers and was thereafter known by her married surname Lambert Chambers.

She wrote Tennis for Ladies, which was published in 1910. The book contained photographs of tennis techniques. It also contained advice on attire and equipment.

In 1911, Lambert Chambers won the women's final at Wimbledon 6–0, 6–0. The only other female player who won a Grand Slam singles final without losing a game was Steffi Graf when she defeated Natalia Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final.

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, 9–7.

Lambert Chambers retired from singles play in 1921 but continued to compete in doubles until 1927. From 1924 to 1926, she captained Britain's Wightman Cup team and in 1928 turned to professional coaching.

Lambert Chambers was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981. She died in Kensington, London.

Grand Slam record

• Wimbledon
  • Singles champion: 1903, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914
  • Singles runner-up: 1905, 1907, 1919, 1920
  • Women's Doubles runner-up: 1913, 1919, 1920
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1919

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (7)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
19031	Wimbledon	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1904	Wimbledon (2)	Charlotte Cooper Sterry	6–0, 6–3
1906	Wimbledon (3)	May Sutton Bundy	6–3, 9–7
1910	Wimbledon (4)	Dora Boothby	6–2, 6–2
1911	Wimbledon (5)	Dora Boothby	6–0, 6–0
19132	Wimbledon (6)	Winifred Slocock McNair	6–0, 6–4
1914	Wimbledon (7)	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	7–5, 6–4

¹This was actually 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.
²This was actually 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.

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1905	Wimbledon	May Sutton Bundy	6–3, 6–4
1907	Wimbledon	May Sutton Bundy	6–1, 6–4
1919	Wimbledon	Suzanne Lenglen	10–8, 4–6, 9–7
1920	Wimbledon	Suzanne Lenglen	6–3, 6–0

External links

• Works by Mrs. Lambert Chambers at Project Gutenberg