Ethel Thomson Larcombe
Ethel Larcombe (born Ethel Warneford Thomson on 8 June 1879 in Islington, Middlesex, England; died 11 August 1965 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England) was a former British female tennis player. She is best remembered for winning the ladies' singles title at the 1912 Wimbledon Championships.
Grand Slam record
Wimbledon
- Singles champion: 1912
- Singles runner-up: 1914.[1]
Grand Slam singles finals
Win (1)
Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
19121 | Wimbledon | ![]() |
6–3, 6–1 |
1This was actually the all-comers final as Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers did not defend her 1911 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1912 by walkover.
Runner-up (1)
Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1914 | Wimbledon | ![]() |
7–5, 6–4 |
Badminton
As a badminton player, she is the third most successful player ever in the All England Badminton Championships, with 17 titles, 10 of them in women's singles, 5 in women's doubles and 2 in mixed doubles.
Family
She was married to Major Dudley Larcombe, secretary of the All England Club from 1925 to 1939.[2]