Geraldine Beamish

Geraldine Beamish

Full name	Winifred Geraldine Ramsey Beamish
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1883-06-23)23 June 1883 Forest Gate, London
Died	10 May 1972(1972-05-10) (aged 88) St Pancras, London
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	SF (1922, 1923)
Other tournaments
WCCC	W (1920)
Olympic Games	2R (1920)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	F (1921)
Other doubles tournaments
WCCC	W (1919, 1920, 1923)
Olympic Games	Silver medal (1920)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1920)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1920)
Medal record Women's tennis Representing United Kingdom Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Doubles

Winifred Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (23 June 1883 – 10 May 1972) was an English tennis player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Beamish (2nd from right) with Golding, Laurentz and Decugis in 1919.

Winifred Geraldine Ramsey was born on 23 July 1883 at Forest Gate, London. She married tennis player Alfred Beamish on 30 September 1911.

She competed at The Championships, Wimbledon from 1910 throughout 1933 in each year the tournament was held, reaching the semifinals twice in 1922 and 1923. In 1922, she lost to later champion Suzanne Lenglen, the following year to Molla Mallory.

In 1920 she won the silver medal in the Olympics doubles competition with her partner Dorothy Holman. She also competed in the mixed doubles event with her husband Alfred, but they were eliminated in the second round. In the singles competition she had a walkover in the first round and was eliminated in the second round by her doubles partner Dorothy Holman.

One of her greatest triumphs was her title at the World Covered Court Championship (WCCC) in 1920 where she defeated Kathleen McKane Godfree in the final in three sets. Along with McKane Godfree she won the WCCC doubles title in 1919, 1920 and 1923.

She died on 10 May 1972 at St Pancras, London.

Grand Slam women's doubles finals

Runner-up

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score
1921	Wimbledon	Irene Bowder Peacock	Suzanne Lenglen Elizabeth Ryan	1–6, 2–6

World championships doubles finals

Titles

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score
1919	World Covered Court Championships	Kathleen McKane Godfree	Dorothy Holman Phyllis Covell	6–3, 6–4
1920	World Covered Court Championships	Kathleen McKane Godfree	Doris Craddock Irene Bowder Peacock	6–3, 7–5
1923	World Covered Court Championships	Kathleen McKane Godfree	Germaine Golding Jeanne Vaussard	6–1, 6–1