Juliette Atkinson

Juliette Atkinson

Full name	Juliette Paxton Atkinson
Country (sports)
Born	(1873-04-15)April 15, 1873 Rahway, New Jersey, United States
Died	January 12, 1944(1944-01-12) (aged 70) Lawrenceville, IL, United States
Height	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Plays	Right-handed
Int. Tennis HoF	1974 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	W (1895, 1897, 1898)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	W (1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1902)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	W (1894, 1895, 1896)

Juliette Paxton Atkinson Buxton (née Atkinson; April 15, 1873 – January 12, 1944) was an American tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States.

Biography

Atkinson was the daughter of a Brooklyn, New York physician. She won five U.S. Championships doubles titles in a row with three different partners. Both natives of Maplewood, New Jersey, she and her sister Kathleen Atkinson partnered to win the last two titles. Also the sisters twice faced each other in the semi finals of the singles competition, the first sisters to do so before the Williams sisters' final in 2001. She won three mixed doubles titles with Edwin P. Fischer.

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

In 1918 she married George B. Buxton and had no children.

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

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1895	U.S. Championships	Grass	Helen Hellwig	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	1896	U.S. Championships	Grass	Elisabeth Moore	4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	1897	U.S. Championships	Grass	Elisabeth Moore	6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1898	U.S. Championships	Grass	Marion Jones	6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

Doubles (7 titles)

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

Mixed doubles (3 titles)

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

External links

• Juliette Atkinson at the International Tennis Hall of Fame