Violet Pinckney

Violet Millicent Pinckney (11 March 1871 – 13 March 1955) was an English tennis player. Pinckney was born at Alderbury, Wiltshire, in 1871 to Major William Pinckney and his wife Frances Charlotte Everett.[1] In 1903 she won the German Championships. She took part in the 1908 Summer Olympics, but lost in the initial round to Gladys Eastlake-Smith.[2] In 1907 and 1908 she won the London Championships.[3] She competed in 12 editions of the Wimbledon Championships between 1903 and 1925. Her best result in the singles event was reaching the quarterfinal in 1906, 1908 and 1920 while in doubles she reached the semifinal in 1914 partnering Marguerite Broquedis.[4]

Violet Pinckney
Full nameViolet Millicent Pinckney
Country (sports)England
Born(1871-03-11)11 March 1871
Alderbury, Wiltshire, England
Died13 March 1955(1955-03-13) (aged 84)
New Forest, Hampshire, England
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonQF (1906, 1908, 1920)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
WimbledonSF (1914)

Pinckney died at New Forest, Hampshire in March 1955.

References
  1. "The Pinckney Family Tree - Violet Millicent Pinckney". John-pinckney.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Violet Pinckney". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. Dorothea Chambers (1910): Lawn Tennis for Ladies. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London
  4. "Players archive – Violet Pinckney". Wimbledon. AELTC.


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