Carrie Neely (January 24, 1876 – November 29, 1938)[1] was an American tennis player from the beginning of the 20th century.

Carrie Neely
Full nameCarrie Blair Neely
Country (sports) USA
Born(1876-01-24)January 24, 1876
Chicago, IL, United States
DiedNovember 29, 1938(1938-11-29) (aged 62)
Chicago, IL, United States
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenF (1907)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US OpenW (1903, 1905, 1907)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US OpenW (1898)

Biography

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Carrie Neely was educated at the Dearborn Seminary, Chicago.[2]

Tennis career

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In 1907, she reached the women's singles All Comer's final of the U.S. Women's National Championship, where she was beaten by Evelyn Sears.[3]

She also won the mixed doubles in 1898, and won the women's doubles on three occasions (1903, 1905 and 1907).

At the Tri-State Tennis Tournament (current Cincinnati Open), she reached the singles final in 1915, the semifinals in 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1912, and the quarterfinals in 1901 and 1916. She paired with Winona Closterman to win the doubles title in 1902 and 1903, and teamed with Closterman again in 1904 to reach the doubles final. She won the mixed doubles title with Nat Emerson in 1903, and paired with Kreigh Collins, also of Chicago, to reach the mixed doubles final in 1901.

Neely won the Niagara International Tennis Tournament in 1902.[4]

Grand Slam finals

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Singles (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1907 U.S. National Championship Grass   Evelyn Sears 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1898 U.S. National Championship Grass   Marie Wimer   Juliette Atkinson
  Kathleen Atkinson
1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win 1903 U.S. National Championship Grass   Elisabeth Moore   Miriam Hall
  Marion Jones
8–4, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1904 U.S. National Championship Grass   Elisabeth Moore   May Sutton Bundy
  Miriam Hall
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win 1905 U.S. National Championship Grass   Helen Homans   F. Obertauffer
  Virginia Maule
6–0, 6–1
Win 1907 U.S. National Championship Grass   Marie Wimer   Edna Wildey
  Natalie Widely
6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 1908 U.S. National Championship Grass   Miriam Steever   Evelyn Sears
  Margaret Curtis
3–6, 7–5, 7–9

Mixed doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1898 U.S. National Championship Grass   Edwin Fischer   Helen Chapman
  J. A. Hill
6–2, 6–4, 8–6
Loss 1903 U.S. National Championship Grass   W. H. Rowland   Helen Chapman
  Harry Allen
4–6, 5–7

References

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  • From Club Court to Center Court by Phillip S. Smith (2008 Edition; ISBN 978-0-9712445-7-3)
  1. ^ "Miss Carrie Neely, Former Tennis Star" (PDF). The New York Times. November 30, 1928. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  2. ^ John William Leonard, ed. (1915). Woman's Who's Who of America. The American Commonwealth Company. p. 592. ISBN 0-8103-4018-6 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 496. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
  4. ^ "Niagara Tennis Tournament" (PDF). The New York Times. August 31, 1902. Retrieved May 11, 2012.