Carrie Neely

Carrie Neely
Full name	Carrie Blair Neely
Country (sports)	USA
Born	January 24, 1876; Chicago,IL,United States
Died	November 29, 1938(aged 62); Chicago,IL,United States
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	F (1907)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	W(1903, 1905, 1907)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	W(1898)

Carrie Neely(January 24, 1876 – November 29, 1938)^[1]was anAmerican tennisplayer from the beginning of the 20th century.

Biography

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

Tennis career

In1907,she reached the women's singles All Comer's final of theU.S. Women's National Championship,where she was beaten byEvelyn Sears.^[3]

She also won the mixed doubles in1898,and won the women's doubles on three occasions (1903,1905and1907).

At theCincinnati 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 withWinona Clostermanto 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 withNat Emersonin 1903, and paired withKreigh Collins,also of Chicago, to reach the mixed doubles final in 1901.

Neely won theNiagara International Tennis Tournamentin 1902.^[4]

Grand Slam finals

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)

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)

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

From Club Court to Center Courtby Phillip S. Smith (2008 Edition;ISBN 978-0-9712445-7-3)

^"Miss Carrie Neely, Former Tennis Star"(PDF).The New York Times.November 30, 1928.RetrievedMay 11,2012.
^John William Leonard, ed. (1915).Woman's Who's Who of America.The American Commonwealth Company. p.592.ISBN 0-8103-4018-6– viaArchive.org.
^Collins, Bud(2016).The Bud Collins History of Tennis(3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 496.ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
^"Niagara Tennis Tournament"(PDF).The New York Times.August 31, 1902.RetrievedMay 11,2012.

[1] "Miss Carrie Neely, Former Tennis Star"(PDF).The New York Times.November 30, 1928.RetrievedMay 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– viaArchive.org.

[collins-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.RetrievedMay 11,2012.

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