Agnes Morton

Agnes Morton
	Morton, prior to 1910
Full name	Agnes Mary Morton
Born	6 March 1872; Halstead, Essex, England
Died	5 April 1952 (aged 80); Kensington, London, England
Singles
Career titles	9
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	F(AC) (1908, 1909)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1914)

Agnes Morton (6 March 1872 – 5 April 1952) was a British female tennis player.[1] She twice reached the Ladies Singles finals at the 1908 and 1909 Wimbledon Championships and claimed victory in 1914 in Ladies Doubles with partner Elizabeth Ryan. She placed fourth at the 1908 Summer Olympics in Ladies Lawn Tennis.[2] In 1903, she was described by A. Wallis Myers as a 'careful, steady and improving player'.[3]

Her other career singles highlights included winning the Redhill Open Tournament nine times (1903-04, 1906-07, 1909-12, 1914).

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1908¹	Wimbledon	Grass	Charlotte Cooper Sterry	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1909²	Wimbledon	Grass	Dora Boothby	4–6, 6–4, 6–8

¹This was the all-comers final as May Sutton Bundy did not defend her 1907 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1908 by walkover.
²This was the all-comers final as Charlotte Cooper Sterry did not defend her 1908 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1909 by walkover.

Doubles (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1914	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Edith Hannam Ethel Larcombe	6–1, 6–3

References

"Agnes Morton". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
"Agnes Morton Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1 ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 185. OCLC 5358651.

External links

Agnes Morton at the International Tennis Federation

Agnes Morton at Wimbledon

Agnes Morton at Olympedia

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[1] "Agnes Morton". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[sports-reference-2] "Agnes Morton Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[myers-3] A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1 ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 185. OCLC 5358651.