Maud Watson learned to play tennis in the garden with her sister and did not find it difficult because she had already played squash racquets.
11 Facts About Maud Watson
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At the age of sixteen Maud Watson played her first match at the Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club.
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Maud Watson was victorious in the mixed doubles tournament winning the title with multiple Wimbledon champion William Renshaw.
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Undefeated in tournament play, in 1884 the nineteen-year-old Maud Watson won the first-ever Ladies' Singles title at Wimbledon.
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Maud Watson repeated her success at the 1885 Wimbledon championships.
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Maud Watson successfully defended her title at the 1885 Irish Championships against Louise Martin.
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In 1887 and 1888 Maud Watson, was handicapped by a sprained wrist, symptoms of such amplified with time.
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Maud Watson entered three events and won them all.
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Maud Watson was rescued with difficulty and suffered an illness afterwards which she took a number of years to recover completely from.
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Maud Watson worked as a nurse during the First World War for which she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Maud Watson, who did not marry, died on 5 June 1946, aged 81, at Hammonds Mead House in Charmouth.