Ethel Thomson Larcombe
Ethel Larcombe (born Ethel Warneford Thomson on 8 June 1879 in Islington, Middlesex, England; died 11 August 1965 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England) was a British female tennis player and badminton player. She is best remembered for winning the ladies' singles title at the 1912 Wimbledon Championships.
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[edit] Grand Slam record
[edit] Wimbledon
- Singles champion: 1912
- Singles runner-up: 1903, 1914.[1]
[edit] Grand Slam singles finals
[edit] Win (1)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 19121 | Wimbledon |  Charlotte Cooper Sterry |
6–3, 6–1 |
1This was actually the all-comers final as Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers did not defend her 1911 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1912 by walkover.
[edit] Runner-up (2)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 19032 | Wimbledon | Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1914 | Wimbledon | Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers |
7–5, 6–4 |
2This was actually the all-comers final as Muriel Robb did not defend her 1902 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1903 by walkover.
[edit] Badminton
As a badminton player, she is the third most successful player ever in the All England Badminton Championships, with 17 titles, 10 of them in women's singles, 5 in women's doubles and 2 in mixed doubles.
[edit] Family
She was married to Major Dudley Larcombe, secretary of the All England Club from 1925 to 1939.[2]
[edit] References
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