Kathleen McKane Godfree
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Kathleen "Kitty" McKane Godfree was a British tennis and badminton player and the second most decorated female British Olympian, joint with Katherine Grainger.
Kathleen McKane Godfree (left) and Suzanne Lenglen at the French Championships in 1925
Playing in 1923
Suzanne Lenglen
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Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-ti
Kathleen McKane Godfree
…Margaret McKane Stocks were the only sisters to contest a Wimbledon doubles final (until Serena and Venus Williams reached the final in 2000), losing to Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan 6–0, 6–4. Godfree's lifetime record at Wimbledon was 38–11 in singles, 33–12 in women's doubles, and 40–12 in mixed doubles…
Lenglen in 1922
Lenglen's father
Lenglen (left) with usual doubles partner Elizabeth Ryan in 1914. They first played together in 1913.
Lenglen at the 1914 World Hard Court Championships