Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith

Gladys Shirley Eastlake-Smith (August 14 1883 in Lewisham – September 18 1941 in Middleham, Yorkshire), also known as Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith and Gladys Lamplough (after her marriage), was a British tennis player. She won an Olympic gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Tennis career

She won the All England covered mixed doubles in 1905 with Reginald Doherty. She reached the finals in the ladies singles at Wimbledon in 1906. She won the Monte Carlo tournament in 1906, 1907 and 1908, won the London covered court ladies singles in October 1906 and April 1907, and reached the final in October 1907. She won the All England covered mixed doubles a second time in 1908 with Tony Wilding. The same year, she won the Women's indoor singles at the Olympic Games in London. She beat fellow Briton Violet Pinkney 7–5, 7–5 in the quarter-finals; Swede Elsa Wallenberg 6–4, 6–4 in the semi-finals; and fellow Briton Angela Greene 6–2, 4–6, 6–0 in the final.

Two days after winning the Olympic final, she married Wharram Lamplough. She reached the semi-finals in the ladies singles at Wimbledon, under her married name, in 1908 and 1910, and won the ladies singles at Queen's in 1910. She won the "Married Doubles" in 1913 with her husband. She last competed in the ladies singles at Winbledon in 1921.

References

* [http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=5965 Biography] from the British Olympic Association
* [http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/britishwinners/tennis.html Olympic medal winnders, 1896-1996] , from "The Times"

External links

*gutenberg|no=10961|name=Lawn Tennis for Ladies by Mrs. Lambert Chambers in "Lawn Tennis for Ladies", by Mrs. Lambert Chambers, 1910, from Project Gutenberg.