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Eleonora Sears
American tennis player
For the other tennis player, see Evelyn Sears.
Full name | Eleonora Randolph Sears |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | (1881-09-28)September 28, 1881 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | March 16, 1968(1968-03-16) (aged 86) Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Plays | Right-handed |
Int.
Tennis HoF | 1968 (member page) |
Highest ranking | No.6 (US ranking) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1923) |
US Open | F (1912) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1924) |
US Open | W (1911, 1915, 1916, 1917) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1923) |
US Open | W (1916) |
Eleonora Randolph Sears (September 28, 1881 – March 16, 1968) was an American tennis champion of the 1910s.
In addition, she was a champion squash player, and prominent in other sports; she is considered one of the leading all-round women athletes of the first half of the 20th century.[1]
Early life
Sears was the daughter of Boston businessman Frederick Richard Sears and a granddaught