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THE WOMEN’S SINGLES LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND. — GENERAL VIEW OF THE COURT AND PAVILION, SHOWING MLLE. SUZANNE LENGLEN (NEAREST CAMERA), THE WONDERFUL FRENCH GIRL, DEFEATING MRS. LARCOMBE IN THE OPEN LADIES’ SINGLES. —In the final, Mlle. Lenglen met Mrs. Lambert Chambers, the English holder, and after the greatest display by women in the history of the game, the French girl defeated her rival, thus gaining the distinction of being the first woman player born outside the British Isles to win the championship.

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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1540, 30 October 1919, Page 25

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THE WOMEN’S SINGLES LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND. — GENERAL VIEW OF THE COURT AND PAVILION, SHOWING MLLE. SUZANNE LENGLEN (NEAREST CAMERA), THE WONDERFUL FRENCH GIRL, DEFEATING MRS. LARCOMBE IN THE OPEN LADIES’ SINGLES.—In the final, Mlle. Lenglen met Mrs. Lambert Chambers, the English holder, and after the greatest display by women in the history of the game, the French girl defeated her rival, thus gaining the distinction of being the first woman player born outside the British Isles to win the championship. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1540, 30 October 1919, Page 25

THE WOMEN’S SINGLES LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND. — GENERAL VIEW OF THE COURT AND PAVILION, SHOWING MLLE. SUZANNE LENGLEN (NEAREST CAMERA), THE WONDERFUL FRENCH GIRL, DEFEATING MRS. LARCOMBE IN THE OPEN LADIES’ SINGLES.—In the final, Mlle. Lenglen met Mrs. Lambert Chambers, the English holder, and after the greatest display by women in the history of the game, the French girl defeated her rival, thus gaining the distinction of being the first woman player born outside the British Isles to win the championship. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1540, 30 October 1919, Page 25