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2 unusual facts about Toupie Lowther


Toupie Lowther

The brothers Reginald and Hugh Laurence Doherty invited her to write a chapter entitled "Ladies' Play" for their book "Lawn Tennis" published 1903 and George Whiteside Hillyard 1864–1943, the All England Tennis Club Secretary for many years and husband to Blanche Hillyard in his book "Forty Years of First Class Tennis" (1924) was glowing in his appreciation.

Her best result was reaching the semifinals in 1903, losing in straight sets to eventual champion Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, as well as in 1906, this time losing in three sets to Charlotte Cooper Sterry.



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