Jenny Sandison

Jenny Sandison (born 1910) was a British origin Indian tennis player. She was born at Kharagpur, Bengal (now West Bengal, India).

About

She was an Anglo Indian and came from a mixed family. Her father worked in the railways. She married to Terence Boland.[1]

Career

She was the first to hold the top position in women single tennis for a straight six years between 1930 and 1935.[2] She once beat Betty Nuthall at Surbiton in 1930 at a tournament held in Europe.[3] Jenny was the first player of Indian origin to play at Wimbledon in 1929 but lost in the first round. In the years 1929 and 1930 she got twice the opportunity to compete at Wimbledon.[4]

She supported herself as a typist while being in England from 1929 to 1930. On October 4, 1930 Jenny departed by sea voyage to Calcutta boarding the Mulbera ship. The rest of her career she never travelled outside the Indian subcontinent.[5]

Jenny, in her entire career won more than 20 singles titles ranging from the 1927 All India Championship at Allahabad to 1938 at Calcutta. The 1930 Beckenham (Kent Championships) was her most noteworthy title.[3]

References
  1. Women of India. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. 1958. p. 201. ISBN 978-81-230-2284-0.
  2. "A MAID IN MAYFAIR". Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931). trove.nla.gov.au. 14 November 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. "Indian Women Tennis Players at International Level Will Hopes & Dreams Materialise?". www.eng.chauthiduniya.com. Chauthi Duniya. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 13 December 2020. Archived from original via Wayback machine on 5 December 2012
  4. Majumdar, Boria; Mangan, J. A. (2013). Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present. Routledge. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-317-99894-5.
  5. "Jenny Sandison's GS Performance Timeline & Stats". www.db4tennis.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.


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