Winifred Mary Arden Longhurst (1873 – 24 November 1958) was a British tennis player. She was a four time quarter finalist in singles in the Wimbledon Championships in 1902, 1904, 1906 and 1912. She was active from 1892 until 1921 and won 29 career singles titles.
Career Longhurst was born in 1878 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. She began her amateur tennis career in 1892. In major tournaments she competed at Wimbledon seven times in the women's all-comers singles event where she was 4 time Wimbledon quarter finalist (1902, 1904, 1906, 1912).AELTC
Her major career singles titles include winning national and international level events including the Irish Championships three times from 1904 to 1906, the Welsh Championships two times from 1901 to 1902, the Austrian Championships in 1903 and the Scottish Championships in 1904.
Her other singles titles at regional level tournaments include winning the Midland Counties Championships in 1895 and 1902. At county level events she won the Suffolk County Championships which she won twice in 1901 and 1902. She won the Essex Championships in 1902. She won one time titles at the Sussex Championships in 1905.
She was also a finalist at the East of England Championships in 1902, the West Sussex Championships in 1903, the Kent Coast Championships in 1904 and 1905, the Cinque Ports Championships in 1905, the Worcestershire Championships in 1908, the Warwickshire Championships in 1909, the Shropshire Championships in 1911, the Carlisle Open and Derbyshire Championships in 1913. Winifred was actively playing tennis until as late as 1921 when she was a ladies doubles finalist at the Worcestershire Championships partnering with Gladys Foster.
Style of play The former tennis player turned The Daily Telegraph sports journalist Arthur Wallis Myers gives an account of her playing style in his book.
Career finals Singles titles (29) Category + (Titles) National (7) Regular (22)
ResultNo.DateTournamentLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1. 1892 Midland Counties Championships Edgbaston Grass Edith Longhurstdivided prizes Win2. 1895 Midland Counties Championships (2) Edgbaston Grass C. Jones4-6, 6–4, 7-5 Win3. 1896 Llandudno OpenCraigside Grass Emma Ridding6-0, 6-2 Win4. 1899Torquay Lawn Tennis TournmamentTorquay Grass K. Hughes6-2, 6-1Win5. 1900Torquay Lawn Tennis Tournmament (2)Torquay Grass Miss Smythe6-2, 6-2Win6. 1900 Suffolk County Championships Saxmundham Grass Beryl Tulloch2-6, 6–3, 6-3Win7. 1901Torquay Lawn Tennis Tournmament (3)Torquay Grass Miss Collett6-1, 6-1Win8.LTA 1901 Welsh Championships Penarth Grass M. Golding6–1, 4–6, 7–5Win9.Myers, Arthur Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York: Scribner's sons. pp. 182–183. 1901 Suffolk County Championships (2) Saxmundham Grass Ruth Durlacher 6-3, 3–6, 7-5Win10.LTA 1901 Welsh Championships (2) Penarth Grass Constance Hill8–6, 4–6, 6–4Win11. 1902Cinque Ports ChampionshipsFolkestone Grass Edith Greville6-3, 6-1Win12. 1902 Midland Counties Championships (3) Edgbaston Grass Muriel Robb7-5, 7-5Win13. 1902Boulogne International ChampionshipBoulogne-sur-MerClay Edith Longhurstw.o.Win14.Myers, Arthur Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York: Scribner's sons. pp. 182–183. 1902 Essex Championships Colchester Grass Dorothea Douglass1-6, 6–3, 6-4Win15. 1903 Austrian Championships Prague Clay Frida Pietrzikowski6-0, 6-0Win16. 1903Shropshire ChampionshipsShrewsbury Grass Eva Steedman w.o.Win17. 1903Cinque Ports Championships (2)Folkestone Grass E. Rapson 6-1, 6-4Win18. 1903 Berkshire ChampionshipsReading Grass Alice Greene7-5, 6-3Win19. 1904 Scottish Championships Moffat Grass Alice Ferguson7-5, 7-5Win20. 1904 Highland ChampionshipsPitlochry Grass Alice Ferguson6-3, 6-2 Win21. 1904Cinque Ports Championships (3)Folkestone Grass "Miss Britain" 6-4, 3–6, 10-8Win22.Dundee Evening Post 1904 Irish Championships Dublin Grass Ellen Stawell-Brown6–3, 6–3Win23. 1905 Sussex Championships Brighton Grass Connie Wilsondivided prizesWin24. 1905 Irish Championships (2) Dublin Grass Mrs. A.H.C. Barker6–1, 6–0Win25. 1906Ashby-de-la-Zouch Open ChampionshipsAshby-de-la-Zouch Grass Elsie Lane6-3, 6-4Win26. 1906 Irish Championships (3) Dublin Grass Mabel Parton6–1, 6–1Win27. 1909Leicestershire ChampionshipsAshby-de-la-Zouch Grass Kathleen Clements6-2, 6-2 Win28. 1911Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament Exmouth Grass Phyllis Carr6–3, 6–3Win29. 1914Ilkley Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Ilkley Grass Phyllis Dransfield6-4, 7-5
Family Winfred never married, her younger sister was Edith Longhurst who was also a tennis player.
References
External links Wimbledon Official Player Profile: Winifred Longhurst.