In 1886 she played at the Middlesex Championships where she reached the final before losing to a Miss. Douglas. In 1887 she played at the Essex Championships where she reached the final where she lost in straight sets to Brenda James. Her other career singles highlights include winning the Kent Championships in 1888 and 1890. In 1889 she won the London Championships when it was held at the London Athletic Club in Fulham. The same year she was a finalist at the South of England Championships where she lost to May Langrishe.
At the 1890 Wimbledon Championships only four competitors entered, the smallest entry ever for any competition at Wimbledon. Under the system at that time, Rice should then have played the defending champion, Blanche Bingley, in the All Comers Final, but Bingley did not enter, so Rice had a walkover.[2] May reached the final but was defeated by Lena Rice in straight sets.
jacks, british, tennis, player, nineteenth, century, 1890, losing, finalist, wimbledon, ladies, singles, championship, being, defeated, lena, rice, country, sports, gbrbornenglandturned, pro1884, amateur, retired1891singlescareer, record5grand, slam, singles, . May Jacks was a British tennis player at the end of the nineteenth century In 1890 she was the losing finalist in the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championship being defeated by Lena Rice 6 4 6 1 1 May JacksCountry sports GBRBornEnglandTurned pro1884 amateur Retired1891SinglesCareer record5Grand Slam singles resultsWimbledonF 1890 Career editIn 1886 she played at the Middlesex Championships where she reached the final before losing to a Miss Douglas In 1887 she played at the Essex Championships where she reached the final where she lost in straight sets to Brenda James Her other career singles highlights include winning the Kent Championships in 1888 and 1890 In 1889 she won the London Championships when it was held at the London Athletic Club in Fulham The same year she was a finalist at the South of England Championships where she lost to May Langrishe At the 1890 Wimbledon Championships only four competitors entered the smallest entry ever for any competition at Wimbledon Under the system at that time Rice should then have played the defending champion Blanche Bingley in the All Comers Final but Bingley did not enter so Rice had a walkover 2 May reached the final but was defeated by Lena Rice in straight sets In 1890 Jacks retained the title at the inaugural London Championships when it had moved to the Queen s Club beating Maud Shackle 6 2 6 1 The following year she lost to Shackle 6 2 4 6 6 3 Also in 1890 she won the inaugural British Covered Court Championships References edit Wimbledon Roll of Honour Ladies Singles Finals Archived 2013 05 07 at the Wayback Machine John Barrett 2001 Wimbledon The Official History of the Championships London CollinsWillow p 30 ISBN 0007117078 External links editMay Jacks at Wimbledon nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title May Jacks amp oldid 1168147662, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
