Blanche Bingley Hillyard was an English tennis player who won six Wimbledon singles championships, in 1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898 and 1900, and was runner-up seven times. She competed in the first Wimbledon championships for women in 1884, and her career at the tournament spanned almost thirty years. Her thirteen finals remain a Wimbledon record, as does the fourteen-year span between her first and last titles. She also won the Irish Championships three times and the South of England Championships at Eastbourne eleven times. Born in Greenford, Middlesex, in 1863, she died in 1946.
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was an English tennis player
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(née Bingley; 3 November 1863-6 August 1946)
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She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900) and was runner up seven times, having also competed in the first Wimbledon
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She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900)
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She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900)
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was an English tennis player
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was an English tennis player
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She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900)
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