Margot Lumb, born Margarita Evelyn Lumb in London on 1 July 1912 and died on 3 January 1998, was an English squash and tennis player. Her father was a businessman and inventor and her mother was from Cuba. As a squash player she won the British Open for five consecutive seasons from 1935 to 1939, taking all five finals in straight sets after losing the 1934 final to Susan Noel, and she won the United States Hardball National Championship in 1935. As a tennis player she was on the British Wightman Cup team in 1937 and 1938, reached the 1937 All England Plate final and the 1938 German Championships singles final, and played women's doubles at Wimbledon with her sister Berenice, reaching the quarterfinals in 1939. After her marriage in 1944 she played on as Margot Gordon.
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was an English squash and tennis player
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Margot also competed in the main draw of the women's doubles at Wimbledon with her sister Berenice
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As a squash player she won the British Open for five consecutive seasons (1935 to 1939).
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As a squash player she won the British Open for five consecutive seasons (1935 to 1939).
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