Edith Eliot Rotch (August 11, 1874[1]-December 11, 1969[2]) was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century. Born and raised in greater Boston, she was a 1901 magna cum laude graduate of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2] During a successful tennis career, on three occasions, she won the US Women's National Championship : in mixed doubles in 1908 (with Nathaniel Niles) and in women's doubles with Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman in 1909 and 1910. In addition to tennis, she won local trophies in ice skating. By the late 1910s, she had become active in amateur radio. Her ham call letters were 1RO, and later 1ZR. She had her own ham station and administered the licensing exam to other amateurs.[3]
 Rotch in 1924 with radio equipment | |
| Full name | Edith Eliot Rotch |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Born | August 11, 1874 |
| Died | December 11, 1969 (aged 95) |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| US Open | SF (1896) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| US Open | W (1909, 1910) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| US Open | W (1908) |
Grand Slam finals
editDoubles (2 titles)
edit| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1909 | US National Championships | Grass |  Hazel Hotchkiss
|
Dorothy Green Lois Moyes
|
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 1910 | US National Championships | Grass | Hazel Hotchkiss
|
Adelaide Browning Edna Wildey
|
6–4, 6–4 |
Mixed doubles (1 title)
edit| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1908 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Nathaniel Niles
|
Louise Hammond Raymond Little
|
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
References
edit- ^ Bullard, John M. (John Morgan) (1947). The Rotches. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library. New Bedford : [s.l.] p. 419.
- ^ a b "Edith Eliot Rotch, Was Tennis Champion." Boston Globe, December 12, 1969, p. 45.
- ^ Harold B. Matson. "Woman Net Champ Leads in Radio." Wilkes-Barre (PA) Times-Leader, May 24, 1924, p. 17.