Phyllis Cox Berthoud
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Phyllis Hamilton Cox |
| Born | 8 April 1887 Bengal, British India |
| Died | 1975 (aged 88) Warwick, Great Britain |
| Sport | |
| Country |  India |
| Sport | Tennis |
Phyllis Cox Berthoud (8 April 1887 - 1975) was an Anglo-Indian tennis player from Bengal, British India. She participated in the Indian Open tennis tournaments between 1918 and 1923. Her entry into a Grand Slam event in 1920 for the Wimbledon singles draw was the first for an Indian woman.[1] She died in Warwick in 1975.
References[edit]
- ^ Pal, Suvam (5 February 2019). "Indian tennis: Past perfect, present continuous, future tense". In Lake, Robert J.; Osborne, Carol A. (eds.). Routledge Handbook of Tennis: History, Culture and Politics. Routledge. pp. 151–161. doi:10.4324/9781315533575-15. ISBN 9781315533575. S2CID 242873149.