Marie Wimer

{{short description|American tennis player}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1876|02|11}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|02|09|1876|02|11}}

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| USOpenDoublesresult = Win (1907)
Loss (1898, 1900)

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Marie Wimer (February 11, 1876—February 9, 1965) was an American tennis player at the start of the 20th century.

Notably, in 1907, she won the women's doubles at the US Women's National Championship with Carrie Neely.{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/sports/US-Open-tennis|title=U.S. Open {{!}} tennis|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-07-27|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/tennis/history/usopen/wd|title=History|work=CBSSports.com|access-date=2018-07-27|language=en}}

At the Cincinnati Open she:

  • reached the singles semifinals in 1903 and the singles quarterfinals in 1904.
  • paired with Myrtle McAteer to win the 1904 doubles title (defeating Winona Closterman and Carrie Neely in the final) and reach the 1903 doubles final (where they fell to Closterman and Neely)

Grand Slam finals

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!Year

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style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss1898

|style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships

|Grass

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carrie Neely

|{{flagicon|USA}} Juliette Atkinson
{{flagicon|USA}} Kathleen Atkinson

| 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 1–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss1900

|style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships

|Grass

|{{flagicon|USA}} Myrtle McAteer

|{{flagicon|USA}} Edith Parker
{{flagicon|USA}} Hallie Champlin

| 7–9, 2–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win1907

|style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships

|Grass

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carrie Neely

|{{flagicon|USA}} Edna Wildey
{{flagicon|USA}} Natalie Widley

| 6–1, 2–6, 6–4

References

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  • From Club Court to Center Court by Phillip S. Smith (2008 Edition; {{ISBN|978-0-9712445-7-3}})

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{{U.S. National Championships women's doubles champions}}

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Category:American female tennis players

Category:United States National champions (tennis)

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles

Category:1876 births

Category:1965 deaths

Category:Place of birth missing

Category:Place of death missing