Dorothy Brown was born Dorothy Boadle on 12 Dec 1885 in Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina,[2] the second daughter of Thomas Scott Boadle and his wife was a representative of the Holt Shipping Company of Liverpool who moved to Buenos Aires in 1878.

Her main career singles highlights include winning the River Plate Championships eight times (1906, 1908–09, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1917).

[3] During her trips to England to compete at the Wimbledon Championships she took part in other tournaments mainly in North Wales, near the Wirral where her father was born.

In 1922 she won the mixed doubles event again at the River Plate Championships partnered with Alfredo Villegas, and again in 1924 with Carlos Dumas.

The father was a representative of the Holt Shipping Company of Liverpool who moved to Buenos Aires in 1878, he later set up his own company TS Boadle and Co.[6] In 1892 he was a founding member of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club,[7] as its first secretary and treasurer, and then president from 1896 until he retired in 1907.