Elsie Lane

In 1898 the tournament was played in Bad Homburg and she won the singles title against compatriot Toupie Lowther after a "brilliant, albeit erratic, Toupée (sic) Lowther who had abandoned her usual play in favour of an uninspired game from base line in two straight sets.

"[1] In 1904 she won her second German Championships title, this time played in Hamburg at the Eisbahn-Verein auf der Uhlenhorst, after defeating Lucie Bergmann in the final.

The following year, 1905, she won the title for the third time after a straight sets win in the final against Käthe Krug.

[2] In September 1897 she was a runner-up in the Sussex Challenge cup, losing in straight sets in the final to Charlotte Cooper Sterry.

[3] In July 1906 she won the mixed doubles title at the Marienbad Championship with Anthony Wilding.