Helen Aitchison

Frances Helen Aitchison (6 December 1881 – 26 May 1947) was a Sunderland-born tennis player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

[1] In 1912, she won the silver medal with her partner Herbert Barrett in the indoor mixed doubles competition.

She competed in the County Championships of 1907 with three of her sisters, Alice, Kathleen, and Sibyl, helping Durham to defeat Middlesex 5–4.

Aitchison entered the Wimbledon Championships for the first time in 1909, at the age of 27, winning the unofficial Ladies Doubles title with partner Agnes Tuckey.

In 1913, she won the singles title at World Covered Court Championship in Stockholm, defeating Kate Gillou in the final in straight sets.