Evelyn Dewhurst

After winning the Ceylonese national championship in 1927, Dewhurst herself retired from amateur tennis to join Lenglen on her short British professional tour.She signed for a low amount of 1000 pounds because she "desperately needed the money".Dewhurst played five more singles matches against Lenglen on the tour, losing all of them.Evelyn married Godfrey Jefferson Dewhurst, who was an infantry soldier stationed in British Ceylon.Dewhurst lived her later life in Teulada in Spain, moving there in 1956, and is considered the first international tourist to settle there.
British CeylonWimbledonBritish Ceylonesetennis1926 Wimbledon Championshipssecond-round lossSuzanne LenglenKarel KoželuhHoward KinseyTeulada