Agnes Morton

Playing career

Agnes Mary Morton, known throughout her playing days as Agatha, was born in Halstead, Essex, on 6 March 1872, the daughter of a solicitor from Berwick-upon-Tweed. She was taught by her father and by Helen Jackson, a former Scottish and Welsh champion, played her first event at the Essex Championships in 1889 and won her first title at Colchester in 1891.

She first played Wimbledon in 1901, at 29, and entered the singles thirteen times, winning 34 matches. She reached the all-comers final four times and lost each: to Muriel Robb in 1902, to Charlotte Sterry in 1904 and 1908, and to Dora Boothby in 1909. In 1908 and 1909 the holder did not defend, so the all-comers final decided the title. Before the women's doubles became a championship event she won it in 1902 with Sterry, and she won the mixed in 1909 with Herbert Roper Barrett. In 1914 she won the ladies' doubles championship with Elizabeth Ryan, beating Edith Hannam and Ethel Larcombe 6-1, 6-3.

Away from Wimbledon she was a prolific winner: nine North London titles in a row from 1906, nine Suffolk and six Essex championships, and titles on clay in Germany and France. She placed fourth at the 1908 Olympics. The war ended her career; in 1925 she married Sir Hugh Stewart and became Lady Stewart. She died in Kensington on 5 April 1952, aged 80.

On grass

Every grass title: 4

Show every title, tournament by tournament

Wimbledon
1914	Women's doubles	with Elizabeth Ryan
Queen's Club
1903	Women's singles†
1904	Women's singles†
Kent Championships (Beckenham)
1908	Women's singles†

Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions

"A careful, steady and improving player is Miss A. M. Morton"