Eileen Vivian Bennett (later Mrs Fearnley-Whittingstall) Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Eileen Vivian Bennett (later Mrs Fearnley-Whittingstall) NPG x158623

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

Fearnley-Whittingstall, playing as Eileen Bennett, was a tennis champion who won six Grand Slam doubles titles between 1927 and 1931, when Time magazine described her as the 'prettiest and best dressed of women tennis players'. She reached the singles finals of the 1928 French Championships and the 1931 US Championships, losing both times to Helen Wills Moody. She defeated Wills Moody and partner Frank Hunter in 1929 in the mixed-doubles final of the French Championships, playing with Henri Cochet.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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