Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown

Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown
	Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown, from a 1904 magazine
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	1878
Died	1958
Spouse	Edmund Spencer Hemsted
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Badminton, Tennis

Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown (married name Ellen Hemsted) (1878–1958) was a British female badminton and tennis player. She has notably competed mainly in the All England Open Badminton Championships and Wimbledon Championships. Ellen Mary is the first woman ever to serve overarm in the Ladies' singles at the Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown represented United Kingdom simultaneously in both international badminton competitions and Tennis competitions during the early 20th century (in 1900s). She competed at the Wimbledon Championships in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905.^[3]

Her notable achievement including the mixed doubles title victory along with F. S. Collier at the 1901 All England Badminton Championships. She also competed at the 1906 All England Badminton Championships.

Ellen's great grandson, Tim Henman, is a popular retired tennis player and former World No. 4 in singles.^[4] Her daughter Susan Hemsted,^[5] son-in-law Henry Billington and granddaughter Jane Henman also played at international level.^[6]

References

^ "Tim's mother designs tennis kit". 13 June 2003. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ "Throwback Thursday: Art of the serve". www.wimbledon.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ Finn, Robin (30 June 1996). "TENNIS;Sampras Rises To Challenge, And Moves On". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ "6. Tim Henman". 19 June 2001. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ "Susan Billington [obituary]". The Telegraph. 4 November 2006.
^ Tim's mother designs tennis kit, Hannah Bayman, BBC Sport, 13 June 2003