Jean Bostock
 Nicoll in 1939 | |
| Full name | Jean Nicoll Bostock |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
| Born | 14 December 1922 Harrow, London, England |
| Died | 2 April 1965 (aged 42) Ipswich, England |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (1948) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | QF (1946, 1947, 1948) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | SF (1939, 1946, 1947, 1948) |
Jean Addie Bissett Bostock (née Nicoll, 14 December 1922 – 2 April 1965), was a female international table tennis and tennis player from England.
Table tennis career
[edit]At the age of 16, she won the singles gold medal at the 1939 English Open and the 1940 doubles title with Dora Beregi.
Tennis career
[edit]She was considered the most promising junior player in Great Britain before World War II, and she won all three events at the junior British Championships in 1938.[1]
She played at the Wimbledon Championships listed as Mrs Jean Bostock and made the quarterfinals of the women's singles from 1946 to 1948.[2] In the doubles event, she reached the semifinals in 1939 and from 1946 to 1948, partnering four different compatriots.[2]
Bostock won all three events at the 1946 British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth, defeating Kay Menzies in straight sets in the singles final.[3][4] In 1947 she won the singles title at the Irish Championships,[5] and represented Great Britain in the 1946, 1947, and 1948 Wightman Cup.[6]
She was ranked in the world top 10 in 1947 and 1948, and according to John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph, reached a career high of world No. 6 in 1948.[7]
Personal life
[edit]She married Edward 'Teddy' William Augustus Bostock on 30 January 1943 and played as Jean Bostock afterward.[8] She died at the age of 42 in 1965 after an overdose of barbiturates.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1949). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1949. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 257.
- ^ a b "Player profile – Jean Bostock (Nicoll)". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1947). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1947. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 157–160.
- ^ Tennis Championship 1946. Bournemouth: British Pathé. 9 May 1946. Film id 1153.04.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1948). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1948. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 185.
- ^ "Jean Addie Bissett (1922 - 1965)". Bostock Family.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 763. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
- ^ Newsbriefs Jean Nicholl Marries Sub-Lt Bostock R.N.V.R. 1943. London: British Pathé. 4 February 1943. Film id 1075.10.
- ^ "Obituary" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2018.