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Edith P. Sigourney was an American tennis player during the 1920s.
Biography
Edith Sigourney was born at Boston, Massachusetts in 1895. She and her five siblings grew up at the family's home on Beacon Street. She learned to play tennis at the Nahant tennis club where the family spent their summers.
Sigourney's best result at the US championships was the quarterfinals which she reached twice, in 1920 and 1922. In doubles, she was a finalist alongside Molla Mallory in 1922, where they lost to Marion Zinderstein and Helen Wills in three sets. She was within the US national top ten in 1920 (no. 8), 1923 (no. 7) and 1925 (no. 10).
Sigourney crossed the Atlantic three times to play at the Wimbledon Championships in 1921, 1923 and 1924, but lost her initial match in each year. In 1921, she also played at the World Hard Court Championships at Paris.
In 1928, she won the US Indoor Championships.
Along with Hazel Wightman, she won the National Senior Doubles Championships five times in between 1940 and 1947.
Sigourney was inducted into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: (1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1922 | U.S. Championships | Grass |  Molla Mallory | Helen Wills Marion Zinderstein | 4–6, 9–7, 3–6 |