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Irene Bowder Peacock
South African tennis player

Irene Bowder Peacock

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South African tennis player
Work field
Gender
Female
Star sign
LeoLeo
Birth
27 July 1892, Firozpur, India
Death
13 June 1978, Johannesburg, South Africa (aged 85 years)
Age
85 years
Irene Bowder Peacock
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Biography

Irene Evelyn Bowder Peacock (née Bowder; 27 July 1892 – 13 June 1978) was a South African female tennis player.

Bowder Peacock won the doubles title at the 1927 French Championships with Bobbie Heine Miller defeating Peggy Saunders and Phoebe Holcroft Watson in two straight sets. That same tournament she also reached the final of the singles competition which she lost in straight sets to Kea Bouman of the Netherlands. She won the British Indian Championships singles title from 1915 to 1920, the South of England Championships singles title in 1922, and the South African Championships singles title from 1924 to 1926.

At the World Covered Court Championships in 1920 she was a finalist in the doubles and, partnering Francis Fisher, won the mixed doubles title after a walkover in the final against Stanley Doust and Kathleen McKane Godfree. In 1921 she won the mixed doubles at the Queen's Covered Court Championships, again teaming up with Fisher, but lost the final of the singles event to Edith Holman.

She captained the South African women's team that toured Europe in 1927 and together with Heine Miller won the doubles title at the Queen's Club Championships. Bowder Peacock and Heine Miller missed the 1930 Wimbledon Championships due to a scheduling disagreement with the South African Lawn Tennis Union.

Grand Slam finals

Peacock (right) at the 1927 French Championships after a victory in the quarterfinal against Cilly Aussem

Singles (1 runner-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1927French ChampionshipsClay Kea Bouman2–6, 4–6

Doubles (1 titles, 2 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1921WimbledonGrass Geraldine Beamish Suzanne Lenglen
Elizabeth Ryan
1–6, 2–6
Winner1927French ChampionshipsClay Bobbie Heine Peggy Mitchell
Phoebe Watson
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up1927WimbledonGras Bobbie Heine Helen Wills
Elizabeth Ryan
3–6, 2–6
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