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Phyllis Howkins Covell

Phyllis Covell
Full name Phyllis Lindrea Covell
Country (sports)  United Kingdom
Born (1895-05-22)22 May 1895
London, England
Died 28 October 1982(1982-10-28) (aged 87)
Heyshott, England
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon 4R (1929)
US Open 3R (1929)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon F (1924, 1929)
US Open W (1923)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon F (1921)
US Open F (1929)
Team competitions
Wightman Cup W (1924)

Phyllis Lindrea Covell (née Howkins) (22 May 1895 – 28 October 1982) was a female tennis player from Great Britain.

She is best remembered for her silver medal at the Paris Olympics of 1924 in the women's doubles event partnering with Kitty McKane. In 1923 she won the women's doubles title at the U.S. National Championships with McKane defeating the American pairing of Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman and Eleanor Goss in three sets. She was also a runner-up in the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon in 1921, partnering Maxwell Woosnam. In 1924 she was part of the British Wightman Cup team who defeated the United States 6–1 at Wimbledon. Covell won both her singles matches against Helen Wills and Molla Mallory.

She married B.C.Covell on 23 September 1921.



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