Juliette Atkinson


Juliette Paxton Atkinson Buxton was an American tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States.

Biography

Atkinson was the daughter of a Brooklyn, New York physician. She won five U.S. Championships doubles titles in a row with three different partners. Both natives of Maplewood, New Jersey, she and her sister Kathleen Atkinson partnered to win the last two titles. Also the sisters twice faced each other in the semi finals of the singles competition, the first sisters to do so before the Williams sisters' final in 2001. She won three mixed doubles titles with Edwin P. Fischer.
In both 1899 and 1901, Atkinson won the doubles title and reached the singles final at the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters. She won the 1899 doubles title with Myrtle McAteer and the 1901 doubles title with Marion Jones Farquhar.
In 1896 and 1898 she won the Niagara International Tennis Tournament. She won the Canadian Championships three times in a row, 1896, 1897 and 1898.
In 1918 she married George B. Buxton and had no children.
She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1895U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Helen Hellwig6–4, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up1896U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Elisabeth Moore4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Winner1897U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Elisabeth Moore6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
Winner1898U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Marion Jones6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

Doubles (7 titles)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1894U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Helen Hellwig Annabella C. Wistar
Amy Williams
6–4, 8–6, 6–2
Winner1895U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Helen Hellwig Elisabeth Moore
Amy Williams
6–2, 6–2, 12–10
Winner1896U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Elisabeth Moore Annabella C. Wistar
Amy Williams
6–4, 7–5
Winner1897U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Kathleen AtkinsonMrs. F. Edwards
Elizabeth Rastall
6–2, 6–1, 6–1
Winner1898U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Kathleen Atkinson Marie Wimer
Carrie Neely
6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner1901U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Myrtle McAteer Marion Jones
Elisabeth Moore
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Winner1902U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Marion Jones Maud Banks
Nona Closterman
6–2, 7–5

Mixed doubles (3 titles)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1894U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Edwin P. Fischer Mrs. McFadden
Gustav Remak Jr.
6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Winner1895U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Edwin P. Fischer Amy Williams
Mantle Fielding
4–6, 8–6, 6–2
Winner1896U.S. ChampionshipsGrass Edwin P. Fischer Amy Williams
Mantle Fielding
6–2, 6–3, 6–3