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{{short description|American tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Juliette Atkinson
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|fullname = Juliette Paxton Atkinson
|country = {{flagicon|USA}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date |1873|04|15}}
|birth_place = [[Rahway, New Jersey]], [[USA]]United States
|death_date = {{death date and age|1944|01|12|1873|04|15}}
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'''Juliette Paxton Atkinson Buxton''' ({{nee|'''Atkinson'''}}; April 15, 1873 – January 12, 1944) was an American female tennis player. She was born in [[Rahway, New Jersey]], United States.
 
==Biography==
Atkinson was the daughter of a Brooklyn, New York physician.<ref name=grasso>{{cite book|last=Grasso|first=John|title=Historical Dictionary of Tennis|year=2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Md.|isbn=978-0810872370|page=29}}</ref> 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]], her sister partnered her to win the last two titles.<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI|DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5CE879C38F00C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "WINS HAVE BEEN SERVED FAMILY STYLE \ SERENA, VENUS STILL ALIVE IN SEMIS OF SINGLES, DOUBLES"], ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'', September 10, 1999. Accessed November 9, 2012. "Juliette and Kathleen Atkinson, of Maplewood, NJ, reached the semis at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, with Juliette winning both titles."</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Misses Atkinson of New York Win the Ladies' Doubles|url=httphttps://querytimesmachine.nytimes.com/memtimesmachine/archive-free1898/06/19/102073906.pdf?res=F50F1FFD3A5D11738DDDA00994DE405B8885F0D3|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 19, 1898|format=PDF}}</ref> Also the sisters twice faced each other in the semi finalssemifinals 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]]. <ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Atkinson the Winner|url=httphttps://querytimesmachine.nytimes.com/memtimesmachine/archive-free1895/06/30/105980460.pdf?res=F30912FE355416738DDDA90B94DE405B8585F0D3|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 30, 1895|format=PDF}}</ref>
 
In 1896 and 1898, she won the [[Niagara International Tennis Tournament]].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 30, 1898 |title=Miss Atkinson's Tennis Cup |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/08/30/102566853.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |format=PDF}}</ref> She won the [[Canadian Open (tennis)|Canadian Championships]] three times in a row, 1896, 1897 and 1898.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 17, 1898 |title=Miss Juliette Atkinson of Brooklyn Retains her Championships |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/07/17/105963553.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |format=PDF}}</ref>
 
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]] (falling to McAteer that year in the singles final) and the 1901 doubles title with [[Marion Jones Farquhar]] (falling in the singles final to [[Winona Closterman]]).
 
In 1918, she married [[George Buxton|George B. Buxton]] and had no children.<ref name=grasso/>
In 1896 and 1898 she won the [[Niagara International Tennis Tournament]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Atkinson's Tennis Cup|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00A1EF83B5811738DDDA90B94D0405B8885F0D3|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 30, 1898|format=PDF}}</ref> She won the [[Canadian Open (tennis)|Canadian Championships]] three times in a row, 1896, 1897 and 1898.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Juliette Atkinson of Brooklyn Retains her Championships|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00A13FD3B5416738DDDAE0994DF405B8885F0D3|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 17, 1898|format=PDF}}</ref>
 
She was posthumously inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1974.
In 1918 she married George B. Buxton and had no children. <ref name=grasso/>
 
==Grand Slam finals==
She was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1974.
 
=== Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up) ===
==Grand Slam record==
===U.S. Championships===
* ''Singles champion: 1895, 1897, 1898'' <ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Atkinson, Champion|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0915FB3C5C11738DDDA10994DE405B8885F0D3|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 18, 1898|format=PDF}}</ref>
** ''Singles runner-up: 1896''
* ''Women's Doubles champion: 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1902''
* ''Mixed Doubles champion: 1894, 1895, 1896''
 
{| class='sortable wikitable'
==Grand Slam finals==
!style="width:40px"|Result
===Singles===
!style="width:30px"|Year
====Titles (3)====
!style="width:160px"|Championship
{| class="wikitable"
!style="width:50px"|Surface
|-
!style="width:180px"|Opponent
|width="50"|'''Year'''
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
|width="175"|'''Championship'''
|-style="background:#ccf;"
|width="175"|'''Opponent'''
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1895 || U.S. Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Helen Hellwig]] || 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
|width="150"|'''Score'''
|-style="background:#ccf;"
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| 1895style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1896 || U.S. Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[HelenElisabeth HellwigMoore]] || 4–6, 6–4, 6–22–6, 6–12–6
|-style="background:#ccf;"
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1897 || U.S. Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Elisabeth Moore]] || 6–3, 6-36–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
|-style="background:#ccf;"
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1898 || U.S. Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Marion Jones Farquhar|Marion Jones]] || 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
|}
 
====Runner-ups Doubles (17 titles)= ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!style="width:40px"|Result
|width="50"|'''Year'''
!style="width:30px"|Year
|width="175"|'''Championship'''
!style="width:160px"|Championship
|width="175"|'''Opponent'''
!style="width:50px"|Surface
|width="150"|'''Score'''
!style="width:180px"|Partner
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
!style="width:180px"|Opponents
| 1896 || U.S. Championships || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Elisabeth Moore]] || 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1894 || [[1894 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Helen Hellwig]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Annabella C. Wistar]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Amy Williams (tennis)|Amy Williams]] || 6–4, 8–6, 6–2
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1895 || [[1895 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} Helen Hellwig || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Elisabeth Moore]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} Amy Williams || 6–2, 6–2, 12–10
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1896 ||[[1896 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Elisabeth Moore]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Annabella C. Wistar]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} Amy Williams || 6–4, 7–5
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1897 ||[[1897 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Kathleen Atkinson]] || [[Mrs. F. Edwards]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Elizabeth Rastall]] || 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1898 ||[[1898 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} Kathleen Atkinson || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marie Wimer]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carrie Neely]] || 6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1901 ||[[1901 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Myrtle McAteer]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marion Jones (tennis)|Marion Jones]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} Elisabeth Moore || default
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1902 ||[[1902 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Marion Jones (tennis)|Marion Jones]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Maud Banks]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Winona Closterman|Nona Closterman]] || 6–2, 7–5
 
|}
 
=== Mixed doubles (3 titles) ===
 
====Titles (3)====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
|-
|width!style="50width:30px"|'''Year
|width!style="200width:160px"|'''Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
|width="150"|'''Partner
!style="width:180px"|Partner
|width="200"|'''Opponents
!style="width:180px"|Opponents
|width="180"|'''Score
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|-style="background:#ccf;"
|1894||[[1894 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]]||{{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Edwin P. Fischer]] || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[ Mrs. McFadden]]<br>{{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Gustav Remak, Jr.]] || 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||1894||[[1894 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Edwin P. Fischer]] || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Mrs. McFadden]]<br>{{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Gustav Remak Jr.]] || 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|-style="background:#ccf;"
|1895||[[1895 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]]||{{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Edwin P. Fischer]] || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Amy R. Williams]]<br>{{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[ Mantle Fielding]] || 4–6, 8–6, 6–2
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||1895||[[1895 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} Edwin P. Fischer || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Amy Williams (tennis)|Amy Williams]]<br>{{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Mantle Fielding]] || 4–6, 8–6, 6–2
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|-style="background:#ccf;"
|1896||[[1896 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]]||{{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Edwin P. Fischer]] || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[Amy R. Williams]]<br>{{flagicon|USA|1896}} [[ Mantle Fielding]] || 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||1896||[[1896 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} Edwin P. Fischer || {{flagicon|USA|1896}} Amy Williams<br>{{flagicon|USA|1896}} Mantle Fielding || 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
|}
 
==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
 
==External links==
* {{Tennishof|juliette-atkinson}}
* [http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/juliette-atkinson International Tennis Hall of Fame]
 
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| DATE OF BIRTH = April 15, 1873
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| DATE OF DEATH = January 12, 1944
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