Background
She and her five siblings grew up at the family"s home on Beacon Street.
She and her five siblings grew up at the family"s home on Beacon Street.
Edith P. Sigourney was an American tennis player during the 1920s. She learned to play tennis at the Nahant tennis club where the family spent their summers. Sigourney"s best result at the United States championships was the quarterfinals which she reached 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 United States 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. Sigourney was inducted into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999.
Doubles: (1 runner-up).