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'''Jenny Sandison''' (born 1910) was a British origin Indian [[tennis]] player. She was born at [[Kharagpur]], [[Bengal]] (now [[West Bengal]], India).<br />
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==About==<br />
She was an [[Anglo-Indian|Anglo Indian]] and came from a mixed family. Her father worked in the railways. She married to Terence Boland.<ref>{{cite book |title=Women of India |date=1958 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-2284-0 |page=201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSWaDQAAQBAJ&q=Jenny+Sandison |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
She was the first to hold the top position in women single tennis for a straight six years between 1930 and 1935.<ref>{{cite web |title=A MAID IN MAYFAIR |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29636772?searchTerm=Indian%20Tennis%20Championships%20Jenny%20Sandison&searchLimits=l-title=34 |website=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=13 December 2020 |pages=15 |date=14 November 1929}}</ref> She once beat [[Betty Nuthall]] at [[Surbiton]] in 1930 at a tournament held in Europe.<ref name="a">{{cite web |title=Indian Women Tennis Players at International Level Will Hopes & Dreams Materialise? |url=http://www.eng.chauthiduniya.com/indian-women-tennis-players-at-international-level-will-hopes-dreams-materialise/ |website=www.eng.chauthiduniya.com |publisher=Chauthi Duniya |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205082659/http://www.eng.chauthiduniya.com/indian-women-tennis-players-at-international-level-will-hopes-dreams-materialise/ |access-date=13 December 2020|archive-date=2012-12-05 }} Archived from [http://www.eng.chauthiduniya.com/indian-women-tennis-players-at-international-level-will-hopes-dreams-materialise/ original] via [[Wayback Machine]] on 5 December 2012</ref> Sandison was the first player of Indian origin to play at Wimbledon in 1929 but lost in the first round. In the years 1929 and 1930 she got twice the opportunity to compete at Wimbledon.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Majumdar |first1=Boria |last2=Mangan |first2=J. A. |title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-99894-5 |page=120 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWfdAAAAQBAJ&q=Jenny+Sandison |language=en}}</ref><br />
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She supported herself as a typist while being in England from 1929 to 1930. On October 4, 1930 Jenny departed by sea voyage to [[Calcutta]] boarding the Mulbera ship. The rest of her career she never travelled outside the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jenny Sandison's GS Performance Timeline & Stats |url=https://db4tennis.com/players/female/jenny-sandison |website=www.db4tennis.com |access-date=13 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Sandison, in her entire career won more than 20 singles titles ranging from the 1927 [[Indian Open (tennis)|All India Championships]] at [[Allahabad]] to 1938 at [[Calcutta]]. Sandison also holds the distinction of winning the All India Championships a record seven times. The 1930 [[Beckenham]] ([[Kent Championships]]) was her most noteworthy title.<ref name="a"/><br />
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