Apart from entering women's tournaments, Dod sometimes also played and won matches against men (who usually played with a handicap), and on one occasion defeated star players Ernest Renshaw and George Hillyard (the husband of Blanche) when doubling with Herbert Baddeley.
Dod spillede også nogle gange (og vandt) kampe mod mænd (der som regel spillede med at handicap), og besejrede ved én lejlighed stjernespillerne Ernest Renshaw og George Hillyard (Blanches mand) i double sammen med Herbert Baddeley.