Mary Hawton
Country (sports) |
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Born |
Sydney, Australia | 4 September 1924
Died |
18 January 1981 56) Sydney, Australia | (aged
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959) |
French Open | 4R (1960, 1962) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1958) |
US Open | QF (1957) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958) |
French Open | F (1958) |
Wimbledon | F (1957) |
US Open | SF (1957, 1958, 1960) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1958) |
French Open | QF (1960, 1962) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1957, 1960) |
US Open | 2R (1957) |
Mary Renetta Hawton (née Bevis; 4 September 1924 – 18 January 1981) was an tennis player from Australia. Her career spanned the end of the 1940s and the 1950s.
Hawton won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships five times.[1][2] In 1958 she also won the mixed doubles title together with compatriot Robert Howe.[3]
In 1948, she married Keith Ernest Hawton.[4][5]
She was captain of the Australian Fed Cup team in 1979 and 1980 and director of the NSW Tennis Association.
In 1979 Hawton published a book titles How to Play Winning Tennis.[6] She died on 18 January 1981 in Sydney, Australia.[7]
The Mary Hawton Trophy, the prize for the winner of the Australian teams championships for girls, was named after her.[8]
Career
Mary Hawton found much success in Australia at the Australian Championships. She made it to the semifinals in singles six times in 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 and 1959. Hawton reached 12 finals in Australia, eight of these being consecutive. She also reached the doubles finals at the Wimbledon and French Championships in 1957 and 1958 with Australian Thelma Coyne Long. Mary Bevis Hawton ended her career with six Grand Slam titles: five in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 14 (5–9)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1946 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 9–7, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1947 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 1948 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 1951 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 1952 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 1953 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1954 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 8–6 |
Winner | 1955 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–1 |
Winner | 1956 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 5–7, 9–7 |
Runner-up | 1957 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 1957 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1958 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–8, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1958 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 1961 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1956 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1958 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 9–11, 6–1, 6–2 |
Singles performance timeline
Tournament | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | W–L | |||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia | 2R | QF | SF | QF | QF | QF | SF | SF | SF | QF | SF | QF | QF | SF | QF | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 38–20 | |||
France | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | A | 4R | A | 4R | A | A | A | 7–5 | |||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 4R | A | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | A | 4–4 | |||
United States | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 3R | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 6–3 |
Women's doubles performance timeline
Tournament | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | W–L | |||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia | W | F | F | SF | SF | F | F | F | W | W | W | F | W | SF | SF | F | QF | QF | QF | 2R | 45–15 | |||
France | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | F | A | SF | A | 2R | A | A | A | 7–4 | |||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | SF | A | SF | A | 2R | A | A | A | 11–4 | |||
United States | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | SF | A | SF | A | A | A | A | A | 7–3 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
References
- ↑ "Australian Open players archive – Mary Beavis". Tennis Australia.
- ↑ "Australian Open players archive – Mary Hawton". Tennis Australia.
- ↑ "Australian Open Winners". TennisNow.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "Tennis Champions Engaged.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1946. p. 7.
- ↑ "Gossip From Joan.". Wellington Times. NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 October 1948. p. 5.
- ↑ "How to play winning tennis". Worldcat.
- ↑ "In Brief Death of Tennis Pioneer.". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 20 January 1981. p. 18.
- ↑ "December Showdown" (PDF). Tennis Australia.
External links
- Mary Hawton at the Fed Cup