Mary Hawton
Country (sports) | Australia |
---|---|
Born | (1924-09-04)4 September 1924 Sydney, Australia |
Died | 18 January 1981(1981-01-18) (aged 56) Sydney, Australia |
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 a tennis player from Australia. Her career ranged from the 1940s to 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 titled 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] as is Hawton Place, in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm.[9]
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. 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)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | 1946 | Australian Championships | Grass | Joyce Fitch | Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long | 9–7, 6–4 |
Loss | 1947 | Australian Championships | Grass | Joyce Fitch | Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long | 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1948 | Australian Championships | Grass | Pat Jones | Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long | 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1951 | Australian Championships | Grass | Joyce Fitch | Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1952 | Australian Championships | Grass | Alison Burton | Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long | 1–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1953 | Australian Championships | Grass | Beryl Penrose | Maureen Connolly Julia Sampson | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1954 | Australian Championships | Grass | Beryl Penrose | Hazel Redick-Smith Julia Wipplinger | 6–3, 8–6 |
Win | 1955 | Australian Championships | Grass | Beryl Penrose | Nell Hall Hopman Gwen Thiele | 7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 1956 | Australian Championships | Grass | Thelma Coyne Long | Mary Carter Reitano Beryl Penrose | 6–2, 5–7, 9–7 |
Loss | 1957 | Australian Championships | Grass | Fay Muller | Shirley Fry Althea Gibson | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1957 | Wimbledon | Grass | Thelma Coyne Long | Althea Gibson Darlene Hard | 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1958 | Australian Championships | Grass | Thelma Coyne Long | Lorraine Coghlan Angela Mortimer | 7–5, 6–8, 6–2 |
Loss | 1958 | French Championships | Clay | Thelma Coyne Long | Yola Ramírez Rosie Reyes | 4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1961 | Australian Championships | Grass | Jan Lehane | Mary Carter Reitano Margaret Smith | 4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 1956 | Australian Championships | Grass | Roy Emerson | Beryl Penrose Neale Fraser | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1958 | Australian Championships | Grass | Robert Howe | Angela Mortimer Peter Newman | 9–11, 6–1, 6–2 |
Grand Slam performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | W–L | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Doubles
Tournament | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | W–L | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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. 1979. OCLC 630558374.
- ^ "In Brief Death of Tennis Pioneer". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 20 January 1981. p. 18.
- ^ "December Showdown" (PDF). Tennis Australia.
- ^ "Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977 – 2011) – 15 May 1987 – p3". Trove. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
External links
- Mary Hawton at the Women's Tennis Association
- Mary Hawton at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Mary Hawton at Wimbledon
- v
- t
- e
- 1922: Esna Boyd Robertson / Marjorie Mountain
- 1923: Esna Boyd Robertson / Sylvia Lance Harper
- 1924: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Sylvia Lance Harper
- 1925: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Sylvia Lance Harper
- 1926: Esna Boyd Robertson / Meryl O'Hara Wood
- 1927: Louie Bickerton / Meryl O'Hara Wood
- 1928: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Esna Boyd Robertson
- 1929: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louie Bickerton
- 1930: Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott
- 1931: Louie Bickerton / Daphne Akhurst Cozens
- 1932: Coral McInnes Buttsworth / Marjorie Cox Crawford
- 1933: Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott
- 1934: Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott
- 1935: Evelyn Dearman / Nancy Lyle
- 1936: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1937: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1938: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1939: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1940: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1946: Joyce Fitch / Mary Bevis Hawton
- 1947: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1948: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1949: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1950: Louise Brough Clapp / Doris Hart
- 1951: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1952: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1953: Maureen Connolly / Julia Sampson
- 1954: Mary Bevis Hawton / Beryl Penrose
- 1955: Mary Bevis Hawton / Beryl Penrose
- 1956: Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long
- 1957: Althea Gibson / Shirley Fry Irvin
- 1958: Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long
- 1959: Renée Schuurman / Sandra Reynolds Price
- 1960: Maria Bueno / Christine Truman Janes
- 1961: Mary Carter Reitano / Margaret Court
- 1962: Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern
- 1963: Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern
- 1964: Judy Tegart-Dalton / Lesley Turner Bowrey
- 1965: Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey
- 1966: Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey
- 1967: Lesley Turner Bowrey / Judy Tegart-Dalton
- 1968: Karen Krantzcke / Kerry Melville Reid
- 1969: Margaret Court / Judy Tegart-Dalton
- 1970: Margaret Court / Judy Tegart-Dalton
- 1971: Evonne Goolagong / Margaret Court
- 1972: Kerry Harris / Helen Gourlay Cawley
- 1973: Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
- 1974: Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel
- 1975: Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel
- 1976: Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley
- 1977 (Jan): Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat / Helen Gourlay Cawley
- 1977 (Dec): Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley & Mona Schallau Guerrant / Kerry Melville Reid
- 1978: Betsy Nagelsen / Renáta Tomanová
- 1979: Judy Connor Chaloner / Diane Evers Brown
- 1980: Martina Navratilova / Betsy Nagelsen
- 1981: Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
- 1982: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1983: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1985: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1987: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1988: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1989: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1990: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
- 1991: Patty Fendick / Mary Joe Fernández
- 1992: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková
- 1993: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1994: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1995: Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- 1996: Chanda Rubin / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- 1997: Martina Hingis / Natalia Zvereva
- 1998: Martina Hingis / Mirjana Lučić
- 1999: Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
- 2000: Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
- 2001: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2002: Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
- 2003: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2004: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
- 2005: Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik
- 2006: Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
- 2007: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
- 2008: Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko
- 2009: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2010: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2011: Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta
- 2012: Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva
- 2013: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
- 2014: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
- 2015: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
- 2016: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
- 2017: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
- 2018: Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic
- 2019: Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai
- 2020: Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic
- 2021: Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka
- 2022: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
- 2023: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
- 2024: Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens