Margaret Hunt (tennis)
Full name | Margaret Lilian Hunt |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | 25 April 1942 |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1963) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1961, 1963) |
US Open | 4R (1963) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | SF (1963) |
Wimbledon | SF (1961) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | QF (1963) |
Wimbledon | QF (1963) |
Margaret Lilian Hunt (born 25 April 1942) is a South African former professional tennis player
Active in the 1960s, Hunt reached women's doubles semi-finals at both the French Championships and Wimbledon.[1] In the 1963 Federation Cup, the tournament's inaugural edition, Hunt was a member of the South African team with Renée Schuurman. She won each of her singles and doubles rubbers in the first two ties, against Czechoslovakia and France, to set up a semi-final versus Australia. Schuurman lost the opening rubber, but Hunt looked like levelling the tie when she led Jan Lehane by a set and 5–0, before the Australian came back to won, eliminating the South Africans.[2]
Hunt, who comes from Pretoria, was married to the late Johann Barnard, who headed the SA Tennis Union.[3]
She was the daughter of Eric Pfeilitzer Hunt (1911-2007) and Margaret Evelyn Colenbrander (1916-1999).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lovesey, John (17 June 1963). "Women of the world, rejoice!". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Australia and U.S. to Clash in Tennis Final". The Canberra Times. 21 June 1963. p. 40.
- ^ "Johann Barnard: Tennis chief who put SA centre court". Sunday Times. 18 May 2014.