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Mary Hawton
Country (sports)
 
Australia
Born
4 September 1924
, Australia
Died
18 January 1981
(aged 56)
, Australia
Plays
Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
SF (1948, 1952, 1953,
1954, 1956, 1959)
4R (1960, 1962)
4R (1958)
QF (1957)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
W
(1946, 1954, 1955,
1956, 1958)
F (1958)
F (1957)
SF (1957, 1958, 1960)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
W
(1958)
QF (1960, 1962)
3R (1957, 1960)
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
five times.
In
1958 she also won the mixed doubles title together with compatriot
.
In 1948, she married Keith Ernest Hawton.
She was captain of the Australian
team in 1979 and 1980 and director of the NSW
Tennis Association.
In 1979, Hawton published a book titled
How to Play Winning Tennis
.
She died on 18 January
1981 in Sydney, Australia.
The Mary Hawton Trophy, the prize for the winner of the Australian teams championships for
girls, was named after her,
as is Hawton Place, in the Canberra suburb of
.
Career
[
]
Mary Hawton found much success in Australia at the
. She made it to
the semifinals in singles six times in
,
,
,
,
and
. Hawton
reached 12 finals in Australia, eight of these being consecutive. She also reached the
doubles finals at the Wimbledon and French Championships in
and
with Australian
. 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
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
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
Nancye Wynne
Bolton
Thelma Coyne
Long
1–6, 1–6
Loss
1953
Australian
Championships
Grass
4–6, 2–6
Win
1954
Australian
Championships
Grass
Beryl
Penrose
6–3, 8–6
Win
1955
Australian
Championships
Grass
Beryl
Penrose
7–5, 6–1
Win
1956
Australian
Championships
Grass
Thelma Coyne
Long
Beryl Penrose
6–2, 5–7,
9–7
Loss
1957
Australian
Championships
Grass
2–6, 1–6
Loss
1957
Wimbledon
Grass
Althea Gibson
1–6, 2–6
Win
1958
Australian
Championships
Grass
Thelma Coyne
Long
7–5, 6–8,
6–2
Loss
1958
French
Championships
Clay
Thelma Coyne
Long
4–6, 5–7
Loss
1961
Australian
Championships
Grass
Mary Carter
Reitano
4–6, 6–3,
5–7
Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)
[
]
Result
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
1956
Australian
Championships
Grass
2–6, 4–6
Win
1958
Australian
Championships
Grass
9–11, 6–1, 6–2
Grand Slam performance timelines
[
]
Key
W
 F 
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did
not qualify; (A) absent;
(NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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
38–
20
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
7–
5
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
4–
4
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
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
W
F
F
SF
SF
F
F
F
W
W
W
F
W
SF
SF
F
QF
QF
QF
2R
45–
15
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
2R
QF
F
A
SF
A
2R
A
A
A
7–4
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
F
SF
A
SF
A
2R
A
A
A
11–
4
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
SF
SF
A
SF
A
A
A
A
A
7–3
References
[
]
. Tennis Australia.
. Tennis Australia.
. TennisNow.com
. Retrieved
22 April
2012
.
.
. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1946. p. 7.
.
. NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 October 1948. p. 5.
How to play winning tennis
. Worldcat. 1979.
 
.
.
. National Library of Australia. 20 January 1981. p. 18.
(PDF)
. Tennis Australia.
.
Trove
. Retrieved
2 February
2020
.
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