Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | Sydney, Australia | 4 September 1924
Died | 18 January 1981 Sydney, Australia | (aged 56)
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]