Betsy Abbas
Beatrice "Betsy" Abbas (nΓ©e Venter born 1930s) is a South African-born Egyptian former tennis player.
Country (sports) | πΏπ¦South Africa πͺπ¬Egypt |
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Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | QF (1960) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1954) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 2R (1954, 1959, 1961) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1952) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1954) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1952) |
She played in singles in the 1960 French Championships. She lost to Mexican player Yola RamΓrez in the quarterfinals.[1]
She played in singles at the Wimbledon in 1952. She lost to the British Pat Harrison in the second round.[2] Her partner in women's doubles, British Doreen Spiers, lost in the third round to British players Molly Blair and Mary Halford.[3] Her partner in mixed doubles, WΕadysΕaw Skonecki, lost in the fourth round to Australian player Lew Hoad and American Dorothy Head Knode.[4]
In 1954 Wimbledon she lost to American Margaret Osborne duPont in the third round.[5]
Career finals
Singles (7β3)
Result | No. | Year | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1 | March 1947 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6β1, 2β6, 3β6 |
Win | 1. | March 1952 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6β1, 6β4 |
Win | 2. | November 1953 | Maadi, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6β1, 6β1 |
Win | 3. | December 1953 | Heliopolis, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6β2, 6β2 |
Win | 4. | February 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6β0, 6β2 |
Loss | 2 | March 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
3β6, 3β6 |
Win | 5. | March 1954 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
4β6, 6β2, 6β3 |
Loss | 3. | June 1954 | Torquay, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() |
0β6, 3β6 |
Win | 6. | November 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6β2, 6β1 |
Win | 7. | March 1956 | Heliopolis, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
2β6, 6β4, 6β1 |
Doubles (11β7)
Result | No. | Year | location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | March 1947 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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1β6, 4β6 |
Loss | 2. | September 1949 | Athens, Greece | Clay | ![]() |
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0β6, 3β6 |
Loss | 3. | March 1952 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6β8, 4β6 |
Loss | 4. | February 1953 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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4β6, 7β9 |
Loss | 5. | March 1953 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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7β9, 3β6 |
Win | 1. | November 1953 | Maadi, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6β0, 2β6, 6β2 |
Win | 2. | December 1953 | Heliopolis, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6β4, 6β2 |
Win | 3. | February 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6β4, 6β3 |
Win | 4. | March 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6β0, 6β3 |
Win | 5. | March 1954 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6β2, 6β2 |
Win | 6. | June 1954 | Torquay, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() |
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2β6, 6β2, 7β5 |
Win | 7. | November 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6β3, 6β2 |
Win | 8. | March 1956 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6β3, 7β5 |
Win | 9. | March 1956 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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6β3, 6β1 |
Loss | 6. | September 1959 | Paris, France | Clay | ![]() |
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1β6, 2β6 |
Win | 10. | September 1961 | Paris, France | Clay | ![]() |
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5β7, 6β3, 0β6 |
Loss | 7. | October 1961 | Cannes, France | Clay | ![]() |
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2β6, 1β6 |
Win | 11. | July 1962 | Paris, France | Clay | ![]() |
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4β6, 6β2, 6β4 |
References
- "Official 1960 Women's Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007. (69.6 KiB) on the French Open website.
- "1952 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
- "1952 Wimbledon Ladies Doubles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
- "1952 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
- "1954 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
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