Betsy Abbas
Appearance
Country (sports) | 🇿🇦South Africa 🇪🇬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) |
Beatrice "Betsy" Abbas (née Venter born 1930s) is a South African-born Egyptian former tennis player.
She played in singles in the 1960 French Championships. She lost to Mexican player Yola Ramírez 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, Władysław 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
[edit]Singles (7–3)
[edit]Result | No. | Year | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 1 | March 1947 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Billie Yorke | 6–1, 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1. | March 1952 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Simonne Mathieu | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | November 1953 | Maadi, Egypt | Clay | Esther Saul | 6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 3. | December 1953 | Heliopolis, Egypt | Clay | Esther Saul | 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4. | February 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Esther Saul | 6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 2 | March 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Totte Zehden | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5. | March 1954 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | Totte Zehden | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 3. | June 1954 | Torquay, United Kingdom | Hard | Patricia Ward Hales | 0–6, 3–6 |
Win | 6. | November 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Xantippe Vassiliadou | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 7. | March 1956 | Heliopolis, Egypt | Clay | Esther Saul | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Doubles (11–7)
[edit]Result | No. | Year | location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 1. | March 1947 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | Annalisa Bossi | Suzanne Pannetier Billie Yorke |
1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2. | September 1949 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Georgina Greiss | John Curry Peggy Dawson-Scott |
0–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 3. | March 1952 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Georgina Greiss | Shirley Fry Doris Hart |
6–8, 4–6 |
Loss | 4. | February 1953 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Georgina Greiss | Dorothy Head Knode Maud Galtier |
4–6, 7–9 |
Loss | 5. | March 1953 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | Patricia Ward Hales | Dorothy Head Knode Maud Galtier |
7–9, 3–6 |
Win | 1. | November 1953 | Maadi, Egypt | Clay | Georgina Greiss | Esther Saul Ingrid Smith |
6–0, 2–6, 6–2 |
Win | 2. | December 1953 | Heliopolis, Egypt | Clay | Georgina Greiss | Esther Saul Ingrid Smith |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 3. | February 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Andree Eid | Esther Saul Xenia Vassiliadis |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 4. | March 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Patricia Ward Hales | Totte Zehden Mary Kay Morris |
6–0, 6–3 |
Win | 5. | March 1954 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | Patricia Ward Hales | Totte Zehden Mary Kay Morris |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 6. | June 1954 | Torquay, United Kingdom | Hard | Patricia Ward Hales | Barbara Bradley Barbara Kimbrell |
2–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 7. | November 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Andree Eid | Rona Hamdy Evelyn Houseman |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 8. | March 1956 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Althea Gibson | Angela Mortimer Jenny Staley Hoad |
6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 9. | March 1956 | Alexandria, Egypt | Clay | Althea Gibson | Angela Mortimer Jenny Staley Hoad |
6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 6. | September 1959 | Paris, France | Clay | Ginette Bucaille | Monique Coste Maud Galtier |
1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 10. | September 1961 | Paris, France | Clay | Maud Galtier | Florence de la Courtie-Billat Anne-Marie Seghers |
5–7, 6–3, 0–6 |
Loss | 7. | October 1961 | Cannes, France | Clay | Maud Galtier | Florence de la Courtie-Billat Françoise Dürr |
2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 11. | July 1962 | Paris, France | Clay | Irene de Lanslut | Henriette Siarry Claudine Pierval |
4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.