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Betsy Abbas

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Betsy Abbas
Country (sports)🇿🇦South Africa 🇪🇬Egypt
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF (1960)
Wimbledon3R (1954)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1954, 1959, 1961)
Wimbledon3R (1952)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open3R (1954)
Wimbledon4R (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

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Singles (7–3)

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Result No. Year Location Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1 March 1947 Cairo, Egypt Clay United Kingdom Billie Yorke 6–1, 2–6, 3–6
Win 1. March 1952 Cairo, Egypt Clay France Simonne Mathieu 6–1, 6–4
Win 2. November 1953 Maadi, Egypt Clay United Kingdom Esther Saul 6–1, 6–1
Win 3. December 1953 Heliopolis, Egypt Clay United Kingdom Esther Saul 6–2, 6–2
Win 4. February 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay United Kingdom Esther Saul 6–0, 6–2
Loss 2 March 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay West Germany Totte Zehden 3–6, 3–6
Win 5. March 1954 Alexandria, Egypt Clay West Germany Totte Zehden 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 3. June 1954 Torquay, United Kingdom Hard United Kingdom Patricia Ward Hales 0–6, 3–6
Win 6. November 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay Greece Xantippe Vassiliadou 6–2, 6–1
Win 7. March 1956 Heliopolis, Egypt Clay Egypt Esther Saul 2–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles (11–7)

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Result No. Year location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. March 1947 Alexandria, Egypt Clay Italy Annalisa Bossi France Suzanne Pannetier
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
1–6, 4–6
Loss 2. September 1949 Athens, Greece Clay Egypt Georgina Greiss United Kingdom John Curry
United Kingdom Peggy Dawson-Scott
0–6, 3–6
Loss 3. March 1952 Cairo, Egypt Clay Egypt Georgina Greiss United States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
6–8, 4–6
Loss 4. February 1953 Cairo, Egypt Clay Egypt Georgina Greiss United States Dorothy Head Knode
France Maud Galtier
4–6, 7–9
Loss 5. March 1953 Alexandria, Egypt Clay United Kingdom Patricia Ward Hales United States Dorothy Head Knode
France Maud Galtier
7–9, 3–6
Win 1. November 1953 Maadi, Egypt Clay Egypt Georgina Greiss United Kingdom Esther Saul
United Kingdom Ingrid Smith
6–0, 2–6, 6–2
Win 2. December 1953 Heliopolis, Egypt Clay Egypt Georgina Greiss United Kingdom Esther Saul
United Kingdom Ingrid Smith
6–4, 6–2
Win 3. February 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay Egypt Andree Eid United Kingdom Esther Saul
Greece Xenia Vassiliadis
6–4, 6–3
Win 4. March 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay United Kingdom Patricia Ward Hales West Germany Totte Zehden
United States Mary Kay Morris
6–0, 6–3
Win 5. March 1954 Alexandria, Egypt Clay United Kingdom Patricia Ward Hales West Germany Totte Zehden
United States Mary Kay Morris
6–2, 6–2
Win 6. June 1954 Torquay, United Kingdom Hard United Kingdom Patricia Ward Hales United States Barbara Bradley
United States Barbara Kimbrell
2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 7. November 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay Egypt Andree Eid Egypt Rona Hamdy
United States Evelyn Houseman
6–3, 6–2
Win 8. March 1956 Cairo, Egypt Clay United States Althea Gibson United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
Australia Jenny Staley Hoad
6–3, 7–5
Win 9. March 1956 Alexandria, Egypt Clay United States Althea Gibson United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
Australia Jenny Staley Hoad
6–3, 6–1
Loss 6. September 1959 Paris, France Clay France Ginette Bucaille France Monique Coste
France Maud Galtier
1–6, 2–6
Win 10. September 1961 Paris, France Clay France Maud Galtier France Florence de la Courtie-Billat
France Anne-Marie Seghers
5–7, 6–3, 0–6
Loss 7. October 1961 Cannes, France Clay France Maud Galtier France Florence de la Courtie-Billat
France Françoise Dürr
2–6, 1–6
Win 11. July 1962 Paris, France Clay France Irene de Lanslut France Henriette Siarry
France Claudine Pierval
4–6, 6–2, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "1952 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
  3. ^ "1952 Wimbledon Ladies Doubles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
  4. ^ "1952 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
  5. ^ "1954 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
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