Margaret Hellyer
| Country (sports) |  Australia |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 July 1937 |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958) |
| French Open | 3R (1957) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1960) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1957) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1959, 1960) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | SF (1957) |
Margaret Hellyer (born 29 July 1937) is an Australian former tennis player.[1]
Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Hellyer is a native of Sydney and had some of her best results on the grass courts of Wimbledon. She won the All England Plate in 1957 and was a mixed doubles semi-finalist that year with Roy Emerson. Her best singles run was a fourth round appearance in 1960 and she twice reached the women's doubles quarter-finals.
Personal life
[edit]Hellyer had a relationship with Brazilian tennis player Carlos Fernandes and the pair were engaged.[2] She was married to Kenneth Burston, an Englishman from Shropshire, in a 1963 wedding in Sydney.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Margaret Hellyer returns to Australia after World Tennis Tour". The Canberra Times. 18 October 1960. p. 20. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Through 68 countries with a tennis racquet". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 November 1960.
- ^ "A Farewell Party For Diplomat". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 May 1963. p. 11 (Women's Section).