Joyce Fitch
Full name | Joyce Mary Fitch Rymer |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Residence | Victoria, Australia |
Born | (1922-04-03)3 April 1922 Victoria, Australia |
Died | 26 July 2012(2012-07-26) (aged 90) Auckland, New Zealand |
Singles | |
Career titles | No.2 (AUS) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | F (1946) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1949) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1946) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1949) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1946, 1947, 1949, 1950) |
Joyce Fitch Rymer (née Fitch; 3 April 1922 – 26 July 2012[1][2]) was a tennis player from Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1946 Australian Championships, losing to Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–4, 6–4.[3] She teamed with Mary Bevis Hawton to win the women's doubles title at the 1946 Australian Championships,[4] defeating Bolton and Thelma Coyne Long in the final 9–7, 6–4.[5] Rymer and Hawton reached the women's doubles final at the 1947 and 1951 Australian Championships, losing both years to the Bolton-Long team. In 1946, 1947 and 1949 she reached the finals of the Australian Championships in mixed doubles with partner, John Bromwich and again in 1950 with Eric Sturgess, losing all four times.[6]
Fitch married John Oliver Rymer in May 1951[2] and did not play competitive tennis until 1955 when she played doubles with her longtime doubles partner Mary Bevis Hawton.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1946 | Australian Championships | Grass | Nancye Wynne Bolton | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1946 | Australian Championships | Grass | Mary Hawton | Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long | 9–7, 6–4 |
Loss | 1947 | Australian Championships | Grass | Mary Hawton | Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long | 3–6, 3–6 |
Mixed Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1946 | Australian Championships | Grass | John Bromwich | Nancye Wynne Bolton Colin Long | 0–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1947 | Australian Championships | Grass | John Bromwich | Nancye Wynne Bolton Colin Long | 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1949 | Australian Championships | Grass | John Bromwich | Doris Hart Frank Sedgman | 1–6, 7–5, 10–12 |
Loss | 1950 | Australian Championships | Grass | Eric Sturgess | Doris Hart Frank Sedgman | 6–8, 4–6 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 19461 | 19471 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships | F | QF | A | 2R | SF | SF | 0 / 5 |
French Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 4R | A | A | 0 / 1 |
U.S. Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 6 |
1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.
See also
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References
- ^ "Joyce (FITCH) RYMER's Obituary". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Social News And Gossip". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954). 17 May 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Australian Open Women's Final". All-about-tennis.com. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ "Women's Doubles Champions". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ "Women's Doubles". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ "History: Australian Open: Mixed Doubles". CBS Sports.com. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
External links
- Joyce Fitch at Wimbledon
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