Beryl Penrose

Beryl Penrose

Full name	Beryl Penrose Collier
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1930-12-22) 22 December 1930 Sydney, Australia
Plays	Right–handed
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (1955)
French Open	QF (1955)
Wimbledon	QF (1955)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1954, 1955)
French Open	SF (1955)
Wimbledon	3R (1955)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1956)
French Open	SF (1952, 1955)
Wimbledon	SF (1955)

Beryl Penrose (born 22 December 1930) is a former Australian international tennis player. She competed in the Australian Open 8 times, from 1950 to 1957. She won the singles title in 1955 defeating compatriot Thelma Coyne Long in the final in straight sets.^[1]

In January 1948 she won the Australian girls singles title.^[2] In July 1952 she won the singles title at the Welsh Championship.^[3]

Her best results came in 1955, aged 24, when in addition to her Australian success, she reached the quarter-finals at the French and Wimbledon Championships. While overseas, she reached four finals including winning the German Championships.

She was rated as high as 5th in the world in the 1955 tennis rankings.

Her grandson, James Duckworth is an Australian tennis professional.^[4]

Grand Slam finals

Singles

Titles (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent	Score
1955	Australian Championships	Thelma Coyne Long	6–4, 6-3

Doubles

Titles (2)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
1954	Australian Championships	Mary Bevis Hawton	Julia Wipplinger Hazel Redick-Smith	6–3, 8–6
1955	Australian Championships	Mary Bevis Hawton	Nell Hall Hopman Gwen Thiele	7–5, 6–1

Mixed doubles

Titles (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
1955	Australian Championships	Neale Fraser	Mary Bevis Hawton Roy Emerson	6–2, 6–4

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