Joyce Fitch
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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]
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) |
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.