Mary Carter Reitano

For other people named Mary Carter, see Mary Carter (disambiguation).
Mary Carter Reitano
Country (sports) Australia
Born 29 November 1934
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open W (1956, 1959)
French Open QF (1959)
Wimbledon 4R (1955)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (1961)
French Open SF (1959)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open F (1961)

Mary Carter Reitano (née Carter; born 29 November 1934) is a former tennis player from Australia.

As a junior player she won the girls' singles title at the Australian Championships in 1951 and 1952.

Reitano won the singles title at the 1956 Australian Championships, defeating Thelma Long in the final in three sets after surviving a match point in the third set. At the 1959 Australian Championships Reitano won her second singles title after a straight-sets victory in the final against Renée Schuurman. Additionally, she reached the Australian semifinals on six other occasions. She teamed up with Margaret Court to win the women's doubles title there in 1961. Reitano teamed up with three different partners to be the runner-up in women's doubles at the 1956, 1959, and 1962 Australian Championships. Reitano was also the runner-up in mixed doubles at the 1961 Australian Championships.

In February 1958, she married Sydney Reitano. She became a coaching professional in 1962.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles (2 titles)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1956 Australian Championships Grass Thelma Long 3–6, 6–2, 9–7
Win 1959 Australian Championships Grass Renée Schuurman 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 1956 Australian Championships Grass Beryl Penrose Mary Bevis Hawton
Thelma Coyne Long 		2–6, 7–5, 7–9
Loss 1959 Australian Championships Grass Lorraine Coghlan Renée Schuurman
Sandra Reynolds 		5–7, 4–6
Win 1961 Australian Championships Grass Margaret Smith Mary Bevis Hawton
Jan Lehane 		6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 1962 Australian Championships Grass Darlene Hard Margaret Smith
Robyn Ebbern 		4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 1961 Australian Championships Grass John Pearce Jan Lehane
Bob Hewitt 		7–9, 2–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 Career SR
Australian Championships SF SF W QF SF W SF SF SF 2 / 9
French Championships A 1R A A 1R QF A 4R A 0 / 4
Wimbledon A 4R A A 1R 3R A 2R A 0 / 4
U.S. Championships A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
SR 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 17

See also