Mary Hawton

Mary Hawton
Country (sports) Australia
Born 4 September 1924
Sydney, Australia
Died 18 January 1981 (aged 56)
Sydney, Australia
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open SF (1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959)
French Open 4R (1960, 1962)
Wimbledon 4R (1958)
US Open QF (1957)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (1946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958)
French Open F (1958)
Wimbledon F (1957)
US Open SF (1957, 1958, 1960)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open W (1958)
French Open QF (1960, 1962)
Wimbledon 3R (1957, 1960)
US Open 2R (1957)

Mary Renetta Hawton (née Bevis; 4 September 1924 – 18 January 1981) was a tennis player from Australia. Her career ranged from the 1940s to the 1950s.

Hawton won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships five times. In 1958 she also won the mixed doubles title together with compatriot Robert Howe.

In 1948, she married Keith Ernest Hawton.

She was captain of the Australian Fed Cup team in 1979 and 1980 and director of the NSW Tennis Association.

In 1979, Hawton published a book titled How to Play Winning Tennis. She died on 18 January 1981 in Sydney, Australia.

The Mary Hawton Trophy, the prize for the winner of the Australian teams championships for girls, was named after her, as is Hawton Place, in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm.

Career

Mary Hawton found much success in Australia at the Australian Championships. She made it to the semifinals in singles six times in 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 and 1959. Hawton reached 12 finals in Australia, eight of these being consecutive. She also reached the doubles finals at the Wimbledon and French Championships in 1957 and 1958 with Australian Thelma Coyne Long. Hawton ended her career with six Grand Slam titles: five in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 14 (5–9)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1946 Australian Championships Grass Joyce Fitch Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long 		9–7, 6–4
Loss 1947 Australian Championships Grass Joyce Fitch Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1948 Australian Championships Grass Pat Jones Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1951 Australian Championships Grass Joyce Fitch Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long		 2–6, 1–6
Loss 1952 Australian Championships Grass Alison Burton Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long		 1–6, 1–6
Loss 1953 Australian Championships Grass Beryl Penrose Maureen Connolly
Julia Sampson 		4–6, 2–6
Win 1954 Australian Championships Grass Beryl Penrose Hazel Redick-Smith
Julia Wipplinger 		6–3, 8–6
Win 1955 Australian Championships Grass Beryl Penrose Nell Hall Hopman
Gwen Thiele 		7–5, 6–1
Win 1956 Australian Championships Grass Thelma Coyne Long Mary Carter Reitano
Beryl Penrose		 6–2, 5–7, 9–7
Loss 1957 Australian Championships Grass Fay Muller Shirley Fry
Althea Gibson 		2–6, 1–6
Loss 1957 Wimbledon Grass Thelma Coyne Long Althea Gibson
Darlene Hard 		1–6, 2–6
Win 1958 Australian Championships Grass Thelma Coyne Long Lorraine Coghlan
Angela Mortimer 		7–5, 6–8, 6–2
Loss 1958 French Championships Clay Thelma Coyne Long Yola Ramírez
Rosie Reyes 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 1961 Australian Championships Grass Jan Lehane Mary Carter Reitano
Margaret Smith 		4–6, 6–3, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1956 Australian Championships Grass Roy Emerson Beryl Penrose
Neale Fraser 		2–6, 4–6
Win 1958 Australian Championships Grass Robert Howe Angela Mortimer
Peter Newman 		9–11, 6–1, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timelines

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.

Singles

Tournament 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australia 2R QF SF QF QF QF SF SF SF QF SF QF QF SF QF QF 3R 2R 2R 2R 38–20
France A A A A A A A A A A 1R 3R 3R A 4R A 4R A A A 7–5
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 4R A 2R A 2R A A A 4–4
United States A A A A A A A A A A A QF 3R A 2R A 1R A A A 6–3

Doubles

Tournament 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australia W F F SF SF F F F W W W F W SF SF F QF QF QF 2R 45–15
France A A A A A A A A A A 2R QF F A SF A 2R A A A 7–4
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A A A F SF A SF A 2R A A A 11–4
United States A A A A A A A A A A A SF SF A SF A A A A A 7–3