Renee Schuurman

Renee Schuurman Haygarth (26 October 1939[1] – 2001[2]) was a female tennis player from South Africa who won five Grand Slam women's doubles titles and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

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Biography

Haygarth teamed with fellow South African Sandra Reynolds Price to win four Grand Slam women's doubles titles. They won the 1959 Australian Championships and the 1959, 1961, and 1962 French Championships. In addition, they were the runners-up at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1962. Haygarth won her other Grand Slam women's doubles title with Ann Haydon Jones at the 1963 French Championships. They defeated Margaret Court and Robyn Ebbern in the final.

Haygarth and Bob Howe teamed to win the mixed doubles title at the 1962 French Championships. She and Rod Laver were twice the runners-up in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments, at the 1959 Australian and French Championships. Her best Grand Slam singles result was when she reached the final at the 1959 Australian Championships, losing to Mary Carter Reitano 6–2, 6–3. Haygarth won the German Championships in 1963, defeating Lesley Turner Bowrey in the final.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Haygarth was ranked in the world top ten from 1960 through 1963, reaching a career high of World No. 8 in those rankings in 1963.[3]

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Career SR
Australian Championships A A A A F A A A A A 0 / 1
French Championships A A 1R 2R 3R QF 4R SF 3R A 0 / 7
Wimbledon 1R A 2R 2R 1R QF SF QF QF 2R 0 / 9
U.S. Championships A A A A 2R A A 3R A A 0 / 2
SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 19

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fed Cup - Player Profile - Renee SCHUURMAN" (in English). FedCup.com. pp. 1. http://www.fedcup.com/teams/player.asp?player=20003781. Retrieved 7 February 2009. 
  2. ^ Thorne, Maud (2 June 2001). "South African tennis twin Renee Schuurman dies" (in English). Daily Dispatch Online. pp. 1. http://www.dispatch.co.za/2001/06/02/sport/TENTWIN.HTM. Retrieved 7 February 2009. 
  3. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.