Julia Wipplinger

Julia Wipplinger

Full name	Julia Therese Tamsen Wipplinger
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	(1923-10-23)23 October 1923 Transvaal, South Africa
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	QF (1952)
Wimbledon	4R (1952)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1952)
French Open	F (1954)
Wimbledon	2R (1954)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1954)
Wimbledon	2R (1954)

Julia Wipplinger, née Tamsen, (born 23 October 1923) is a female former tennis player from South Africa who was active in the 1950s.

Career

Wipplinger teamed with fellow South African Hazel Redick-Smith to reach the doubles final at the French Championships. In the final they were defeated in straight sets by Doris Hart and Shirley Fry. They again reached the doubles final at a Grand Slam tournament two years later at the 1954 Australian Championships.^[1] This time the Australian team of Mary Bevis Hawton and Beryl Penrose proved too strong, winning in straight sets. Her best Grand Slam performance in the singles was reaching the quarterfinal at the 1952 French Championships and the fourth round at the 1954 Wimbledon Championships.^[2]

In April 1952 she was runner-up to Doris Hart in the singles event of the South African Championships. In July 1952 she reached the singles final at the Swedish Open in Båstad but was beaten by her doubles partner Hazel Redick-Smith in straight sets. Redick-Smith also proved too strong for her in the singles final of the 1953 South African Championships. She was part of a South African team, with Hazel Redick-Smith, Ian Vermaak, Owen Williams and Abe Segal who went on a Test tour in Australia in February and March 1954.^[3][4][5]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles

Runners-up (2)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
1952	French Championships	Hazel Redick-Smith	Doris Hart Shirley Fry	5–7, 1–6
1954	Australian Championships	Hazel Redick-Smith	Mary Bevis Hawton Beryl Penrose	3–6, 6–8

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