Mary Carter Reitano

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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.[1][2]

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.[3] 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.[4] She became a coaching professional in 1962.[5]

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles (2 titles)

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

Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

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

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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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

References

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