Full name | Patricia Ann Hird |
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
Born | 11 November 1934 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 4R (1956, 1959) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | QF (1959) |
Wimbledon | QF (1957, 1958) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 4R (1956, 1957) |
Patricia Ann Hird (born 11 November 1934) is a British former tennis player.[1]
Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Hird twice reached the singles fourth round at Wimbledon and was a two-time women's doubles quarter-finalist. In 1954 she was a member of Great Britain's Wightman Cup team, featuring in a doubles rubber with Angela Buxton.[2] She left tennis in the mid-1960s to become a hostess on an ocean liner.[3]
References
- ↑ "Pat Hird fights her way to semi-final". The Guardian Journal. 13 April 1956.
- ↑ "U.S. Lassies Clinch Wightman Cup Title". The Eugene Guard. 12 June 1954.
- ↑ "Tennis Player Now Sea-Going Hostess". The Vancouver Sun. 25 June 1966.
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