Joan Hartigan
Full name | Joan Marcia Bathurst Hartigan |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Born | (1912-06-06)6 June 1912 Sydney, Australia |
Died | 31 August 2000(2000-08-31) (aged 88) Sydney, New South Wales |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (1934, A. Wallis Myers)[1] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1933, 1934, 1936) |
French Open | 3R (1934) |
Wimbledon | SF (1934, 1935) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1940) |
French Open | 2R (1934) |
Wimbledon | QF (1935) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1937) |
Wimbledon | QF (1935) |
Joan Marcia Bathurst (née Hartigan; 6 June 1912 – 31 August 2000) was an Australian Champion tennis player.
Early life and education
Joan Marcia Hartigan was born in Sydney, the daughter of Thomas Joseph (Tom) Hartigan, a railways commissioner,[2] and Imelda Josephine, née Boylson, a schoolteacher; the couple wed on 26 March 1908 at St Thomas's Catholic Church, Lewisham, New South Wales.[3][4] Tom Hartigan was a clerk in the New South Wales Government Railways and eventually became Railways Commissioner.[3] Joan was educated at the all-girls' Loreto Kirribilli, in the lower north shore of Sydney.
Tennis career
Bathurst won the singles title at the Australian Championships three times and was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1934 (losing to Helen Jacobs) and 1935 (losing to Helen Wills Moody). Bathurst three times reached the women's doubles final at the Australian Championships, in 1933, 1934, and 1940. Bathurst teamed with Edgar Moon to win the mixed doubles title at the 1934 Australian Championships. According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bathurst was ranked in the world top 10 in 1934 and 1935, reaching a career high of world no. 8 in these rankings in 1934.[1]
Grand Slam finals
Singles (3 titles)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1933 | Australian Championships | Grass | Coral Buttsworth | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 1934 | Australian Championships | Grass | Margaret Molesworth | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 1936 | Australian Championships | Grass | Nancye Wynne | 6–4, 6–4 |
Personal and family life
In January, 1943 she enlisted in the Australian Army; she was discharged on 1 September 1943.[4] In 1946, she announced her engagement to Hugh Moxon Bathurst of Melbourne who was then private secretary to Senator James Fraser, Chifley's Health minister.[5] They married at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney on Saturday, 12 April 1947, before flying to Adelaide then Perth to board the Orion at Fremantle for England where they planned to live for a few years while she resumed her tennis career at Wimbledon.[6][7] In 1950, they returned on the Strathmore after living in Surrey for three years and settled in Sydney.[8] Joan Bathurst died on 31 August 2000,[9] and her husband died 16 April 2001.[10] Their son, Thomas Frederick Bathurst became Chief Justice of New South Wales.
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 – 1944 | 1945 | 19461 | 19471 | 1948 | 1949 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships | QF | A | W | W | A | W | QF | QF | SF | SF | NH | NH | QF | 2R | A | A | 3 / 10 |
French Championships | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | NH | R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | SF | SF | A | A | 2R | A | NH | NH | NH | A | 3R | A | 1R | 0 / 5 |
U.S. Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 16 |
1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.
See also
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References
- ^ a b Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.
- ^ "Hartigan, Thomas Joseph (Tom) (1877–1963)". adb.anu.edu.au. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- ^ a b R. M. Audley, Hartigan, Thomas Joseph (1877–1963) profile, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ a b Hartigan, Joan Marcia Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Commonwealth of Australia, WW2 Nominal Roll, 2002; Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ "Former Woman Tennis Champion Engaged". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 May 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 28 August 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TENNIS STAR". The West Australian. Perth. 17 April 1947. p. 14. Retrieved 28 August 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Joan Hartigan For Wimbledon". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 26 March 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 28 August 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Social News And Gossip". The Sunday Herald. Sydney. 30 April 1950. p. 13. Retrieved 28 August 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Death notices, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 September 2000,
- ^ Death notices, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 April 2001.
External links
- Joan Hartigan at The Australian Women's Register
- Joan Hartigan Bathurst at Mosman Hall of Sporting Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 October 2011)
- Joan Hartigan at Tennis Australia
- Joan Bathurst at Wimbledon
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- 1922: Margaret Molesworth
- 1923: Margaret Molesworth
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- 1928: Daphne Akhurst
- 1929: Daphne Akhurst
- 1930: Daphne Akhurst
- 1931: Coral McInnes Buttsworth
- 1932: Coral McInnes Buttsworth
- 1933: Joan Hartigan
- 1934: Joan Hartigan
- 1935: Dorothy Round
- 1936: Joan Hartigan
- 1937: Nancye Wynne
- 1938: Dorothy Bundy Cheney
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