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Margaret Hunt (tennis)

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Margaret Hunt
Full nameMargaret Lilian Hunt
Country (sports) South Africa
Born (1942-04-25) 25 April 1942 (age 82)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1963)
Wimbledon4R (1961, 1963)
US Open4R (1963)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenSF (1963)
WimbledonSF (1961)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenQF (1963)
WimbledonQF (1963)

Margaret Lilian Hunt (born 25 April 1942) is a South African former professional tennis player

Active in the 1960s, Hunt reached women's doubles semi-finals at both the French Championships and Wimbledon.[1] In the 1963 Federation Cup, the tournament's inaugural edition, Hunt was a member of the South African team with Renée Schuurman. She won each of her singles and doubles rubbers in the first two ties, against Czechoslovakia and France, to set up a semi-final versus Australia. Schuurman lost the opening rubber, but Hunt looked like levelling the tie when she led Jan Lehane by a set and 5–0, before the Australian came back to won, eliminating the South Africans.[2]

Hunt, who comes from Pretoria, was married to the late Johann Barnard, who headed the SA Tennis Union.[3]

She was the daughter of Eric Pfeilitzer Hunt (1911-2007) and Margaret Evelyn Colenbrander (1916-1999).

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References

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  1. ^ Lovesey, John (17 June 1963). "Women of the world, rejoice!". Sports Illustrated.
  2. ^ "Australia and U.S. to Clash in Tennis Final". The Canberra Times. 21 June 1963. p. 40.
  3. ^ "Johann Barnard: Tennis chief who put SA centre court". Sunday Times. 18 May 2014.
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