Mary Hawton

Mary Renetta Hawton (née Bevis; 4 September 1924 – 18 January 1981) was a tennis player from Australia. Her career spanned the end of the 1940s and the 1950s.

Mary Hawton
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1924-09-04)4 September 1924
Sydney, Australia
Died18 January 1981(1981-01-18) (aged 56)
Sydney, Australia
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenSF (1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959)
French Open4R (1960, 1962)
Wimbledon4R (1958)
US OpenQF (1957)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958)
French OpenF (1958)
WimbledonF (1957)
US OpenSF (1957, 1958, 1960)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1958)
French OpenQF (1960, 1962)
Wimbledon3R (1957, 1960)
US Open2R (1957)

Hawton won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships five times.[1][2] In 1958 she also won the mixed doubles title together with compatriot Robert Howe.[3]

In 1948, she married Keith Ernest Hawton.[4][5]

She was captain of the Australian Fed Cup team in 1979 and 1980 and director of the NSW Tennis Association.

In 1979 Hawton published a book titles How to Play Winning Tennis.[6] She died on 18 January 1981 in Sydney, Australia.[7]

The Mary Hawton Trophy, the prize for the winner of the Australian teams championships for girls, was named after her,[8] as is Hawton Place, in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm.[9]

Career

Mary Hawton found much success in Australia at the Australian Championships. She made it to the semifinals in singles six times in 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 and 1959. Hawton reached 12 finals in Australia, eight of these being consecutive. She also reached the doubles finals at the Wimbledon and French Championships in 1957 and 1958 with Australian Thelma Coyne Long. Mary Bevis Hawton ended her career with six Grand Slam titles: five in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 14 (5–9)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1946Australian ChampionshipsGrass Joyce Fitch Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long		9–7, 6–4
Loss1947Australian ChampionshipsGrass Joyce Fitch Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long		3–6, 3–6
Loss1948Australian ChampionshipsGrass Pat Jones Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long		3–6, 3–6
Loss1951Australian ChampionshipsGrass Joyce Fitch Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long		2–6, 1–6
Loss1952Australian ChampionshipsGrass Allison Burton Nancye Wynne Bolton
Thelma Coyne Long		1–6, 1–6
Loss1953Australian ChampionshipsGrass Beryl Penrose Maureen Connolly
Julia Sampson		4–6, 2–6
Win1954Australian ChampionshipsGrass Beryl Penrose Hazel Redick-Smith
Julia Wipplinger		6–3, 8–6
Win1955Australian ChampionshipsGrass Beryl Penrose Nell Hall Hopman
Gwen Thiele		7–5, 6–1
Win1956Australian ChampionshipsGrass Thelma Coyne Long Mary Carter Reitano
Beryl Penrose		6–2, 5–7, 9–7
Loss1957Australian ChampionshipsGrass Fay Muller Shirley Fry
Althea Gibson		2–6, 1–6
Loss1957WimbledonGrass Thelma Coyne Long Althea Gibson
Darlene Hard		1–6, 2–6
Win1958Australian ChampionshipsGrass Thelma Coyne Long Lorraine Coghlan
Angela Mortimer		7–5, 6–8, 6–2
Loss1958French ChampionshipsClay Thelma Coyne Long Yola Ramírez
Rosie Reyes		4–6, 5–7
Loss1961Australian ChampionshipsGrass Jan Lehane Mary Carter Reitano
Margaret Smith		4–6, 6–3, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1956Australian ChampionshipsGrass Roy Emerson Beryl Penrose
Neale Fraser		2–6, 4–6
Win1958Australian ChampionshipsGrass Robert Howe Angela Mortimer
Peter Newman		9–11, 6–1, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles
Tournament19461947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australia 2R QF SF QF QF QF SF SF SF QF SF QF QF SF QF QF 3R 2R 2R 2R 38–20
France A A A A A A A A A A 1R 3R 3R A 4R A 4R A A A 7–5
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 4R A 2R A 2R A A A 4–4
United States A A A A A A A A A A A QF 3R A 2R A 1R A A A 6–3

Doubles
Tournament19461947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australia W F F SF SF F F F W W W F W SF SF F QF QF QF 2R 45–15
France A A A A A A A A A A 2R QF F A SF A 2R A A A 7–4
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A A A F SF A SF A 2R A A A 11–4
United States A A A A A A A A A A A SF SF A SF A A A A A 7–3

References
  1. "Australian Open players archive – Mary Beavis". Tennis Australia.
  2. "Australian Open players archive – Mary Hawton". Tennis Australia.
  3. "Australian Open Winners". TennisNow.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  4. "Tennis Champions Engaged". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1946. p. 7.
  5. "Gossip From Joan". Wellington Times. NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 October 1948. p. 5.
  6. How to play winning tennis. Worldcat. 1979. OCLC 630558374.
  7. "In Brief Death of Tennis Pioneer". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 20 January 1981. p. 18.
  8. "December Showdown" (PDF). Tennis Australia.
  9. "Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977 - 2011) - 15 May 1987 - p3". Trove. Retrieved 2 February 2020.


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