Julia Wipplinger ( Tamsen; born 23 October 1923) is a former tennis player from South Africa who was active in the 1950s.
Career
Wipplinger teamed with fellow South African
Hazel Redick-Smith to reach the doubles final at the
French Championships
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. In the final they were defeated in straight sets by
Doris Hart and
Shirley Fry
Shirley June Fry Irvin (née Fry; June 30, 1927 – July 13, 2021) was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 dou ...
. They again reached the doubles final at a
Grand Slam tournament two years later at the 1954
Australian Championships
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. This time the Australian team of
Mary Bevis Hawton and
Beryl Penrose won in straight sets. Her best Grand Slam performance in the singles was reaching the quarterfinals at the
1952 French Championships and the fourth round at the
1954 Wimbledon Championships.
In April 1952 she was runner-up to
Doris Hart in the singles event of the
South African Championships. In July 1952 she reached the singles final at the
Swedish Open
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on outdoor clay courts in July.
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The women's event (sponsored by ...
in Båstad but was beaten by her doubles partner Hazel Redick-Smith in straight sets. Redick-Smith also defeated her in the singles final of the 1953 South African Championships. She was part of a South African team, with Hazel Redick-Smith,
Ian Vermaak, Owen Williams and
Abe Segal who went on a tour in Australia in February and March 1954.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (2 losses)
References
External links
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1923 births
Possibly living people
Place of birth missing
South African female tennis players