Mary Carter Reitano (''née'' Carter; born 29 November 1934) is a former

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player from Australia. As a junior player she won the girls' singles title at the Australian Championships in 1951 and 1952. Reitano won the singles title at the 1956 Australian Championships, defeating

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in the final in three sets after surviving a match point in the third set. At the 1959 Australian Championships Reitano won her second singles title after a straight-sets victory in the final against Renée Schuurman. Additionally she reached the Australian semifinals in six other occasions. She teamed with

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to win the women's doubles title there in 1961. Reitano teamed with three different partners to be the runner-up in women's doubles at the 1956, 1959, and 1962 Australian Championships. Reitano also was the runner-up in mixed doubles at the 1961 Australian Championships. In February 1958 she married Sydney Reitano. She became a coaching professional in 1962.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles (2 titles)

Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter Reitano, Mary 1934 births Living people Australian Championships (tennis) champions Australian female tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions