Dorothy 'Dot' Stevenson (born c.1916) was an Australian

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player who was active in the 1930s.

Career

Partnering compatriot Don Turnbull she reached the final of the mixed event at the 1937 Australian Championships which they lost in three sets to the husband and wife team of

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and

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. In 1938 she was runner-up in the singles event of the Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to

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. In the semifinal she had defeated second-seeded and reigning champion Nancye Wynne. Owing to this result she was selected as a member of the Australian women's team that toured overseas in 1938. During the tour she competed in the

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where she reached the quarterfinal of the singles event where first-seed and eventual champions

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proved too strong. At the

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she lost in the first round of the singles event in three sets to third-seeded

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. Partnering Nell Hopman she lost in the third round of the doubles competition against the first seeded team of

and

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Personal life

Dorothy was the younger daughter of Ruth and Ernest A. Stevenson (died 9 April 1942) of "Mayfield", Langham Place, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria She married John Victor Waddell in Melbourne on 1 February 1940. Her sister Gwyndoline "Gwen" (1908–1950) was also a tennis player. While she was in England on her 1938 overseas tour her brother Ernest died in Melbourne of pneumonia.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

References

Year of birth uncertain Australian female tennis players Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Tennis players from Melbourne Possibly living people 20th-century Australian women {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub