Heather Mary Hope Brewer-Segal (1931–2006), born Heather Nicholls, was a Bermudian

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player.

Career

Born in

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, Brewer-Segal grew up on the island of

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. She attended

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in Florida, where she played varsity tennis, before competing on the international circuit through the 1950s and 1960s. Brewer-Segal, a left-handed player, made the singles semi-finals at the

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in both 1955 and 1958, while her best

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performance was a doubles semi-final appearance in 1954. She twice won the singles title at the

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and was runner-up once. In 1957 she also won the

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. In 1958 she won the Italian Riviera Championships in

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on clay against Mexico's

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. In 1960 she won the Trofeo Conde de Godó (known today as the Barcelona Open) on clay against

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Personal life

Brewer-Segal had marriages to William Jefferson Brewer (1952) and South African tennis player

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(1957), which both ended in divorces. During her marriage to Segal she represented her husband's native country.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Segal, Heather 1931 births 2006 deaths Bermudian female tennis players South African female tennis players Tennis players from Merseyside Rollins Tars women's tennis players South African expatriate tennis players in the United States