Week ending January 17
January 15-17, Phoenix Thunderbird, Arizona, US
SF Helen Pastall Perez d. Nancy Dwyer 6-2 6-1
SF Beverley Baker Fleitz d. Anita Kanter 6-0 6-1
FI Fletiz d Perez, scores not known
Week of January 11, 1954
Thunderbird Invitational
Phoenix Country Club
2nd Annual Edition
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Hard
SINGLES
Draw = 12 women
1R Mary Ann Baehr d. Blanche Fedock 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
1R Patricia Palmer d. Katie Kraft 6-2, 6-2
1R Mary Morris d. Naomi Kleinert 6-4, 6-1
1R Mariane Hertel d. Linda Livingston 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
QF [1] Anita Kanter d. Baehr 6-3, 6-0
QF [3] Beverly Baker Fleitz d. Palmer 6-2, 6-0
QF [4] Nancy Dwyer d. Morris 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
QF [2] Helen Pastall Perez d. Hertel 6-1, 6-2
SF [3] Baker Fleitz d. [1] Kanter 6-0, 6-1
SF [2] Pastall Perez d. [4] Dwyer 6-2, 6-1
FN [3] Beverly Baker Fleitz d. [2] Helen Pastall Perez 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
Singles Notes:
.....(1) This tournament was the start of Beverly Baker Fleitz's 23-match singles winning streak. Doris Hart ended the streak in the semifinals of the Maidstone Club Invitational in August 6-4, 6-4. That was her only loss of 1954.
.....(2) The final was Baker Fleitz's 4th win out of 6 career singles matches with Helen Pastall Perez. But this was the first time they had played each other in almost 4.5 years. Baker Fleitz ended her career with a 5-2 advantage.
.....(3) Baker Fleitz won the first 11 games of her semifinal with top-seeded Anita Kanter. She won both of her career singles matches with Kanter.
.....(4) Patricia Palmer was only 12 years old.
MIXED DOUBLES
1R Judy Howe / Robert Goldfarb d. Linda Livingston / Buzz Woolley 6-4, 6-3
1R Mariane Hertel / Paul Butt d. Mary Ann Baehr / James Stillman 6-0, 6-3
1R Katy Kraft / William Shivar d. Patricia Palmer / Joe Ferguson 6-4, 6-4
1R Mary Morris / Robert Charles advanced by defeating or receiving a walkover from Audrey Barnard / Orme Parke.
QF Beverly Baker Fleitz / Robert Perez advanced by defeating or receiving a walkover from Howe / Goldfarb.
QF Helen Pastall Perez / Tom Brown advanced by defeating or receiving a walkover from Hertel / Butt.
QF Nancy Dwyer / Noel Brown d. Kraft / Shivar 6-2
QF Anita Kanter / Art Larsen d. Morris / Charles 6-1
SF Baker Fleitz / Perez d. Pastall Perez / T. Brown 7-5
SF Kanter / Larsen d. Dwyer / N. Brown 6-3
FN Beverly Baker Fleitz / Robert Perez d. Anita Kanter / Art Larsen 4-6, 7-5, 6-4