Week of April 11-17
April 6-18, South African Championships, Johannesburg, South Africa (Hard)
Venue: Ellis Park
Singles (Draw=27)
1R: Bernice Vukovich d. G. Wollstein 6-1 6-0
1R: Merrill Hammill d. Doreen van Tonder 6-2 6-4
1R: Heather Segal d. Beryl Murgatroyd 6-2 6-0
1R: Charleen Rigby-bye
1R: Joan Cross d. Pam Watermeyer 6-2 6-4
1R: Thea Hale d. Lynette Hutchings 6-4 1-6 6-4
1R: Marlene Gerson-bye
1R: Dottie Knode (US)-bye
1R: Renée Schuurman d. L. Weisbecker 6-2 6-3
1R: Estelle Dellar d. Susie Smit 6-1 6-3
1R: Mimi Arnold (US) d. Margaret Marais 6-4 6-0
1R: Valerie Forbes d. Yvonne Wilkinson 6-0 6-0
1R: Margaret Hunt d. Eunice Passmore 6-3 6-1
1R: Jean Forbes d. Heather Heckler 7-5 7-5
1R: Peggy van Heerden-bye
1R: Sandra Reynolds-bye
2R: Vukovich d. Hammill 6-1 6-2
2R: Segal d. Rigby 6-0 6-1
2R: Cross d. Hale 2-6 6-1 7-5
2R: Knode d. Gerson 6-4 5-7 6-0
2R: Schuurman d. Dellar 6-2 4-6 7-5
2R: V. Forbes d. Arnold 6-2 6-3
2R: Hunt d. J. Forbes default
2R: Reynolds d. van Heerden 6-4 6-3
QF: Vukovich d. Segal 6-4 6-2
QF: Knode d. Cross 6-1 6-1
QF: Schuurman d. V. Forbes 2-6 6-3 6-4
QF: Reynolds d. Hunt 6-0 6-2
SF: Vukovich d. Knode 6-1 6-4
SF: Reynolds d. Schuurman 8-6 1-6 6-3
FI: Bernice Vukovich d. Sandra Reynolds 6-1 2-6 12-10
Women’s Plate
FI: Lynette Hutchings d. Marlene Gerson 6-3 5-7 8-6
Doubles
1R: Marlene Gerson/Merrill Hammill d. Mrs M. Adendorff/Margaret Marais 6-1 6-1
1R: Jean Forbes/Valerie Forbes d. Miss Pickard/J. van der Merwe 6-1 6-4
1R: Heather Segal/Bernice Vukovich d. Coleen Callanan/Marie Fourie 7-5 6-4
2R: Sandra Reynolds/Renée Schuurman d. Charleen Rigby/[Yvonne Wilkinson] * 6-1 6-1
2R: Thea Hale/Margaret Hunt d. Peggy van Heerden/L. Weisbecker 6-0 6-0
2R: Estelle Dellar/Yvonne Wilkinson d. Heather Heckler/Eunice Passmore 4-6 7-5 6-2
2R: Gerson/Hammill d. Forbes/Forbes 6-3 6-1
2R: Joan Cross/Lynette Hutchings d. Lily Adair/A. Allister 6-3 6-4
2R: Mimi Arnold (US)/Dottie Knode (US) d. Beryl Murgatroyd/Pam Watermeyer 6-0 6-0
2R: Susie Smit/Doreen van Tonder d. Miss Stander/Susan Verster 6-2 6-3
2R: Segal/Vukovich d. Beryl Bartlett/Hazel Redick-Smith 6-3 7-5
QF: Reynolds/Schuurman d. Hale/Hunt 6-3 6-1
QF: Hammill/Gerson d. Dellar/Wilkinson 4-6 6-2 6-3
QF: Cross/Hutchings d. Arnold/Knode 7-5 6-0
QF: Vukovich/Segal d. Smit/Van Tonder 6-4 6-1
SF: Reynolds/Schuurman d. Hammill/Gerson 6-4 4-6 6-3
SF: Segal/Vukovich d. Cross/Hutchings 8-6 6-2
FI: Sandra Reynolds/Renee Schuurman d. Heather Segal/Bernice Vukovich 13-11 7-9 6-1
Mixed Doubles (Draw=at least 35)
1R: Mimi Arnold (US)/Jack Frost (US) d. Mrs M. Adendorff/P. Uys 6-3 6-2
1R: Eunice Passmore/Lex Wood d. Doreen van Tonder/Cliff Drysdale 6-2 6-1
1R: Sandra Reynolds/Bertie Gaertner d. Lily Adair/Les Bowring 6-3 6-4
2R: Bernice Vukovich/Bob Howe (Aus) d. Margaret Nielson/John de Saint-Croix 7-5 6-3
2R: Meryl Hammill/Ray Weedon d. Heather Heckler/T. Snyman 6-1 8-6
2R: Heather Segal/Rod Mandelstam d. Margaret Marais/Peter Gray 6-1 10-8
2R: Charleen Rigby/Dicken Rigby d. Arnold/Frost 6-3 2-6 6-3
2R: Jean Forbes/Gordon Forbes d. Miss Stander/Keith Diepraam 6-4 7-5
2R: Margaret Hunt/Gordon Talbot d. Estelle Dellar/Ian Campbell 2-6 6-3 6-2
2R: Joan Cross/Buster Farrer d. Beryl Murgatroyd/Pierre Vercueil 6-3 3-6 6-3
2R: Renée Schuurman/Abe Segal d. L. Weisbecker/Martin 6-1 6-1
2R: Dottie Knode (US)/Butch Buchholz (US) d. Susan Verster/Nel 6-4 6-3
2R: Peggy van Heerden/Tony Hagan d. Coleen Callanan/Gustav Reinach 6-2 6-2
2R: Pam Watermeyer/John Hammill d. Val Forbes/Gaetan Koenig 15-13 3-6 11-9
2R: Beryl Bartlett/Owen Williams d. Yvonne Wilkinson/David Phillips 6-2 3-6 6-1
2R: Lynette Hutchings/Cookie Hammill d. Marlene Gerson/Eric Sturgess 10-8 12-10
2R: Thea Hale/Brian Woodroffe d. Marie Fourie/Peter Mors 6-4 4-6 7-5
2R: Susie Smit/R. Gandy d. Miss Willstein/Francis Rawstorne 8-6 6-4
2R: Reynolds/Gaertner d. Passmore/Wood 6-3 6-4
3R: Vukovich/Howe d. Hammill/Weedon 6-3 6-8 6-1
3R: Rigby/Rigby d. H. Segal/Mandelstam 4-6 9-7 6-3
3R: Forbes/Forbes d. Hunt/Talbot 3-6 6-2 6-3
3R: Schuurman/Segal d. Cross/Farrer 6-3 6-2
3R: Knode/Buchholz d. van Heerden/Hagan 6-4 -64
3R: Bartlett/Williams d. Watermeyer/J. Hammill 6-4 6-3
3R: Hutchings/C. Hammill d. Hale/Woodroffe 6-2 6-8 6-4
3R: Reynolds/Gaertner d. Smit/Gandy 7-5 7-5
QF: Vukovich/Howe d. Rigby/Rigby 7-9 7-5 6-3
QF: Schuurman/Segal d. Forbes/Forbes 2-6 6-3 6-2
QF: Knode/Buchholz d. Bartlett/Williams 6-2 8-6
QF: Reynolds/Gaertner d. Hutchings/C. Hammill 4-6 6-2 6-4
SF: Vukovich/Howe d. Schuurman/Segal 5-7 6-2 6-2
SF: Reynolds/Gaertner d. Knode/Buchholz 0-6 6-2 6-2
FI: Bernice Vukovich/Bob Howe (Aus) d. Sandra Reynolds/Bertie Gaertner 6-3 6-1
From the ‘Rand Daily Mail’, April 19, 1960:
By Norman Canale
Mrs Bernice Vukovich (Carr), the Svengali of Ellis Park, mesmerized Miss Sandra Reynolds in the women’s singles final of the South African Championships yesterday to regain the crown she last wore in 1958, with a well-merited 6-1 2-6 12-10 victory earned in 2 hours and 16 minutes of fluctuating play.
In one of the most dramatic final sets ever contested in these championships the players had the 4,000 crowd biting their nails with excitement. And towards the end of the match both girls suffered from cramp and at times looked as though they would collapse from exhaustion. In the fifteenth game of that final exciting set Sandra started limping about the court as cramp started binding the calf muscle in her right leg.
In the nineteenth game Bernice found herself anchored to the baseline after a hectic rally, with cramp in both thighs. Both girls took salt pills to counteract the cramp between games over the tail-end of the one-and-a-half hour set. The lengthy rallies – I counted as many as forty, yes, forty strokes played for a single point in the final set and an average of sixteen strokes per point would be a pretty good average over those final twenty-two games – was more nerve-wracking than watching the most horrific horror film.
I said earlier that Bernice mesmerised Sandra to win this match. How else can one describe it, as Sandra, normally a hard-hitting player, slowed down her shots for most of the final set and tried to outstay a master of that type of game. She played into Mrs Vukovich’s hands and thus lost the tactical battle. But even then it was desperately close for Bernice.
Both players’ arms must have felt like lead piping and their lungs like red hot bellows as they forced their protesting sinews and muscles on to even greater efforts in a supreme bid to gain the upper hand. I must doff my hat to Bernice. Sandra is acknowledged to have the stronger game – but it was Mrs Vukovich who did whatever forcing there was to do. She attacked the net quite often and smashed and volleyed as though she had been doing it right through her career. Bernice told me afterwards that she owed a vote of thanks to her coach, Russell Seymour, who helped improve her smashing and volleying.
If Seymour could bring about such a change in Mrs Vukovich’s game in such a short time, the South African Lawn Tennis Association should think seriously about sending Seymour to Europe with our women players – Bernice and Renée Schuurman – as official coach.
Mrs Vukovich took the first set 6-1 in thirteen minutes flat. Bernice played well, but Sandra made far too many mistakes. The second set was a repetition of the first, but this time it was Mrs Vukovich who made the errors, and it was Sandra who played the most winning shots. Then the stage was set for that final seesawing set. Sandra started off as though she wanted to get an early train back to Bloemfontein. She went into a 2-0 lead via some serving and fine volleying. But back came Bernice to level at 2-all – and then games fluctuated until Mrs Vukovich finally broke Sandra’s service once and for all in the twenty-first game and held her own to win.
Draw notes:
Estelle Dellar=nee van Tonder.
*It is impossible for Yvonne Wilkerson to be on two doubles teams in the same event. As World Tenis confirms her partnership with Dellar, Mark's suggestion she was the partner of Charleen Rigby is almost certainly incorrect. Could there be a 2nd Wilkerson?
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ends April 16 Dudley Cup, Santa Monica, California, US (Hard)
QF: Karen Hantze d Carole Caldwell 6-3 6-3
QF: Barbara Browning d Linda Lou Crosby 6-3 6-3
QF: Kathy Chabot d Linda George 6-1 6-3
QF: Billie Jean Moffitt d Mary Jo Conger 6-0 6-0
SF: Hantze d Browning 6-2 6-2
SF: Moffitt d Chabot 6-2 4-6 6-2
FI: Karen Hantze d Billie Jean Moffitt 6-2 6-0
DF: Cathy Crosby/Linda Lou Crosby d Mary Jo Conger/Wilson 6-2 6-1
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April 17, Terrace Swim and Tennis Club Invitation, Redwood City, California, US
QF: Farel Footman d. Marge Stevens 6-1 6-0
QF: Pat Naud d. Andria Miller 4-6 6-4 6-4
QF: Sue Hodgman d. Martha Gilmore 6-4 6-2
QF: June Hurtt d. Rhoda Herron 6-0 6-2
SF: Naud d. Footman 6-3 8-6
SF: Hodgman d. Hurtt 6-1 3-6 6-3
FI: Sue Hodgman d. Pat Naud 6-3 11-9
Mixed Doubles
QF: Herron/Cliff Mayne d. Stevens/Bill Crosby 2-6 6-4 6-3
QF: Hurtt/Conway Catton d. Naud/Norman Brooks 6-1 5-7 6-4
QF: Miller/Whitney Reed d. Roberta Alpers/Bill Demas 6-4 6-2
QF: Gilmore/Chris Crawford d. Footman/Jim McManus 6-2 6-4
SF: Hurtt/Catton d. Herron/Mayne 2-6 6-1 6-0
SF: Miller/Reed d. Gilmore/Crawford 2-6 6-4 6-1
FI: Miller/Reed d. Hurtt/Catton 6-4 8-6
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April 14-19 North Of England Hard Court Tournament Southport, England, UK (Clay)
Singles (Draw=25)
1R: Shirley Bloomer Brasher-bye
1R: P A Schofield-bye
1R: Mrs E Graham-bye
1R: R Bates d. C N Peters 6-1 6-0
1R: Elizabeth Starkie d. S M Worthington 6-0 6-2
1R: Mrs D Balshaw d. B Fish 6-3 6-2
1R: Kathleen Holt d. J A Thomson 6-1 6-0
1R: S Reid d. V J Strange 6-1 6-4
1R: Rita Bentley-bye
1R: Mrs G Woodfine-bye
1R: ????-bye
1R: Jill Rook Mills d. Louise Grundy 6-0 6-2
1R: Jean Wilson d. Mrs C D Hudson 6-1 6-3
1R: C Lyon d. J Matthews 3-6 6-1 6-0
1R: Elaine Shenton d. I Taylor 6-0 6-2
2R: Brasher d. Schofield 6-1 6-0
2R: Graham d. Bates 6-3 8-6
2R: Starkie d. Balshaw 6-1 6-0
2R: Holt d. Reid 6-4 6-2
2R: Bentley d. Woodfine 6-2 6-0
2R: Mills d. ????
2R: Wilson d. Lyon 6-4 6-2
2R: Shenton d. C C Chambers 6-1 6-1
QF: Brasher d Graham 6-1 6-1
QF: Starkie d Holt 6-4 6-4
QF: Bentley d Mills 6-4 6-2
QF: Shenton d Wilson 7-5 6-3
SF: Brasher d Starkie 6-4 6-0
SF: Shenton d Bentley 6-4 6-1
FI: Shirley Brasher d Elaine Shenton 6-3 6-1
DF: Elaine Shenton/Elizabeth Starkie d Rita Bentley/Shirley Brasher 6-3 6-0
MX: Shirley Brasher/Mark Otway (NZ) d. Elaine Shenton/Charlie Applewhaite 3-6 6-3 6-0
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April 15-20 Tally Ho! Hard Tournament ,Birmingham, England, UK (Clay)
SF: Ann Haydon d J Hall 6-0 6-0
SF: Heather Cheadle d Mrs Brewer 6-1 6-1
FI: Ann Haydon D Heather Cheadle 6-0 6-0
DF: Mrs Brewer/Heather Cheadle d Mrs Bean/M. Dickerson 5-7 6-3 6-2
MX: Heather Cheadle/David Samaai (SA) d. Mrs. Brewer/R.E. Griffin 6-4 6-1
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April 11-18 Monte Carlo Championships ,Monte Carlo, Monaco (Clay)
Draw=38 (Singles prize is the Faucigny Lucinge Cup)
1R: Marie-Odile Bouchet d Jenny Seven (Neth) 6-1 6-0
1R: Paule Courteix d Ulla Hultkrantz (Swd) default
1R: Anne-Marie Seghers d Caroline Leather (GB) 6-2 6-1
1R: Francesca Gordigiani (It) d Maja Djukic (Yug) 6-2 6-2
1R: Monique Coste d Brigitte Foerstendorf (Ger) 6-1 5-7 6-4
1R: Laura Lou Kunnen Bryan (US) d Madeline Weurmann (Neth) 6-2 6-2
2R: Yola Ramirez (Mex) d Jenny Trewby (GB) 6-1 6-3
2R: Renate Ostermann (Ger) d Pat Hird (GB) 6-4 5-7 6-3
2R: Josette Billaz d Ruia Morrison (NZ) 6-0 6-3
2R: Lucia Bassi (It) d Dawn Thomas (Aus) 1-6 6-4 6-0
2R: Flo De La Courtie d Hanna Sladek (Can) 7-5 6-2
2R: Annalissa Bellani (It) d Michele Bourbonnais 6-2 6-0
2R: Marta Peterdy (Hun) d Bouchet 7-5 6-1
2R: Courteix d Seghers 6-2 6-4
2R: Gordigiani d Coste 7-5 6-3
2R: Rosie Darmon (Mex) d Bryan 6-4 9-7
2R: Roberta Beltrame (It) d Maud Galtier 6-0 6-2
2R: Carmen Coronado (Sp) d Christiane Mercelis (Bel) 7-5 6-2
2R: Maria Tort Ayala (Chi) d Maria Teresa Riedl (It) default
2R: Jacqueline Rees Lewis d Caroline Yates Bell (GB) 6-3 3-6 6-1
2R: Norma Marsh (Aus) d Jacqueline Morales 6-4 6-3
2R: Suzy Kormoczy (Hun) d Jill Langley (Aus) 6-2 6-4
3R: Ramirez d Ostermann 6-1 6-3
3R: Bassi d Billaz 6-0 2-6 6-2
3R: Courtie d Bellani 2-6 10-8 6-0
3R: Courteix d Peterdy 7-5 6-3
3R: Gordigiani d Darmon 6-2 9-7
3R: Beltrame d Coronado 8-6 6-2
3R: Rees Lewis d Ayala 6-0 6-0
3R: Kormoczy d Marsh 6-3 6-0
QF: Ramirez d Bassi 6-3 6-3
QF: Courtie d Courteix 6-4 6-0
QF: Gordigiani d Beltrame 6-2 8-6
QF: Kormoczi d Rees-Lewis 6-3 10-8
SF: Ramirez d Courtie 6-1 6-4
SF: Kormoczy d Gordigiani 7-5 6-0
FI: Suzy Kormoczy (Hun) d Yola Ramirez (Mex) 6-3 6-2
Ilife Cup Doubles (pairs must be from same nation)
1R: Billaz/de la Courtie d. Seven/Weurmann 5-7 6-2 8-6
1R: Marsh/Thomas d. Forstendorf/Ostermann 6-2 2-6 6-1
1R: Beltrame/Gordigiani d. Bryan/Gloria Butler (US) 4-6 6-2 6-2
1R: Yates-Bell/Hird d. J. Borghini (Mon)/Andree Plumenail (Mon) 6-1 6-3
QF: Darmon/Ramirez d Djukic/Maja Matejic (Yug) 6-0 6-1
QF: Marsh/Thomas d Billaz/Courtie 4-6 6-1 6-4
QF: Beltrame/Gordigiani d Hird/Yates-Bell 6-4 4-6 7-5
QF: Coste/Galtier d Leather/Trewby 6-3 6-4
SF: Darmon/Ramirez d Marsh/Thomas 3-6 6-2 6-2
SF: Beltrame/Gordigiani d Coste/Galtier 6-4 3-6 6-4
FI: Rosie Darmon/Yola Ramirez (Mex) d Roberta Beltrame/Francesca Gordigiani (It) 6-1 6-0
Open Women's Doubles
FI: Morales/Rees-Lewis led Abbas/Janine Lieffrig 4-1, stopped by rain
Coupe Oliver Duncan (women 22 and under)
QF: Trewby d. Bonniard 6-3 6-3
QF: Monique Salfati d. Dusapt 10-8 4-6 3-1 ret.
QF: Gordigiani d. Wild 6-2 6-2
QF: Ostermann d. Pierette Seghers 6-3 6-1
SF: Salfati d. Trewby 7-5 4-6 7-5
SF: Ostermann d. Gordigiani 0-6 6-3 6-0
FI: Renate Ostermann (Ger) d. Monique Salfati 6-4 6-2
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ends April 19 Auckland Easter Hard Court Tournament Auckland, New Zealand (Clay)
FI: Sue Clements d Alison Glenie 2-6 6-2 7-5
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April 20, Waikato Hard Courts, Cambridge, New Zealand
FI: E. Terry d. B. Paterson 6-4 4-6 6-1
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April, New Zealand University, Wellington, New Zealand
FI: S. Melrose d. H.Lockington 6-4 6-4
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April 16-18 Central Queensland Championships Rockhampton, Australia
FI: Robyn Ebbern d Madonna Schacht 6-3 2-6 9-7
DF: Robyn Ebbern/Madonna Schacht d Maureen Pratt/ M Rodgers 6-2 6-1
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April 18, Bandung Open, Bandung, Indonesia
SF: Mrs. Tan Liep Tjiauw d. Mely Kho 1-6 6-3 2-2 ret.
SF: Mien Suhadi d. Rotinsulu 6-1 6-4
FI: Mien Suhadi d. Mrs. Tan Liep Tjiauw 0-6 6-0 6-4
DF: Ahim/Rampen d. Sudiono/Rotinsulu 4-6 6-3 6-2
MX: Mrs. Tinangon/Firman Harahap d. Mrs. Ahim/Ahim 6-3 7-5
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