Betsy Abbas

Beatrice "Betsy" Abbas (née Venter born 1930s) is an South African-born Egyptian former tennis player.

Betsy Abbas
Country (sports) South Africa
Egypt
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF (1960)
Wimbledon3R (1954)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1954, 1959, 1961)
Wimbledon3R (1952)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open3R (1954)
Wimbledon4R (1952)

She played in singles in the 1960 French Championships. She lost to Mexican player Yola Ramírez in the quarterfinals.[1]

She played in singles at the Wimbledon in 1952. She lost to the British Pat Harrison in the second round.[2] Her partner in women's doubles, British Doreen Spiers, lost in the third round to British players Molly Blair and Mary Halford.[3] Her partner in mixed doubles, Władysław Skonecki, lost in the fourth round to Australian player Lew Hoad and American Dorothy Head Knode.[4]

In 1954 Wimbledon she lost to American Margaret Osborne duPont in the third round.[5]

Career finals

Singles (7–3)
Result No. Year Location Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1 March 1947 Cairo, Egypt Clay Billie Yorke 6–1, 2–6, 3–6
Win 1. March 1952 Cairo, Egypt Clay Simonne Mathieu 6–1, 6–4
Win 2. November 1953 Maadi, Egypt Clay Esther Saul 6–1, 6–1
Win 3. December 1953 Heliopolis, Egypt Clay Esther Saul 6–2, 6–2
Win 4. February 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay Esther Saul 6–0, 6–2
Loss 2 March 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay Totte Zehden 3–6, 3–6
Win 5. March 1954 Alexandria, Egypt Clay Totte Zehden 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 3. June 1954 Torquay, United Kingdom Hard Patricia Ward Hales 0–6, 3–6
Win 6. November 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay Xantippe Vassiliadou 6–2, 6–1
Win 7. March 1956 Heliopolis, Egypt Clay Esther Saul 2–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles (11–7)
Result No. Year location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. March 1947 Alexandria, Egypt Clay Annalisa Bossi Suzanne Pannetier
Billie Yorke		 1–6, 4–6
Loss 2. September 1949 Athens, Greece Clay Georgina Greiss John Curry
Peggy Dawson-Scott		 0–6, 3–6
Loss 3. March 1952 Cairo, Egypt Clay Georgina Greiss Shirley Fry
Doris Hart		 6–8, 4–6
Loss 4. February 1953 Cairo, Egypt Clay Georgina Greiss Dorothy Head Knode
Maud Galtier		 4–6, 7–9
Loss 5. March 1953 Alexandria, Egypt Clay Patricia Ward Hales Dorothy Head Knode
Maud Galtier		 7–9, 3–6
Win 1. November 1953 Maadi, Egypt Clay Georgina Greiss Esther Saul
Ingrid Smith		 6–0, 2–6, 6–2
Win 2. December 1953 Heliopolis, Egypt Clay Georgina Greiss Esther Saul
Ingrid Smith		 6–4, 6–2
Win 3. February 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay Andree Eid Esther Saul
Xenia Vassiliadis		 6–4, 6–3
Win 4. March 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay Patricia Ward Hales Totte Zehden
Mary Kay Morris		 6–0, 6–3
Win 5. March 1954 Alexandria, Egypt Clay Patricia Ward Hales Totte Zehden
Mary Kay Morris		 6–2, 6–2
Win 6. June 1954 Torquay, United Kingdom Hard Patricia Ward Hales Barbara Bradley
Barbara Kimbrell		 2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 7. November 1954 Cairo, Egypt Clay Andree Eid Rona Hamdy
Evelyn Houseman		 6–3, 6–2
Win 8. March 1956 Cairo, Egypt Clay Althea Gibson Angela Mortimer
Jenny Staley Hoad		 6–3, 7–5
Win 9. March 1956 Alexandria, Egypt Clay Althea Gibson Angela Mortimer
Jenny Staley Hoad		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 6. September 1959 Paris, France Clay Ginette Bucaille Monique Coste
Maud Galtier		 1–6, 2–6
Win 10. September 1961 Paris, France Clay Maud Galtier Florence de la Courtie-Billat
Anne-Marie Seghers		 5–7, 6–3, 0–6
Loss 7. October 1961 Cannes, France Clay Maud Galtier Florence de la Courtie-Billat
Françoise Dürr		 2–6, 1–6
Win 11. July 1962 Paris, France Clay Irene de Lanslut Henriette Siarry
Claudine Pierval		 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

References
  1. "Official 1960 Women's Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007. (69.6 KiB) on the French Open website.
  2. "1952 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
  3. "1952 Wimbledon Ladies Doubles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
  4. "1952 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
  5. "1954 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Draws" (PDF). wtafiles.
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