Sheila Piercey Summers
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Full name | Sheila Piercey Summers |
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Country (sports) | South Africa |
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa |
18 March 1919
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Plays | Right–handed |
Singles | |
Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | SF (1949) |
Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
French Open | W (1947, 1949) |
Wimbledon | W (1949) |
Sheila Piercey (18 March 1919 – 14 August 2005) is a former South African tennis player. She is also known under her married name, Sheila Piercey-Summers.
Piercey was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Along with her compatriot Eric Sturgess, she won three mixed doubles titles, at the French Open in 1947 and 1949 and at Wimbledon in 1949.
Summers won the South African Championships singles title in 1948, 1949 and 1951 and was runner–up in 1939, 1940 and 1947. In August 1947 she won the singles title at the International Swiss Championships at Lausanne after defeating Doris Hart in the final in three sets.[1]
Grand Slam titles
Mixed doubles (3)
Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents | Score |
1947 | French Championships | Eric Sturgess | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Christian Caralulis |
6–0, 6–0 |
1949 | French Championships | Eric Sturgess | Jean Quertier Gerry Oakley |
6–1, 6–1 |
1949 | Wimbledon | Eric Sturgess | Louise Brough Clapp John Bromwich |
9–7, 9–11, 7–5 |
References
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- 1919 births
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- Wimbledon champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles