Pat Hird

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Patricia Ann Hird (born 11 November 1934) is a British former tennis player.[1]

FullnamePatricia Ann Hird
Country(sports) United Kingdom
Born (1934-11-11) 11 November 1934 (age 91)
PlaysRight-handed
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Pat Hird
Full namePatricia Ann Hird
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1934-11-11) 11 November 1934 (age 91)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon4R (1956, 1959)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenQF (1959)
WimbledonQF (1957, 1958)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon4R (1956, 1957)
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Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Hird twice reached the singles fourth round at Wimbledon and was a two-time women's doubles quarter-finalist. In 1954 she was a member of Great Britain's Wightman Cup team, featuring in a doubles rubber with Angela Buxton.[2] She left tennis in the mid-1960s to become a hostess on an ocean liner.[3]

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