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Billie Woodgate

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Billie Woodgate
Full nameRuby Francis Woodgate
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1925-04-28)28 April 1925
Died5 November 2004(2004-11-05) (aged 79)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1955)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1960, 1961)

Ruby Francis "Billie" Woodgate (28 April 1925 — 5 November 2004) was a British tennis player.[1]

Woodgate, sister of Georgie, was the youngest of a pair of Middlesex sisters who were active on tour from the 1940s through to the 1960s.[2] She never made it past the singles second round at the Wimbledon Championships, but had better results in doubles. In 1955 she reached the women's doubles quarter-finals with Rosemary Walsh. She was also twice a Wimbledon mixed doubles quarter-finalist, both times partnering John Barrett (1960 and 1961).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Surprise win for Billie Woodgate at Queen's Club". Evening Despatch. 8 October 1951.
  2. ^ "Tennis Sisters In Last Eight". The Birmingham Mail. 4 October 1955.
  3. ^ "McKinley Is Favoured In Wimbledon Finals". Clarion-Ledger. 7 July 1961.