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Meryl Mark

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Meryl Mark
Full nameMeryl Laura Mark
Country (sports) South Africa
Born(1938-03-01)1 March 1938
Cape Town, South Africa
Died16 September 2006(2006-09-16) (aged 68)
Creighton, South Africa
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1961)
Wimbledon3R (1959)
US Open2R (1961)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1960, 1961)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (1961)
Wimbledon3R (1959)
US Open2R (1961)

Meryl Laura Mark (1 March 1938 — 16 September 2006) was a South African tennis player.

Mark grew up in Boksburg on the East Rand and is the elder sister of tennis player John Hammill.[1] She competed briefly on the international circuit, notably reaching the third round of the 1959 Wimbledon Championships.[2]

In 1961 she married Australian tennis player Bob Mark and couple settled in South Africa.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Hammill Nips Wright". The Knoxville Journal. 7 May 1959.
  2. ^ "Wimbledon Results". Daily Herald. 25 June 1959.
  3. ^ "One Passing Mark at Merion". Philadelphia Daily News. 26 July 1961.