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Pat Hird

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Pat Hird
Full namePatricia Ann Hird
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1934-11-11) 11 November 1934 (age 89)
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)

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

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Pat Hird fights her way to semi-final". The Guardian Journal. 13 April 1956.
  2. ^ "U.S. Lassies Clinch Wightman Cup Title". The Eugene Guard. 12 June 1954.
  3. ^ "Tennis Player Now Sea-Going Hostess". The Vancouver Sun. 25 June 1966.