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Clare Proctor
Full nameClara Harrington Proctor
Country (sports)  Australia
Born(1923-06-06)6 June 1923
DiedJune 2019 (aged 96)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF ( 1948, 1951)
Wimbledon3R ( 1951)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF ( 1947, 1954)
Wimbledon3R ( 1951)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF ( 1951)
Wimbledon1R ( 1951)

Clara Harrington "Clare" Copeman (nee Proctor; 6 June 1923 — June 2019) was an Australian tennis player.

Proctor twice made the singles quarter-finals at the Australian Championships and was runner-up in the mixed doubles in 1951, partnering Jack May. [1] She made the singles third round at her only Wimbledon appearance in 1951 and during the same European tour teamed up with Nancye Bolton to win a doubles title in Oslo. [2]

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1951 Australian Championship Grass Australia Jack May Australia Thelma Coyne Long
Australia George Worthington
4–6, 6–3, 2–6

References

  1. ^ "Big Tennis". National Advocate. 1 February 1951. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Australians Win Oslo Doubles". Northern Star. 12 June 1951. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.