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Vote for your favourite player below [19 vote(s)]

Jennifer Staley
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Sylvia Hanika
21.1%
Kerry Melville Reid
31.6%
Olga Morozova
15.8%
Lorraine Coghlan
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Mary Joe Fernandez
31.6%
Mary Carter Reitano
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Helen Gourlay Cawley
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Florenta Mihai
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Renata Tomanova
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Vote for your favourite player below! 

Poll to close Tuesday evening around 6 pm. 

Top 3 go through - any ties for a qualification place will go into a qualification play off Tuesday evening



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Lots of Europeans in this one

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Again, I remember Sylvia Hanika from playing at Brighton several times and loved her game, ahead of her time in those days

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Group of life this one especially, haven't a clue who to vote for!

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Michael D wrote:

Group of life this one especially, haven't a clue who to vote for!

 Yes probably the weakest group!



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Yes, will come back to this one

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Florenta Mihai - She was the runner-up in two events at the 1977 French Open. She lost in the singles final to Mima Jauovec in three sets and, partnered by Iván Molina, lost in the mixed doubles final to John McEnroe and Mary Carillo in straight sets.[4][3]

Together with Virginia Ruzici, Mihai won three consecutive gold medals in the doubles at Summer Universiades in 1977, 1979 and 1981.

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Czech born Tomanová is active on the senior tour and in 2011 received an award ("Deutsche Tennis Preis") from the German tennis federation (DTB) for her achievements over the 2010 season.[10]

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Florenta Mihai - She was the runner-up in two events at the 1977 French Open. She lost in the singles final to Mima Jauovec in three sets and, partnered by Iván Molina, lost in the mixed doubles final to John McEnroe and Mary Carillo in straight sets.[4][3]

Together with Virginia Ruzici, Mihai won three consecutive gold medals in the doubles at Summer Universiades in 1977, 1979 and 1981.

 Sadly Mihai who was Rumanian  was the 1st woman to play in a Grand Slam final in the open era to die .She passed away in 2015.



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Mary Joe, Hanika and Kerry Reid leading this group. Fewest votes so far, I'll do a bit of colour later.

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Have chosen Kerry Melville but a bit of a weak group for me.

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Lew Hoad proposed to Jenny Staley on her 21st birthday party in March 1955, and they planned to announce their engagement in June in London while both were on an overseas tour.[6] After arriving in London Staley discovered that she was pregnant, and the couple decided to get married straight away. The marriage took place the following day on 18 June 1955 at St Mary's Church, Wimbledon in London on the eve of Wimbledon.[7][8][9] They have two daughters and a son. After Hoad's retirement they moved to Fuengirola, Spain, near Málaga, where they operated a tennis resort, Lew Hoad's Campo de Tenis, for more than thirty years, entertaining personal friends such as actors Sean Connery, Kirk Douglas and saxophonist Stan Getz.[10][11][12] Lew Hoad was diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of leukemia on 13 January 1994 which caused his death on 3 July 1994 at the age of 59.[13][14] Jenny Hoad sold the club in April 1999.[15] In 2002, she published My Life With Lew with Jack Pollard.

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Lorraine Coghlan last 4 times in the Aussie final, including Angela Mortimer in 1958.

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Reid was a member of the "Houston 9", the breakaway group led by Gladys Heldman in 1971 that formed the nucleus of the women's professional tennis tour.[4]

Reid anchored a World Team Tennis team for each season of its inaugural incarnation (Boston Lobsters 19741976 and San Diego Friars 19771978).

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Reitano won the singles title at the 1956 Australian Championships, defeating Thelma Long in the final in three sets after surviving a match point in the third set.[3] At the 1959 Australian Championships Reitano won her second singles title after a straight-sets victory in the final against Renée Schuurman. Additionally she reached the Australian semifinals eight times.

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