Joyce Wood
 Joyce Wood in 1948 | |
| Born | Caulfield, Victoria,Australia |
|---|---|
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | First (1938, 1939, 1940) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | First (1938, 1939, 1940; withAlison Burton) |
Joyce Beryl Woodwas an Australian tennis player.[1][2]She andAlison Burtonwon the girls' doubles competition at theAustralian Championships(now the Australian Open) in 1938, 1939 and 1940.[3]Wood also won the girls' single competition at the Australian Championships in the same three years.[4]
Biography
[edit]Wood was fromCaulfield, Victoria.In 1943, she married fellow tennis player Max McDermott in Melbourne. Following their marriage, the couple relocated to Perth, Western Australia.[2]
After the birth of her daughter, Kay Suzanne McDermott in 1945, Wood continued to compete in tournaments, including defending her women's singles title in Perth in April 1946.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^"Tennis - Joyce Wood (Australia)".www.the-sports.org.Retrieved1 September2020.
- ^ab"Biographies of Female Tennis Players".Tennis Forum.Retrieved1 September2020.
- ^"Girls' Doubles".ausopen.com.Retrieved1 September2020.
- ^"Girls' Singles".ausopen.com.Retrieved1 September2020.
- ^"TENNIS FAMILY".The Daily News.Vol. LXIV, no. 22, 160. Western Australia. 17 April 1946. p. 8 (CITY FINAL).Retrieved2 September2020– via National Library of Australia.
- ^Education Department; Ministry of Education (14 February 1966).McDermott, Kay Suzanne.
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