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Mary Carter Reitano
Australian tennis player

Mary Carter Reitano

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Australian tennis player
A.K.A.
Mary Carter
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Female
Place of birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Age
89 years
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Biography

Mary Carter Reitano (née Carter; born 29 November 1934) is a female former tennis player from Australia.

As a junior player she won the girls singles title at the Australian Championships in 1951 and 1952.

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. 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. She teamed with Margaret Court to win the women's doubles title there in 1961. Reitano teamed with three different partners to be the runner-up in women's doubles at the 1956, 1959, and 1962 Australian Championships. Reitano also was the runner-up in mixed doubles at the 1961 Australian Championships.

In February 1958 she married Sydney Reitano. She became a coaching professional in 1962.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles (2 titles)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1956Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Thelma Long3–6, 6–2, 9–7
Winner1959Australian ChampionshipsGrassSouth Africa Renée Schuurman6–2, 6–3

Doubles: (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Runner-up1956Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Beryl PenroseAustralia Mary Bevis Hawton
Australia Thelma Coyne Long
2–6, 7–5, 7–9
Runner-up1959Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Lorraine CoghlanSouth Africa Renée Schuurman
South Africa Sandra Reynolds
5–7, 4–6
Winner1961Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Margaret SmithAustralia Mary Bevis Hawton
Australia Jan Lehane
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up1962Australian ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Darlene HardAustralia Margaret Smith
Australia Robyn Ebbern
4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Runner-up1961Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John PearceAustralia Jan Lehane
Australia Bob Hewitt
7–9, 2–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#ANH
Tournament195419551956195719581959196019611962Career SR
Australian ChampionshipsSFSFWQFSFWSFSFSF2 / 9
French ChampionshipsA1RAA1RQFA4RA0 / 4
WimbledonA4RAA1R3RA2RA0 / 4
U.S. ChampionshipsAAAAAAAAA0 / 0
SR0 / 10 / 31 / 10 / 10 / 31 / 30 / 10 / 30 / 12 / 17

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

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