Betty Batt
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| Country (sports) |  Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 February 1916 |
| Died | 26 March 2003 (aged 87) |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1948) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | QF (1946) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1939, 1946) |
Betty Batt (7 February 1916 – 26 March 2003) was a British tennis player of the 1930s and 1940s.
A London native, Batt won the British junior hard court title in 1934 and featured in her first Wimbledon main draw the following year.[1] In 1946 she appeared for Great Britain in the Wightman Cup, partnering Molly Lincoln in doubles, then two weeks later made the Wimbledon doubles quarter-finals with Lincoln.[2]
Batt's first marriage, in 1940, was to Noel Passingham, with whom she had one child.[3] She divorced Passingham in 1949 and soon after was married to Frank Martin-Davies, a colonial administrator in Nigeria.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "New Threat For The Helen Wills Crown". The Kingston Whig-Standard. 23 February 1934.
- ^ "American's Wightman Cup Players Blank British Girls". Sioux City Journal. 15 June 1946.
- ^ "Decree for Tennis Player's Husband". The Gloucestershire Echo. 15 February 1949.
- ^ "18-Yr.-Old Beats Seeded Player". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 18 May 1950.