Renée Schuurman Haygarth (née Schuurman; 26 October 1939[2] – 30 May 2001)[3] was a South African tennis player who won five Grand Slam women's doubles titles and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title.[4]

Renée Schuurman
Renée Schuurman (1963)
Full nameRenée Schuurman Haygarth
ITF nameRenee Schuurman
Country (sports)South Africa South Africa
Born(1939-10-26)26 October 1939
Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa
Died30 May 2001(2001-05-30) (aged 61)[1]
Howick,, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career recordunknown value
Highest rankingNo. 8 (1963)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1959)
French OpenSF (1962)
WimbledonSF (1961)
US Open3R (1962)
Doubles
Career recordunknown value
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1959)
French OpenW (1959, 1961, 1962, 1963)
WimbledonF (1960, 1962)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (1959)
French OpenW (1962)
WimbledonQF (1963, 1964)

Biography edit

Schuurman teamed with fellow South African Sandra Reynolds to win four Grand Slam women's doubles titles. They won the 1959 Australian Championships and the 1959, 1961, and 1962 French Championships. In addition, they were the runners-up at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1962. Schuurman won her other Grand Slam women's doubles title with Ann Haydon-Jones at the 1963 French Championships. They defeated Margaret Court and Robyn Ebbern in the final.

In April 1962, she defeated Angela Mortimer in the final of the British Hard Court Championships.[5]

Schuurman and Bob Howe won the mixed doubles title at the 1962 French Championships. She and Rod Laver were twice finalists in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments: at the 1959 Australian and French Championships. Her best Grand Slam singles result was when she reached the final at the 1959 Australian Championships, losing to Mary Carter Reitano 6–2, 6–3. Schuurman won the German Championships in 1963, defeating Lesley Turner in the final in three sets.[6]

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Schuurman was ranked in the world top 10 from 1960 through 1963, reaching a career high of World No. 8 in those rankings in 1963.[7]

She married Peter Haygarth on 29 May 1964 in Durban. Her second marriage, to Robin Osborne, took place in 1977.[1]

Grand Slam finals edit

Singles (1 runner-up) edit

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponents Score
Runner-up 1959 Australian Championships Grass   Mary Carter Reitano 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) edit

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1959 Australian Championships Grass   Sandra Reynolds   Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
  Mary Carter Reitano
7–5, 6–4
Winner 1959 French Championships Clay   Sandra Reynolds   Yola Ramírez
  Rosie Reyes
2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 1960 Wimbledon Grass   Sandra Reynolds   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard
4–6, 0–6
Winner 1961 French Championships Clay   Sandra Reynolds   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard
walkover
Winner 1962 French Championships Clay   Sandra Reynolds   Justina Bricka
  Margaret Smith
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1962 Wimbledon Grass   Sandra Reynolds   Billie Jean Moffitt
  Karen Susman
7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Winner 1963 French Championships Clay   Ann Haydon-Jones   Robyn Ebbern
  Margaret Smith
7–5, 6–4

Mixed doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up) edit

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1959 Australian Championships Grass   Rod Laver   Sandra Reynolds
  Bob Mark
6–4, 11–13, 1–6
Runner-up 1959 French Championships Clay   Rod Laver   Billy Knight
  Yola Ramírez
4–6, 4–6
Winner 1962 French Championships Clay   Robert Howe   Lesley Turner
  Fred Stolle
3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Career SR
Australian Championships A A A A F A A A A A 0 / 1
French Championships A A 1R 2R 3R QF 4R SF 3R A 0 / 7
Wimbledon 1R A 2R 2R 1R QF SF QF QF 2R 0 / 9
U.S. Championships A A A A 2R A A 3R A A 0 / 2
SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 19

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. pp. 409, 411. ISBN 978-1899039401.
  2. ^ "Fed Cup – Player Profile – Renee SCHUURMAN". FedCup.com. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Renée Haygarth (nee Schuurman) (1939–2001)" (PDF). Natalia. 31. Natal Society Foundation. 2001.
  4. ^ John Nauright, Charles Parrish -Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 2012 p164 "Sandra Reynold from South Africa reached both the ladies' singles and doubles finals at Wimbledon in 1960, competing in the doubles with fellow country member Renée Schuurman. They again reached the Wimbledon final two years later, ..."
  5. ^ "Renee Schuurman Cops British Ladies Tennis". Star-News. 29 April 1962. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Turner, Stolle Beaten". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 614. 14 August 1963. p. 46 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.

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