Full name Mabel Hilda Wallis Wimbledon 2R (1924) Country (sports) Ireland Olympic Games 1R (1924) | Wimbledon 3R (1936) Name Hilda Wallis Olympic Games 1R (1924) Role Tennis Player | |
Died December 8, 1979, Bray, Republic of Ireland | ||
Mabel Hilda Wallis (1900 – 8 December 1979) was an Irish tennis player.
Wallis reached the final of the Irish Championships at Dublin for the first time in 1921 where she lost to Elizabeth Ryan. She won the Irish title in 1924, 1926, 1930 and 1933.
She participated twice in Wimbledon. In 1924, she lost her second round match against Dorothy Shepherd Barron 0–6, 1–6. Twelve years later, in 1936, she reached the third round but had to pull out of the tournament.
Wallis participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics at Paris where she reached the quarterfinals in mixed doubles alongside Edwin McCrea.
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