Country (sports) United Kingdom French Open QF (1949, 1953) US Open QF (1951, 1953) | Plays Right–handed Wimbledon QF (1948, 1952) Highest ranking 6 | |
Full name Jean De Mouilpied Rinkel-Quertier Born 12 November 1925 (age 91)
London, England ( 1925-11-12 ) | ||
Jean Rinkel-Quertier (née Quertier; born 12 November 1925), is a female former tennis player from England who was active in the late 1940s and 1950s.
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Career
Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the final of the mixed doubles event at the 1949 French Championships. Partnering Gerry Oakley she lost the final to the South African team of Sheila Piercey Summers and Eric Sturgess in straight sets. She reached the semifinal of the doubles event at the 1952 and 1953 Wimbledon Championships partnering compatriot Sue Partridge and Helen Fletcher respectively. They lost on both occasions in straight sets to the eventual champions and first-seeded team of Shirley Fry and Doris Hart. Her best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the quarterfinal of the French (1949, 1953), Wimbledon (1948, 1952) and U.S. Championships (1951, 1953).
In 1949 and 1950 she played against compatriot Joan Curry in the final of the British Covered Court Championships, played on wooden courts at the Queen's Club in London, and won the 1950 edition in three sets. In 1949 she was the runner-up at the British Hard Court Championships. Quertier won the singles event of the French Covered Court Championships in 1951 and 1952.
With Jean Walker-Smith she won the doubles title at the Italian Championships in Rome in 1950.
Quertier was a member of the British Wightman Cup team in 1947 and from 1949 to 1953. These editions of the team tennis competition were all won by the United States team and Quertier was responsible for the only British match win when she defeated Shirley Fry in 1951 in straight sets.
Personal life
She married Dutch tennis player Ivo Rinkel on 28 February 1952 in Roehampton and the couple had two daughters.