Country (sports) South Africa Wimbledon 3R (1959) Wimbledon 2R (1960, 1961, 1962) | French Open 2R (1961) Wimbledon QF (1961) | |
Marlene Gerson (born June 1940) is a female former tennis player from South Africa who was active in the late 1950s and the first half of the 1960s.
Career
In 1962 Gerson won the All England Plate, a competition held at the Wimbledon Championships consisting of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition. Gerson had lost in the first round of the singles event against Kay Dening in straight sets after having qualified foe the 1962 Wimbledon Championships at a grass court tournament in Roehampton. At the All England Plate event she won all five rounds in straight sets, including the final against Margaret Hellyer.
Her best singles result at Wimbledon was reaching the third round in 1959 which she lost in straight sets to Rosie Reyes. Partnering Eva Duldig she reached the quarterfinal of the doubles event in 1961 in which they were beaten by the fourth-seeded team of Sally Moore and Lesley Turner.
At the Dutch Open in Hilversum she reached the semifinal of the singles event in 1962 which she lost to compatriot Sandra Price in two sets. Together with Price she won the doubles final against Judy Tegart and Eva de Jongh.