Country (sports) United Kingdom Wimbledon QF (1956) French Open F (1955, 1960) Role Tennis player Highest ranking 8 | French Open 3R (1955) US Open F (1955) Name Patricia Hales Died June 22, 1985 | |
Full name Patricia Evelyn Ward Hales Born 27 February 1929
London, England ( 1929-02-27 ) | ||
Patricia Ward Hales (27 February 1929 – 22 June 1985) was a tennis player from the United Kingdom who reached the singles final of the 1955 U.S. Championships, losing to Doris Hart 6–4, 6–2. She also partnered Shirley Bloomer to reach the women's doubles finals in 1955 at Wimbledon, where they lost to the team of Angela Mortimer Barrett and Anne Shilcock 7–5, 6–1, and at the French Championships, where they lost to the team of Darlene Hard and Beverly Baker Fleitz 7–5, 6–8, 13-11. She again reached the women's doubles final at the 1960 French Championships, where she and Ann Haydon Jones lost to the team of Hard and Maria Bueno 6–2, 7–5.
She won the singles title at the Italian Open in 1955 and was a runner-up to Maureen Connolly in 1954.
According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Hales was ranked in the world top ten in 1955 and 1956, reaching a career high of World No. 8 in those rankings in 1956.
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