Joyce Fitch Explained

Joyce Fitch
Full Name:Joyce Mary Fitch Rymer
Residence:Victoria, Australia
Birth Date:1922 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Victoria, Australia
Death Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Singlestitles:No.2 (AUS)
Australianopenresult:F (1946)
Wimbledonresult:4R (1949)
Australianopendoublesresult:W (1946)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1949)
Australianopenmixedresult:F (1946, 1947, 1949, 1950)

Joyce Fitch Rymer (née Fitch; 3 April 1922 – 26 July 2012[1] [2]) was a tennis player from Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1946 Australian Championships, losing to Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–4, 6–4.[3] She teamed with Mary Bevis Hawton to win the women's doubles title at the 1946 Australian Championships,[4] defeating Bolton and Thelma Coyne Long in the final 9–7, 6–4.[5] Rymer and Hawton reached the women's doubles final at the 1947 and 1951 Australian Championships, losing both years to the Bolton-Long team. In 1946, 1947 and 1949 she reached the finals of the Australian Championships in mixed doubles with partner, John Bromwich and again in 1950 with Eric Sturgess, losing all four times.[6]

Fitch married John Oliver Rymer in May 1951 and did not play competitive tennis until 1955 when she played doubles with her longtime doubles partner Mary Bevis Hawton.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 1946 Grass 9–7, 6–4
Loss 1947 Grass 3–6, 3–6

Mixed Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1946 Grass 0–6, 4–6
Loss 1947 Grass 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1949 Grass 1–6, 7–5, 10–12
Loss 1950 Grass 6–8, 4–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 19461 19471 1948 1949 1950 1951 Career SR
Australian ChampionshipsFQFA2RSFSF0 / 5
French ChampionshipsAAAAAA0 / 0
WimbledonAAA4RAA0 / 1
U.S. ChampionshipsAAAAAA0 / 0
SR0 / 10 / 10 / 00 / 20 / 10 / 10 / 6

1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joyce (FITCH) RYMER's Obituary . The Sydney Morning Herald . 2018-06-02.
  2. Web site: Social News And Gossip . 1951-05-17 . Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954) . 12 . 2018-06-02.
  3. Web site: Australian Open Women's Final. All-about-tennis.com. 12 April 2010.
  4. Web site: Women's Doubles Champions . . 12 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100326003834/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/women_s_doubles.html . 26 March 2010 .
  5. Web site: Women's Doubles . . 12 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100326003834/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/women_s_doubles.html . 26 March 2010 .
  6. Web site: History: Australian Open: Mixed Doubles. CBS Sports.com. 12 April 2010.