Marilyn Pryde | |
Birth Date: | 15 May 1952 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Frenchopenresult: | Q2 (1972, 1973) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1972, 1973) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 1R (1973) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1970, 1971) |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | 1R (1973) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | 3R (1970) |
Marilyn Lawrence (née Pryde; born 15 May 1952) is a former New Zealand professional tennis player.
Pryde won her first national championship in 1968 as a 15-year old and made her debut for the New Zealand Federation Cup team in 1970, going on to feature in eight ties.[1] [2] She was runner-up to Evonne Goolagong at the 1973 New Zealand Open and also came up against Goolagong in one of her appearances at Wimbledon.[1] [3]
Pryde's daughter, jewellery and handbag designer Kelly Lawrence, is married to New Zealand triathlete Terenzo Bozzone.[4]