Vera Thomas Explained

Vera Thomas (Dace)
Fullname:	Vera Thomas (Dace)
Birth Date:	3 December 1921

Vera Thomas (Dace)
Frenchopenresult:	2R (1946)
Wimbledonresult:	4R (1948)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	QF (1946, 1954)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	QF (1946)

Vera Sybil Thomas (née Dace; 3 December 1921 – 9 July 1995) was an English international table tennis and tennis player.

Table tennis career

She won seven medals^[1] at the World Table Tennis Championships including three gold medals; two in the team events and one as a member of the winning doubles team in the 1948 World Table Tennis Championships with Peggy Franks.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} She also won three English Open titles.

Tennis career

As a tennis player she competed in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships between 1946 and 1961. Her best result in the singles was reaching the fourth round in 1948 in which she lost to Nelly Landry.^[6]

Personal life

She married Arthur Thomas in 1947 and became Vera Thomas-Dace.

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
• List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships

Notes and References

1. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
2. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
3. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
4. Web site: stats.
5. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
6. Web site: Wimbledon players archive – Vera Thomas (Dace). AELTC.