Daphne Fancutt

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Daphne Fancutt Tennis player
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: February 2, 1933
singles
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open HF (1956)
French Open -
Wimbledon 3R (1956-57)
US Open -
Double
Career title: 1
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open HF (1956)
French Open -
Wimbledon F (1956)
US Open -
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (1956)
French Open -
Wimbledon HF (1956)
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Daphne Fancutt (* 2. February 1933 as Daphne Seeney ) is a former Australian tennis player .

Life

Fancutt grew up on an estate near Monto in Queensland . Her father, a former jockey , taught her to play tennis. In 1953 she won the Queensland Clay Court Championships. In 1956 she reached the semi-finals of the Australian Championships in singles. At Wimbledon , she made it to the final in doubles with Fay Muller . At the German championships she won the doubles title.

In 1957 she married the South African tennis player Trevor Fancutt , with whom she had reached the semi-finals in mixed at Wimbledon the year before. Since 1962 both have run a tennis center in Brisbane .

In January 1995 she was named Member of the Order of Australia for her services to tennis .

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personal data
SURNAME Fancutt, Daphne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seeney, Daphne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1933