Beryl Penrose

Beryl Penrose was an Australian international tennis player, born on 22 December 1930, who died on 20 June 2021. She competed in the Australian Open from 1950 to 1957 and won the singles title in 1955, defeating her compatriot Thelma Coyne Long in straight sets in the final. Earlier she had won the Australian girls singles title in January 1948 and the Welsh Championship singles in July 1952. Her best season was 1955, when at the age of 24 she added quarterfinals at the French Championships and Wimbledon and won the German Championships by beating Erika Vollmer, and she was rated as high as fifth in the world. She married and retired from tennis in 1957, and was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2017. Her grandson James Duckworth is a professional player.