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Thelma Lister

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Thelma Lister
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (1939, 47, 51, 53, 58)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1946, 1948)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon4R (1959)

Thelma Lister was a British former tennis player.

Lister was the niece of Sir John Jarvis, 1st Baronet.[1] She won the singles title at the Irish Championships in 1937 and was runner-up the year after. Her career titles also included the North of England Championships.[2] Amongst her Wimbledon appearances, which spanned four decades, she made the mixed doubles fourth round with Abe Segal in 1959. She was married to tennis player and South Africa Davis Cup captain Claude Lister.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "At The Cranleigh Lawn Tennis Tournament – A Family Party". The Tatler. 28 August 1935. p. 379.
  2. ^ "Worthing Winner of Irish Championship". Worthing Gazette. 14 July 1937.
  3. ^ "Listers complete family doubles". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 August 1954.