Helen Angwin

Helen Angwin (born c. 1931) is an Australian former tennis player who was active in the first half of the 1950s.

Helen Angwin
Country (sports) Australia
Bornc. 1931
SA, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenF (1952)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1953)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open2R (1954)

Career

In 1952 she was runner-up in the singles event of the Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to compatriot Thelma Coyne Long. In the semifinal she had defeated first-seeded and reigning champion Nancye Wynne Bolton.[1] In the doubles event she reached the semifinal in 1953 together with Gwen Thiele. In total she participated in five editions of the Australian Championships between 1949 and 1954.[2][3]

In January 1952 Angwin won the singles title at the South Australian Championships in Adelaide, defeating Gwen Thiele in the final in three sets.[4][5][3] She lost the final of the 1954 edition in three sets to Jenny Staley.[6]

In September 1954 she announced her retirement from tennis due to her upcoming marriage.[7]

Personal life

Helen Angwin is the youngest of two daughters of Hugh Thomas Moffitt Angwin (1888–1949).[8][9] She married Graham Polkinghorne on 19 January 1955 in Adelaide.[7]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up1952Australian ChampionshipsGrass Thelma Coyne Long2–6, 3–6
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References
  1. "Helen Angwin's tennis win". Cairns Post (15, 563). Queensland, Australia. 25 January 1952. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Australian Open players archive – Helen Angwin". Tennis Australia.
  3. G.P. Hughes, ed. (1953). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1953. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 181–183.
  4. "Helen Angwin new women's titleholder". The Chronicle. 94 (5, 334). South Australia. 13 March 1952. p. 42 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Singles title to Helen Angwin". The News. 58 (8, 917). South Australia. 7 March 1952. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. G.P. Hughes, ed. (1955). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual & Almanack 1955. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 197.
  7. "Miss Angwin to drop out of tennis". The Advertiser. 97 (29, 923). South Australia. 9 September 1954. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Death Of Mr. H.T.M. Angwin". The Advertiser. South Australia. 13 September 1949. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Sisters to wed". The Advertiser. 97 (30, 011). South Australia. 21 December 1954. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.


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