Pam Whytcross

Pam Whytcross (born 25 November 1953) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. In a nine-year professional career beginning in 1977, Whytcross won 3 doubles titles and was a losing finalist with Naoko Satō at the 1978 Australian Open. In singles Whytcross' best Grand Slam results were at Melbourne and Roland Garros in 1977, where she reached the quarter finals. Whytcross reached a career-high singles ranking of 150 and number 141 in doubles.

Pam Whytcross

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1953-11-25) 25 November 1953
Turned pro	1977
Retired	1986
Prize money	US$ 126,973
Singles
Career record	6–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 150 (7 January 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1977 Jan)
French Open	3R (1977)
Wimbledon	3R (1978)
US Open	2R (1977)
Doubles
Career record	23–40
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 141 (15 March 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1978)
French Open	QF (1977, 1978, 1980)
Wimbledon	3R(1977, 1980)
US Open	3R (1976, 1977, 1978)

Career

Although Pam Whytcross did not turn professional until 1977, she began competing in tournaments in 1973 and played in her first doubles final in Sydney in January 1974. Her best achievement was reaching the final of the Australian Open in 1978 with her Japanese partner Naoko Satō, but they ultimately lost out to Betsy Nagelsen and Renáta Tomanová. In singles competition at the Grand Slams she reached the third round of the French Open in 1977 and at Wimbledon in 1978 Wimbledon Championships.

Whytcross won her first doubles title at the Head Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria in July 1983. Successive titles followed in October at two tournaments in Tokyo: the Japan Open and the Borden Classic. She competed in one more doubles final in Mahwah, New Jersey in 1978 but she lost with partner Barbara Potter.

She retired in 1986 at the age of 33.

Post-tennis career

In 1998, Whytcross became involved with mentoring rising Australian player Jelena Dokić, as part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) mentoring scheme.[1] She held the responsibility for two years before she was appointed the tennis competition manager at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Following the conclusion of the games she took up a new role as a WTA Tour supervisor.[1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1978	Australian Open	Hard	Naoko Satō	Betsy Nagelsen Renáta Tomanová	5–7, 2–6

WTA finals

Doubles (3 wins, 3 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1974	New South Wales Open	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Janet Fallis	Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1978	Bergen County Classic	Mahwah, NJ, USA	Hard	Barbara Potter	Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Dec 1978	Australian Open	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Naoko Satō	Betsy Nagelsen Renáta Tomanová	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–3	Jul 1983	Head Cup	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Chris Newton	Nathalie Herreman Pascale Paradis	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	2–3	Oct 1983	Borden Classic	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Chris O'Neil	Brenda Remilton Naoko Satō	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win	3–3	Oct 1983	Japan Open	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Chris O'Neil	Helena Manset Micki Schillig	6–3, 7–5

References

1. McDonald, Margie (27 January 2009). "Jelena Dokić is happy and relieved according to former tour player Pam Whytcross". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 3 December 2010.

External links

• Pam Whytcross at the Women's Tennis Association
• Pam Whytcross at the International Tennis Federation