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| Full name | Joan Marcia Bathurst Hartigan |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Australia |
| Born | (1912-06-06)6 June 1912 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 31 August 2000(2000-08-31) (aged 88) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Plays | Right-handed[1] |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (1934,A. Wallis Myers)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1933,1934,1936) |
| French Open | 3R (1934) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1934,1935) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1933, 1934, 1940) |
| French Open | 2R (1934) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1935) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1937) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1935) |
Joan Marcia Bathurst (néeHartigan; 6 June 1912 – 31 August 2000) was an Australian Championtennis player who was active from the early 1930s until the late 1940s.
Joan Marcia Hartigan was born in Sydney, the daughter of Thomas Joseph (Tom) Hartigan, a railways commissioner,[2] and Imelda Josephine, née Boylson, a schoolteacher; the couple wed on 26 March 1908 at St Thomas's Catholic Church,Lewisham, New South Wales.[3][4] Tom Hartigan was a clerk in the New South Wales Government Railways and eventually became Railways Commissioner.[3] Joan was educated at the all-girls'Loreto Kirribilli, in the lower north shore of Sydney.
Hartigan learnt to play tennis at theLoreto Convent.[5] She won the NSW junior singles and doubles title and the Australian girls' championship in 1931.[5] In late January 1932 she defeatedMargaret Molesworth in the singles final of the New Zealand Championships.[6] In March that year she won the singles title at theNew South Wales Championships after a straight-sets victory in the final against Molesworth.[7] Hartigan won the singles title at theAustralian Championships in 1933, 1934 and 1936[a] and was a semifinalist atWimbledon in 1934 (losing to first-seededHelen Jacobs) and 1935 (losing to eventual championHelen Wills Moody). During her stay in Britain in 1934 she won the singles titles at theNorth of England Championships and theScottish Championships, both after a win in the final againstSusan Noel.[9]
Hartigan three times reached the women's doubles final at the Australian Championships, in 1933, 1934, and 1940. Bathurst teamed withEdgar Moon to win the mixed doubles title at the 1934 Australian Championships. According toA. Wallis Myers ofThe Daily Telegraph and theDaily Mail, Bathurst was ranked in the world top 10 in 1934 and 1935, reaching a career high of world No. 8 in these rankings in 1934.[1]
She was known for her power game with a hard-hitting forehand drive as her main strength.[10] Hartigan hit her backhand with the same side of the racket as her forehand.[1]
Hartigan was posthumously inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in January 2022 at a ceremony at theRod Laver Arena.[11][12]
In January, 1943 she enlisted in the Australian Army; she served with theAustralian Army Medical Women's Service at a Camp Hospital in Sydney and was discharged on 1 September 1943.[4] In 1946, she announced her engagement to Hugh Moxon Bathurst of Melbourne who was then private secretary to SenatorJames Fraser, Chifley's Health minister.[13] They married at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney on Saturday, 12 April 1947, before flying to Adelaide then Perth to board theRMSOrion[14] at Fremantle for England where they planned to live for a few years while she resumed her tennis career at Wimbledon.[15][16] In 1950, they returned on the Strathmore after living in Surrey for three years and settled in Sydney.[17] Joan Bathurst died on 31 August 2000,[18] and her husband died 16 April 2001.[19] Their son,Thomas Frederick Bathurst became Chief Justice of New South Wales.
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1933 | Australian Championships | Grass | Coral Buttsworth | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 1934 | Australian Championships | Grass | Margaret Molesworth | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 1936 | Australian Championships | Grass | Nancye Wynne | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1933 | Australian Championships | Grass |  Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn | Emily Hood WestacottMargaret Molesworth | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1934 | Australian Championships | Grass | Ula Valkenburg | Emily Hood WestacottMargaret Molesworth | 8–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1940 | Australian Championships | Grass | Edith Niemeyer | Thelma Coyne LongNancye Wynne Bolton | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1934 | Australian Championships | Grass | Edgar Moon | Emily Hood WestacottRay Dunlop | 6–3, 6–4 |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 – 1944 | 1945 | 19461 | 19471 | 1948 | 1949 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Championships | QF | A | W | W | A | W | QF | QF | SF | SF | NH | NH | QF | 2R | A | A | 3 / 10 |
| French Championships | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | NH | R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | SF | SF | A | A | 2R | A | NH | NH | NH | A | 3R | A | 1R | 0 / 5 |
| U.S. Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 16 |
1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.
{{cite book}}:|website= ignored (help)Trailblazing women's champions Maude Margaret Molesworth and Joan Hartigan are warmly celebrated as they enter the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.
