Heather Brewer-Segal
Country (sports) | Bermuda South Africa |
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Born | Lancashire, England | 25 July 1931
Died | 2006 (aged 74) Spain |
Plays | Left-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | SF (1955, 1958) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1953, 1955, 1957) |
US Open | 3R (1956) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1966) |
Wimbledon | SF (1954) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | QF (1958) |
Wimbledon | QF (1957) |
Heather Mary Hope Brewer-Segal (1931–2006), born Heather Nicholls, was a Bermudian tennis player.
Born in Lancashire, Brewer-Segal grew up on the island of Bermuda. She attended Rollins College in Florida, where she played varsity tennis, before competing on the international circuit through the 1950s and 1960s.[1]
Brewer-Segal, a left-handed player, made the singles semi-finals at the French Championships in both 1955 and 1958, while her best Wimbledon performance was a doubles semi-final appearance in 1954. She twice won the singles title at the South African Championships and was runner-up once.[2]
Personal life[]
Brewer-Segal had marriages to William Jefferson Brewer (1952) and South African tennis player Abe Segal (1957), which both ended in divorces. During her marriage to Segal she represented her husband's native country.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Tennis". Rocky Mount Telegram. 8 January 1950.
- ^ "Wimbledon tennis player nominated for Hall". Bermuda Sun. 21 September 2007.
- ^ "Abe Segal a 'big boy' in all respects". News24. 8 April 2016.
External links[]
- 1931 births
- 2006 deaths
- Bermudian tennis players
- South African female tennis players
- Bermudian sportswomen
- Tennis people from Merseyside
- Rollins Tars women's tennis players