Clare Proctor
Full nameClara Harrington Proctor
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1923-06-06)6 June 1923
DiedJune 2019 (aged 96)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1948, 1951)
Wimbledon3R (1951)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1947, 1954)
Wimbledon3R (1951)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (1951)
Wimbledon1R (1951)

Clara Harrington "Clare" Copeman (nee Proctor; 6 June 1923 — June 2019) was an Australian tennis player.

Proctor twice made the singles quarter-finals at the Australian Championships and was runner-up in the mixed doubles in 1951, partnering Jack May.[1] She made the singles third round at her only Wimbledon appearance in 1951 and during the same European tour teamed up with Nancye Bolton to win a doubles title in Oslo.[2]

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1951 Australian Championship Grass Australia Jack May Australia Thelma Coyne Long
Australia George Worthington
4–6, 6–3, 2–6

References

  1. "Big Tennis". National Advocate. 1 February 1951. p. 6 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Australians Win Oslo Doubles". Northern Star. 12 June 1951. p. 4 via National Library of Australia.
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