Maureen Schwartz
| Country (sports) |  Brazil |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 or 1947 |
| Died | 29 May 2019 (aged 72) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1965) |
Maureen Schwartz (died 29 May 2019) was a Brazilian tennis player
Schwartz, who grew up in Ceará and is of Jewish descent, was a three-time winner of the Brazilian national championships during the 1960s.[1]
At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Schwartz and Maria Esther Bueno paired together to claim a doubles silver medal, behind America's Darlene Hard and Carole Caldwell. She made the quarter-finals of the singles draw.[2]
In 1965 she made her only appearance for the Brazil Federation Cup team, in a World Group quarter-final tie against France in Melbourne. She was beaten in her singles match by Janine Lieffrig, then teamed up with Maria Bueno in a live doubles rubber, which they lost in three sets to Lieffrig and Françoise Dürr. This was the first time that Schwartz had ever played on grass.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Tenista cearense Maureen Schwartz, que fez dupla com Maria Esther Bueno, morre aos 72 anos". Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 June 2019.
- ↑ "American Girls". New York Daily News. 24 April 1963.
- ↑ "Trio hold advantage of more experience Australians favoured in Cup series". The Canberra Times. 14 January 1965. p. 24. Retrieved 23 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Maureen Schwartz at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
- Maureen Schwartz at World Tennis
- 1940s births
- 2019 deaths
- Brazilian female tennis players
- Sportspeople from Ceará
- Jewish tennis players
- Jewish Brazilian sportspeople
- Tennis players at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists in tennis
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games tennis players for Brazil
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
- Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Brazil