Gwen Utz (1900–1979) was an Australian tennis player. Gwen Utz c1925

Life

Gwendoline M Chiplin was born in 1900 in

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. She married

Harold Utz Harold Utz was an Australian tennis player. Life Harold Stewart Utz was born in 1886. He married Gwendoline M Chiplin in 1920. Tennis career Harold Utz played some single tournaments and partnered Gwen Utz in mixed doubles. They reached the ...

in 1920. Gwen Utz died in 1979.

Grand slam finals

Gwen Utz reached the final of women's doubles in the inaugural

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with Floris St. George and they lost to

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and

Marjorie Mountain Marjorie Mountain was an Australian tennis player. Grand slam finals Marjorie Mountain reached the final in women's doubles in the inaugural Australian Championship 1922 with Esna Boyd Esna Boyd Robertson (née Boyd; 21 September 1899 – 1 ...

1–6, 6–4, 7–5. She also reached the semifinal in Women's singles in the same year. Gwen Utz reached the final of women's doubles in the

once again in 1931, this time with

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and they lost to

Daphne Akhurst Cozens Daphne Jessie Akhurst (22 April 1903 – 9 January 1933) known also by her married name Daphne Cozens, was an Australian tennis player. Akhurst won the women's singles title at the Australian Championships five times between 1925 and 1930. A ...

and

Louise Bickerton Louie Mildred Bickerton Cozens (née Bickerton) (11 August 1902 – 6 June 1998) was a female tennis player from Australia. She was born in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia and won the women's doubles titles at the 1927, 1929, and 1931 Austr ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Utz, Gwen Australian female tennis players 1900 births 1979 deaths Tennis players from New South Wales