Heather Mary Hope Brewer-Segal (1931–2006), born Heather Nicholls, was a Bermudian
tennis
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player.
Career
Born in
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, Brewer-Segal grew up on the island of
Bermuda
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. She attended
Rollins College
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History
Rollins Colle ...
in Florida, where she played varsity tennis, before competing on the international circuit through the 1950s and 1960s.
Brewer-Segal, a left-handed player, made the singles semi-finals at the
French Championships
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in both 1955 and 1958, while her best
Wimbledon
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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. In 1957 she also won the
Swiss International Championships
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at
Gstaad
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. In 1958 she won the
Italian Riviera Championships in
Sanremo
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on clay against Mexico's
Rosie Reyes
Rosa María "Rosie" Reyes Darmon (''née'' Reyes; born 23 March 1939) is a retired tennis player from Mexico who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.
Most of her success came on clay on which she won the women's doubles title at the 1958 French Ch ...
. In 1960 she won the
Trofeo Conde de Godó (known today as the
Barcelona Open There are two sporting events named the Barcelona Open:
* Barcelona Open (golf)
* Barcelona Open (tennis)
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