Mabel Hilda Wallis (12 November 1900 – 8 December 1979) was an

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tennis player. Wallis reached the final of the

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at Dublin for the first time in 1921 where she lost to

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. She won the Irish title in 1924, 1926, 1930 and 1933. She participated twice in

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. In 1924, she lost her second round match against

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0–6, 1–6. Twelve years later, in 1936, she reached the third round but had to pull out of the tournament. Wallis participated in the

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where she reached the quarterfinals in mixed doubles alongside Edwin McCrea.

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* * Irish female tennis players Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Ireland 1900 births 1979 deaths {{Ireland-tennis-bio-stub