Marilyn Lawrence (née Pryde; born 15 May 1952) is a former New Zealand professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player.

Tennis career

Pryde won her first national championship in 1968 as a 15-year old and made her debut for the New Zealand Federation Cup team in 1970, going on to feature in eight ties. She was runner-up to

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at the 1973 New Zealand Open and also came up against Goolagong in one of her appearances at Wimbledon.

Personal life

Pryde's daughter, jewellery and handbag designer Kelly Lawrence, is married to New Zealand triathlete

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