Patricia Ann Hird (born 11 November 1934) is a British former

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. Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Hird twice reached the singles fourth round at Wimbledon and was a two-time women's doubles quarter-finalist. In 1954 she was a member of Great Britain's

Wightman Cup The Wightman Cup was an annual team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 (except during World War II) between teams from the United States and Great Britain. History U.S. player Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generate ...

team, featuring in a doubles rubber with Angela Buxton. She left tennis in the mid-1960s to become a hostess on an ocean liner.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hird, Pat 1934 births Living people British female tennis players