Thelma Lister was a British former

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player. Lister was the niece of

Sir John Jarvis, 1st Baronet Sir (Joseph) John Jarvis, 1st Baronet (25 March 1876 – 3 October 1950) was a British industrialist and philanthropist who became a Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1935 to 1950 as the Member of Parliament (MP) fo ...

. She won the singles title at the

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in 1937 and was runner-up the year after. Her career titles also included the

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. Amongst her

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appearances, which spanned four decades, she made the mixed doubles fourth round with

Abe Segal Alan Abraham Segal (23 October 1930 – 4 April 2016) was a South African tennis player. Early life and career He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was Jewish. During the 1950s and 1960s, he was the doubles partner of Gordon Forb ...

in 1959. She was married to tennis player and South Africa

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captain

Claude Lister Claude Frederick Owen Lister (13 October 1911 — 19 April 1988) was a British tennis player and coach. An Essex county player, Lister featured regularly at the Wimbledon Championships through the 1930s to 1950s. He twice reached the third round i ...

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