Pearl Iris Panton (née Gannon; 6 September 1921 – 2014) was a British tennis player.
Panton, a Surrey county representative, was the elder sister of tennis player Joy Mottram.[3]
On her Wimbledon debut in 1946, Panton made the third round of the singles, losing to Doris Hart. She continued to feature at Wimbledon until 1960 without again reaching that stage.[4]
In 1956 she beat Christine Truman in the final of the Surrey Hard Court Championships in Roehampton.[5]
By the end of the war she had married Robert Panton, a Lieutenant who served in the Pacific.[6] The couple had a baby born in 1949, which they named Joy.[7]
Panton died in Merton, London in 2014, at the age of 92.[8]
References
- ^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Pearl Iris Panton". UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878–1960. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Gem Recovers Lead After Poor Start". Daily News. 7 April 1953.
- ^ "Pearl Panton". wimbledon.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Christine Truman Beaten In FInal". The Sports Argus. 7 April 1956.
- ^ "Oxford's Ex-Captain After Title". Manchester Evening News. 28 August 1945.
- ^ "Joy the second". Evening Standard. 20 October 1949.
- ^ "Pearl Iris Panton". GRO Index. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, at 19:59