Joyce Fitch

Joyce Fitch
Full name	Joyce Mary Fitch Rymer
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Victoria, Australia
Born	3 April 1922; Victoria, Australia
Died	26 July 2012 (aged 90); Auckland, New Zealand
Singles
Career titles	No.2 (AUS)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (1946)
Wimbledon	4R (1949)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1946)
Wimbledon	2R (1949)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	F (1946, 1947, 1949, 1950)

Joyce Fitch Rymer (née Fitch; 3 April 1922 – 26 July 2012^[1]^[2]) was a tennis player from Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1946 Australian Championships, losing to Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–4, 6–4.^[3] She teamed with Mary Bevis Hawton to win the women's doubles title at the 1946 Australian Championships,^[4] defeating Bolton and Thelma Coyne Long in the final 9–7, 6–4.^[5] Rymer and Hawton reached the women's doubles final at the 1947 and 1951 Australian Championships, losing both years to the Bolton-Long team. In 1946, 1947 and 1949 she reached the finals of the Australian Championships in mixed doubles with partner, John Bromwich and again in 1950 with Eric Sturgess, losing all four times.^[6]

Fitch married John Oliver Rymer in May 1951^[2] and did not play competitive tennis until 1955 when she played doubles with her longtime doubles partner Mary Bevis Hawton.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1946	Australian Championships	Grass	Nancye Wynne Bolton	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1946	Australian Championships	Grass	Mary Hawton	Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long	9–7, 6–4
Loss	1947	Australian Championships	Grass	Mary Hawton	Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long	3–6, 3–6

Mixed Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1946	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Nancye Wynne Bolton Colin Long	0–6, 4–6
Loss	1947	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Nancye Wynne Bolton Colin Long	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1949	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Doris Hart Frank Sedgman	1–6, 7–5, 10–12
Loss	1950	Australian Championships	Grass	Eric Sturgess	Doris Hart Frank Sedgman	6–8, 4–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1946¹	1947¹	1948	1949	1950	1951	Career SR
Australian Championships	F	QF	A	2R	SF	SF	0 / 5
French Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	4R	A	A	0 / 1
U.S. Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 6

¹In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

References

^ "Joyce (FITCH) RYMER's Obituary". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Social News And Gossip". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954). 17 May 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ "Australian Open Women's Final". All-about-tennis.com. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ "Women's Doubles Champions". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ "Women's Doubles". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ "History: Australian Open: Mixed Doubles". CBS Sports.com. Retrieved 12 April 2010.