Patricia Ward Hales
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Patricia Ward Hales (born February 27, 1929) was a tennis player from the United Kingdom who reached the singles final of the 1955 U.S. Championships, losing to Doris Hart 6-4, 6-2. She also partnered Shirley Bloomer to reach the women's doubles finals in 1955 at Wimbledon, where they lost to the team of Angela Mortimer Barrett and Anne Shilcock 7-5, 6-1, and at the French Championships, where they lost to the team of Darlene Hard and Beverly Baker Fleitz 7-5, 6-8, 13-11. She again reached the women's doubles final at the 1960 French Championships, where she and Ann Haydon Jones lost to the team of Hard and Maria Bueno 6-2, 7-5.
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| Tournament | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
| French Championships | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 3R | A | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 5 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 2R | QF | 1R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 13 |
| U.S. Championships | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 20 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
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