About Joyce Wood
Joyce Wood was an Australian tennis player.
Joyce Beryl Wood was an Australian tennis player. She and Alison Burton won the girls' doubles competition at the Australian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1938, 1939 and 1940. Wood also won the girls' single competition at the Australian Championships in the same three years.
Biography Wood was from Caulfield, Victoria. In 1943, she married fellow tennis player Max McDermott in Melbourne. Following their marriage, the couple relocated to Perth, Western Australia.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Joyce Wood. https://biography.guide/joyce-wood/
MLA: "Joyce Wood." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/joyce-wood/.
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