About Margaret Hellyer
Born 1937. Margaret Hellyer is an Australian tennis player.
Margaret Hellyer (born 29 July 1937) is an Australian former tennis player.
Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Hellyer is a native of Sydney and had some of her best results on the grass courts of Wimbledon. She won the All England Plate in 1957 and was a mixed doubles semi-finalist that year with Roy Emerson. Her best singles run was a fourth round appearance in 1960 and she twice reached the women's doubles quarter-finals.
Personal life Hellyer had a relationship with Brazilian tennis player Carlos Fernandes and the pair were engaged. She was married to Kenneth Burston, an Englishman from Shropshire, in a 1963 wedding in Sydney.
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Australian tennis player
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Margaret Hellyer was born on 29 July 1937.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Margaret Hellyer. https://biography.guide/margaret-hellyer/
MLA: "Margaret Hellyer." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/margaret-hellyer/.
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