Helen Angwin

Helen Angwin

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	c. 1931 SA, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (1952)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1953)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1954)

Helen Angwin (born c. 1931) is an Australian former tennis player who was active in the first half of the 1950s.

Career

In 1952 she was runner-up in the singles event of the Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to compatriot Thelma Coyne Long. In the semifinal she had defeated first-seeded and reigning champion Nancye Wynne Bolton.^[1] In the doubles event she reached the semifinal in 1953 together with Gwen Thiele. In total she participated in five editions of the Australian Championships between 1949 and 1954.^[2][3]

In January 1952 Angwin won the singles title at the South Australian Championships in Adelaide, defeating Gwen Thiele in the final in three sets.^[4][5][3] She lost the final of the 1954 edition in three sets to Jenny Staley.^[6]

In September 1954 she announced her retirement from tennis due to her upcoming marriage.^[7]

Personal life

Helen Angwin is the youngest of two daughters of Hugh Thomas Moffitt Angwin (1888–1949).^[8][9] She married Graham Polkinghorne on 19 January 1955 in Adelaide.^[7]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1952	Australian Championships	Grass	Thelma Coyne Long	2–6, 3–6

References

1. "Helen Angwin's tennis win". Cairns Post. No. 15, 563. Queensland, Australia. 25 January 1952. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Australian Open players archive – Helen Angwin". Tennis Australia.
3. G.P. Hughes, ed. (1953). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1953. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 181–183.
4. "Helen Angwin new women's titleholder". The Chronicle. 13 March 1952. p. 42 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Singles title to Helen Angwin". The News. 7 March 1952. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
6. G.P. Hughes, ed. (1955). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual & Almanack 1955. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 197.
7. "Miss Angwin to drop out of tennis". The Advertiser. 9 September 1954. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Death Of Mr. H.T.M. Angwin". The Advertiser. South Australia. 13 September 1949. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "Sisters to wed". The Advertiser. 21 December 1954. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.